How are Cambodian businesses affected by COVID-19?
COVID-19 has had an adverse effect on the entire globe, and in Cambodia, key industries have also taken a financial hit. A number of...
Cambodia Public Holidays 2022
Cambodia will see a total of 21 public holidays in 2022 which are spread across 15 national, cultural and religious festivals.
Public Holidays in Cambodia...
Cambodia Craft Brewery Industry
The craft beer industry is growing rapidly, especially in SEA, and the number of local Cambodian craft brewers has grown exponentially in a short...
Cambodia’s New Tourism Marketing Strategy
Last year, Angkor Wat was named Trip Advisor’s “best landmark in the world” in their annual Traveller’s Choice awards, beating other world-renowned sites such...
Cambodia Crowned Best Tourist Destination For 2016
The European Council on Tourism and Trade (ECTT) bestowed upon Cambodia the prestigious award of "World's Best Tourism Destination for 2016", on account of...
Short Term Impact Creates Dependency, Veuve
We meet the social impact worker Aimee Veuve, who believes that sustainability, opportunity and fair pay lies at the heart of the Cambodian workforce’s...
Capital’s Airport Gets Upgrade
Phnom Penh International Airport’s renovated arrival hall and boarding concourse were presented to the public yesterday, following a $26 million investment from the operator...
Building A Sustainable Phnom Penh
Re-Edge Architecture + Design has been leading the sustainable building design in Cambodia. Their portfolio, which features a consistent emphasis on green spaces, clean...
Cambodia And The Budding CSR Movement
In Cambodia — particularly, in Phnom Penh — a concept has been gaining momentum throughout the last decade, that not long ago might have...
Lets Talk Over Lunch: Top Restaurants For Business Meetings
Meeting an important business associate over lunch? Then one of the things you want to get right is the setting. With a booming restaurant...
Cambodia Craft Brewers
We talk to some of the leading and new craft beer producers based in the Kingdom of Cambodia. There are more than a dozen...
Cambodia Angkor Air Now A Member Of IATA
The Kingdom’s national flag carrier, Cambodia Angkor Air, is the country’s first airline to receive the International Air Transport Association’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA)...
Cambodia’s Casinos in 2020
We look at the state of the casino industry in Cambodia in 2020 as the global pandemic affects all industries globally.
At least ten casinos...
Cambodia Smiles For Foreigners
Cambodia ranks 4th in the top ten most welcoming countries for foreign residents, the latest survey from Expat Insider shows.
The survey rated Cambodia’s friendly...
AEON Mall 3 confirms Hyundai Engineering as developer
AEON Mall 3 received official approval from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in late 2019 and it has now confirmed that...
River Festival In Stung Treng To Help Boost Eco-Tourism
The government's third annual River Festival, which is being held in Stung Treng province next weekend, will form part of a strategy to attract...
Raffles Hotels Bought By Hospitality Platform
Lodgis Hospitality Holding Pte Ltd has successfully completed the acquisition of two historic landmark hotels in Cambodia, the Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh...
A Look Ahead To Business in Cambodia 2022
With 2020-2021 so severely disrupted, we start looking ahead at 2022 and what changes could be on the horizon which could positively impact doing...
Tourism Sector Accepts Fee Hikes, Hopes For More Lead Time
The Cambodian government have been pushing hard over the past year to increase revenue from tourism, which has translated into an increase in fees...
Cambodia’s Untapped Ecotourism Potential
Demand for sustainable, community-based tourism experiences in the Kingdom is on the rise – from wildlife conservation initiatives in Ratanakiri to indigenous family homestays...
AEON 3 Shopping Mall Due To Open On December 15 2022
The third Japanese-backed AEON Mall (Aeon Mall Meanchey) is set to open on December 15 2022. The mega mall is located 8 kilometres to...
Industry Insight: Dealing With Cambodia’s Skills Gap
Most businesses in the Cambodian IT sector struggle to hire the employees they are looking for and generally find it difficult to recruit competent...
What do foreigners need to enter Cambodia during COVID-19?
The Royal Cambodian Government has lifted the ban on visitors from Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the US which were implemented since March...
Sihanoukville To Welcome New Marriott Hotel
Local real-estate firm Grand Lion Group reached a deal with US-based Marriott group to manage and operate a new five-star hotel in the coastal...
Number of new hotels set to open in Phnom Penh
A new report from C9 Hotelworks suggests a large number of new hotels are due to open in the Kingdom of Cambodia's capital of...
Foreign Tourist Arrivals In Cambodia Up Over 12 Percent
Foreign tourist arrivals to Cambodia went up more than 12 percent in the first quarter of 2017, as the country ramped up efforts to...
Are COVID Passports coming to Cambodia?
With the COVID Passports starting trials and vaccines slowly being distributed globally, we look at the proposed travel pass schemes and if Cambodia is...
Chip Mong 271 Mega Mall due in 2022
Chip Mong Retail has confirmed its biggest mall to date, the Chip Mong 271 Mega Mall, is now 20% complete and is due to...
Gong Cha Shuts Down Operations in the Kingdom
Taiwanese franchise Gong Cha, which specialises in bubble tea, closed the doors of its five Phnom Penh branches yesterday, just three years after opening its...
Cambodia, Thailand Single Visa
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to promote the use of single visa for foreign tourists, particularly among those traveling within the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic...
Beverage Brands Overflowing Cambodian Market
The impact of a saturated market for beverage brands in Cambodia has been felt by Taiwanese bubble tea chain Chatime, with the local franchise...
Angkor Wat Tourists Floating On The Moat
A temporary floating bridge completed in May over the moat leading to Angkor Wat, while the original is currently closed for repairs, is proving to...
Prince International Airlines to join domestic aviation market
Prince International Airlines has been granted an air operator certificate (AOC) by the Cambodia State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).
Prince International Airlines applied for...
Prince Mall opens in Sihanoukville
The Prince Huan You Real Estate Cambodia Group Co Ltd has opened its Prince Mall in Sihanoukville this week.
Prince Mall - Sihanoukville
The mall will...
Visa Cards Now Accepted At Angkor Archaeological Park
Visa, the global payments technology company, has announced that Visa cards will now be accepted at the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, one...
Cambodian Craft Distillers
Local craft distillers in Cambodia are on the rise and snapping up international accolades. As business startups in a fledging environment, these entrepreneurs have...
New Theatre Opens In Siem Reap
The Angkor Grand Theatre, part of a $15-million project known as the Angkor Dynasty Entertainment Center, opened its doors to the public last Wednesday...
Bay Of Lights Project Breaks Ground in Sihanoukville
Canopy Sands Development, who is the lead developer on the Bay of Lights project, together with Sihanoukville Provincial Governor, H.E. Kuoch Chamroeun organised a...
Jurassic Theme Park To Be Built In Prey Veng Province
Plans for a $51 million entertainment complex in Prey Veng province near the Vietnamese border that would include a “Jurassic Theme Park” as well...
Investment Insight: A Perspective On What Growth In Tourism Means To...
Not long ago, in the mid 1990s, the streets of downtown Phnom Penh had very minimal traffic – some bicycles, motorbikes, cyclos, and very...
Thousands To Flood Sihanoukville For 2016 Sea Festival
Cambodia’s southern coastal resort town of Sihanoukville is preparing to host the fifth annual Sea Festival from December 23-25, with authorities expecting around 200,000...
Chinese Airlines Eye Cambodian Market
Three more Chinese airlines will enter the local aviation market in the near future, with the number of routes connecting Chinese and Cambodian cities...
Direct Flight Boosts Japanese Tourists
The first direct flight between Japan and Cambodia, which launched last year, has bumped up the number of Japanese tourists visiting the kingdom, helping...
Angkor Sankranta 2018 Attracts Over 1.8 Million Visitors
Some 1.82 million national and international tourists joined the Angkor Sankranta 2018, the sixth of its kind, in Siem Reap cultural province, a 15.14...
AirAsia Looking To Land Office In Cambodia Soon
Malaysia-based low-cost airline AirAsia will soon open an office in Cambodia, according to company CEO Anthony Fernandes, who met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
PM Announces New Airport In Siem Reap
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that Siem Reap is in need of a new airport to tackle the rising number of visitors to...
Angkor Revenue Up, Tourists Amount Down
According to a new report by the Ministry of Tourism published yesterday, revenue from ticket sales to the Angkor Archeological Park reached $39.48 million...
CSTV-Cambodia Sports Television to pilot in 2020
Cambodia will launch the CSTV-Cambodia Sports Television channel in 2020, to be piloted online, says Vat Chamroeun, Tourism Secretary of State and secretary-general of...
Sihanoukville In The Spotlight
Although overshadowed by Phnom Penh, interest in doing business in Sihanoukville was further piqued after the Cambodian government defined the city as a ‘multi-purpose...
Hospitality And Tourism Industry Growth Reflected At Expo
Over 9,000 hospitality industry people descended on Diamond Island over the weekend to attend the fifth edition of the CAMFOOD CAMHOTEL, the Kingdom’s largest...
Cambodia’s Tourism Capacity Data
Information detailing Cambodia's tourism capacity levels were released this past week, with a breakdown per region of the Kingdom.
The information was circulated online and...
Siem Reap Hotel Beats The World’s Best
Cambodia’s Viroth’s Hotel, based in the province of Siem Reap, has come out top of the 2018 Best Hotels in the world for travellers,...
Chinese Company Brought On Board For New Siem Reap Airport
Plans for the construction of a brand new $880 million airport to serve the major tourist hub of Siem Reap are close to being...
K Mall Opens in Phnom Penh
Urbanland has officially opened K Mall on Veng Sreng Boulevard in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The mall joins a growing list of...
Cambodia’s First Marriott Hotel To Open Next Year In Siem Reap
Cambodia is finally to have its first Marriott International branded hotel, with local developer Grand Lion Group announcing last week that the 233-room Courtyard...
Cambodians Take To The Skies, New Asia Routes Opening Soon
Chinese passenger arrivals via the three international airports are the main trend providing steady growth, a senior officer at Cambodia Airports says, but Cambodians...
Kampot Seaport Coming In 2019
Construction of the first seaport for tourist vessels in Kampot is due to start by the end of the year. The groundbreaking ceremony for the...
Hospitality Establishments Continue To Increase
With international tourist arrivals and investment in the sector ostensibly on the rise, the kingdom saw a “tremendous” growth in the number of hotels...
Bluebell Group Launches Cambodian Partnership With WorldBridge Group
Bluebell Group, considered to be Asia’s leading luxury brand distributor and operator, formally announced the launch of its Cambodian operations in partnership with WorldBridge...
Air Traffic To Cambodia Up 23%
Air traffic to Cambodia’s three international airports increased by 23 percent in the first two quarters of 2017, due largely to growing Chinese tourism...
Cambodia Tourism recovery roadmap 2020-2025
The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism has drafted a recovery roadmap 2020-2025 and a strategy to deal with the massive impact of COVID-19. The 2020-2025...
Cambodia Eyes Share Of Thai Tourist Market
Cambodia needs more direct flights to and from destinations around the world to increase the country’s share of regional tourism, according to the State...
Two Kingdoms, One Destination Tourism Campaign Promoted
Cambodia and Thailand are pushing for the implementation of an agreement on tourism cooperation. The call was announced during a meeting between Cambodian Tourism...
Talking Hospitality
Rob Ainge, the man behind upmarket BKK restaurant Deco, talks to us about the hospitality industry in Phnom Penh.
Ainge’s brainchild Deco, an elegant...
Dates Set For 2017 Sea Festival In Kep
The sixth Sea Festival will take place in Kep province from December 22 to 24, according to a government statement issued this week.
The event,...
Tourist Numbers In Cambodia Up From Last Year
The first nine months of 2016 have seen around a 5% increase in tourists visiting Cambodia compared to the same period the previous year,...
Cambodia looks to expand its railways network
The railway network in Cambodia is relatively limited, with the lines running north and south catering for cargo and passengers. However, in recent years,...
Phnom Penh’s Entrepreneurs Looking Forward To Good-For-Business Water Festival
With full-scale celebrations for the Water Festival gracing the capital for only the second time in six years, local businesses are gearing up for...
Travelling On The Job: Q&A With Remote Year’s Meredith Dreman
If you think that you need to quit your job to see world, think again. Today we go to Emerald Hub – one of...
Emirates Flights To Link Phnom Penh With Yangon And Dubai
Cambodia will soon have daily flights from Dubai and Yangon as Emirates creates a new air link between the capital cities of two developing...
Implementing ASEAN Standards
As ASEAN moves closer to single market integration, its member states are looking for ways to create a unified tourism market rather than ten...
Angkor Wat Ticket Revenue Up 18 pct
Cambodia earned $61.4 million in revenue from the sale of tickets at Angkor Wat during the first half of 2018, a hike of nearly...
How does the Cambodian Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) work?
In July 2021, the Cambodian government re-allowed inbound travellers (with the appropriate visas and COVID- protocol requirements) to pre-book their hotels once again for...
New Track For Battambang Bamboo Trains
A new track for the “nori”, also known as the bamboo train, will be built in Battambang province to keep alive the traditional tourist...
Naga 3: Phnom Penh
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp has released new images and details of the proposed Naga 3 expansion in Phnom Penh.
Naga 3 - Phnom Penh
The Chicago-based...
Assessing Recommendations From The Coastal Development Conference
Becoming a member of the Club of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World comes with obvious rewards. For the Bay of Cambodia, which...
Hospitality Continues To Drive Cambodian Employment
With more than 1.5 million tourists visiting Cambodia during the first quarter of 2017, compared to 1.3 million during the same period in 2016,...
Cambodia’s First International Travel Expo To Be Held In 2017
A first-of-its-kind tourism expo will be hosted late next year to help promote the whole of Cambodia as a global travel destination, co-organisers from...
Q&A With Carrol Sahaidak-Beaver Of The Cambodia Hotel Association
The B2B team has a chance to catch up with Carrol Sahaidak-Beaver, the Executive Director of the Cambodia Hotel Association, who discusses the development...
Carl’s Jr. Launches First Drive-Through Restaurant in Cambodia
Cambodia now has its first drive-through quick service restaurant, with American burger chain Carl’s Jr. opening its inaugural outlet in Phnom Penh on Monday.
The...
Thousands Attend 2017 River Festival In Stung Treng Province
The government’s three-day River Festival in Stung Treng province that ended on Sunday attracted a total of around 140,000 local and international tourists, the...
Cambodia’s Economic Growth Sparks Franchise Boom
More foreign franchise companies will appear in Cambodia as the rising urban population and surging middle class want to enjoy international brands, according to...
An Innovative Market Founded and Pioneered by a Young CEO
Mr. Ban Vibol has brought and founded the first Khmer Market in Cambodia with his ambitious vision to preserve Khmer authenticity through his unique...
Ministry of Tourism waives licence renewal fees 2021
The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism (MoT) confirmed it would waive licence renewal fees for 2021 to assist the struggling tourist industry, however, new business...
China To Boost Tourism in Cambodia
China plans to establish a comprehensive tourism development plan for Siem Reap province, home of the famed Angkor archeological park.
In a meeting with Cambodian...
Small Planet Airlines Set For Take Off
Small Planet Airlines, a low-cost carrier, became the seventh airline registered with the country’s aviation body after the company yesterday received its Air Operator’s...
Sihanoukville’s Property Sector Set For Bright Future
Cambodia’s coastal resort town of Sihanoukville is attracting a wealth of investors and developers looking to cash in on improved infrastructure and an increase...
New EFG food delivery HungryApp released in Cambodia
Express Food Group (EFG), one of Cambodia's leading F&B businesses and franchise operators, has launched its own food delivery app in the Kingdom, called...
Beyond Angkor Wat: Keeping Tourists In The Kingdom Longer
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has been recognized as one of the wonders of the world since it was first brought to travelers’ attention in the...
AccorHotels Plans 3 New Mid-range Hotels
AccorHotels, a French multinational hotel group, plans to open new branches of its famous chained-brand hotels in Cambodia, as it moves to seize opportunities...
New Management Takes Over Koh Krabey Resort
As reported by the Phnom Penh Post, a resort being built on Koh Krabey has recently changed management, with the Six Senses chain taking over...
Construction Set To Start On Kampot Tourism Seaport
Construction of the first seaport for tourist vessels in Kampot province is due to start in September.
Provincial tourism department director Soy Sinol said a...
Government To Regulate Service Charges
In a bid to increase transparency between businesses and their customers in the tourism industry, the government has issued a directive regulating the use...
Siem Reap’s Visitor Count Up On The Back Of Domestic Tourism...
Tourist visits to the province of Siem Reap increased slightly during the first half of the year, due primarily to a surge in the...
Ministry To Protect Sihanoukville Beach Areas From Development
The Ministry of Tourism offered a ray of sunshine to beachgoers by revealing measures to make some areas of beaches in the southern coastal...
Hilton To Open First Hotel In Cambodia
Hilton has announced plans to enter the Kingdom’s market, with its first hotel set to come online in Phnom Penh by 2022.
The exact location...
SCCA plans to open a Cambodian pilot training school in 2021
The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said in December 2020 that they plan to open a Cambodian pilot training school in 2021 in...
“A Grain of Salt” For Tourism Market Statistics
Cambodia attracted 4.5 million foreign visitors over the course of 2014, an increase of 5.9 percent since last year. The five year projection, according...
Construction Gets Underway On Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh Hotel
Hyatt Regency added Cambodia to its growing footprint in Southeast Asia with a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday to lay the foundations of the international five-star...
Success In Siem Reap
As Siem Reap continues to expand at a staggering rate to welcome the growing number of tourists, competition for new businesses can be tough.
The...
