SARS, Thailand, tourism and business travel: How fast for recovery?

Latest data on recent tourist arrivals to Thailand reveals major plunges in the usually leading incoming tourist countries of Japan and China but less or nil affect on travel from Europe and Australia. Nobody really knows when the travel and tourism industry and business travel in Thailand and South East Asia will rebound now that all ASEAN countries apart from Singapore are seen as apos; SARS free apos; . Best guesses are that it will be a gradual and steady recovery.

Thailand TV Ratings Technology battle shapes up

There apos; s a bull-fight shaping up in Thailand for the TV ratings measurement market with Video Research Japan announcing this week that they have developed Thailand apos; s apos; most accurate audience measurement technology apos; following two years of research and development by their local unit Video Research International Thailand .

Prospects of War affect Asian consumer demand growth for the next 12 months

War is on the minds of many consumers in Asia, possibly causing many to delay purchases due to increased unknowns from an anticipated war in Iraq. Both foreign and domestic investment has also slowed in most Asian equity markets this month.

SARS strikes market research in Asia

SARS is already perceived as a greater threat to the sustainability of the market research and advertising business in Asia than the war on Iraq according to a quick survey of major market research and advertising agency executives based in Asia yesterday. Postponements and cancellations of projects due to inability to attend briefings and observe focus groups by clients are the major cause

Consumer growth prospects fall in the wake of SARS

April apos; s Asian Consumer Growth Index, AMR apos; s index of consumer growth prospects for the next 12 months, shows almost all of the 12 economies surveyed on the decline, in particular Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

RFP trends from market research company show softening of China upward trend for Q1-2 2003

According to one Asian based consumer market and brand research company, the proportion of Requests for Proposals for market research so far this year reduced for China and East Asia, and increased for Thailand.

Asia Pacific IT professionals to outnumber other regions by 2006

It was only a matter of time before the center of the IT and computer programming world moved towards Asia. A new IDC report estimates that the Asia Pacific will house more computer programmers than any other region including North America and Europe by 2006.

The Asian Women apos;s Shopping Experience: New research from Thailand

Similar to the yuppies of the 80 apos; s, Asian women are earning and spending, but this newly found wealth is part of a newly found freedom as well as an economic evolution. According to a recent study in Thailand a key female demographic go on brand shopping sprees four times a month.

Asian consumer growth index bullish for Thailand, China and India

Asia Market Research dot com apos; s August update to the Asian Consumer Growth Prospects Index is marked by the first tentative upturn for the long suffering Japanese consumer market, more confidence in the Chinese consumer market with the containment of SARS, and a quite substantive uptick for India and to a lesser extent Pakistan, where decreased tensions with each other has reduced country risk significantly.

Thailand TV Ratings Technology battle shapes up

There apos; s a bull-fight shaping up in Thailand for the TV ratings measurement market with Video Research Japan announcing this week that they have developed Thailand apos; s apos; most accurate audience measurement technology apos; following two years of research and development by their local unit Video Research International Thailand .