Thai law for Proptech, accommodation and rental platforms

The rules proptech platforms most often have to examine are: Digital platform notification (ETDA); Foreign Business Act: hotels; Personal Data Protection Act; Payment Systems Act (Bank of Thailand). Which apply depends on the actual model.

If the service connects businesses, consumers or users for electronic transactions and passes THB 50 million a year platform revenue in Thailand (juristic person) or 5,000 monthly Thai users; platforms below the thresholds give a shorter notification. Platforms outside Thailand serving Thai users are covered. (Royal Decree on Digital Platform Services B.E. 2565, ss. 3, 8, 9, 10).

Hotel business, other than hotel management services, is on List 3 for a foreign-owned company. (Foreign Business Act, List 3 (17)).

If the business offers goods or services to people in Thailand, paid or free, or monitors their behaviour there, even from outside Thailand. An offshore controller generally needs a representative in Thailand. (PDPA B.E. 2562, ss. 5, 37(5), 38).