Cookie Notice

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information about cookies, see the website AllAboutCookies.org.

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

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Strictly Necessary

These cookies are essential to make THAI websites work correctly, they allow using the functionality of the website such as creating an account with us, booking and ticket purchase, accessing to your Royal Orchid Plus. These cookies are removed once you close your browser. These technical cookies do not require consent of the user.

Performance

These cookies are used for optimizing the website by detecting any technical problems that may be encountered. They give THAI information about how the user interacts with the website such as remember your preferences, the number of visits per page, the time spent on a page. These cookies allow us to improve our websites.

Functional

We use these cookies to memorize the preferences and choices during reservation for example choice of meals, type of seat, choice of language, membership number of Royal Orchid Plus, offering e-commerce or payment.

Targeting

We use these cookies to optimize communication, analyze information on the geographical location of visitors and their use of the site to deliver content, newsletter or email that is more relevant to you and your interests or subscription. The information obtained is anonymous and not related to your personal data.

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

  • Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which help us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
  • From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
  • As we sell products it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
  • The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.

For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

  • We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioral advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
  • We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Yandex, Bing and Webtrends, will set register your personal data and set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Information about cookies used in our websites

The table below show detail of cookies use in domain thaiairways.com and their purpose.

Cookie Name Purpose
aladdin_gen_ai_user_remaining_attempts Temporary Session cookie to store temporary session information on the client-side (user's browser) to maintain user state across multiple requests to a web server, typically for a limited time or until the browser is closed
incap_ses_xxx Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (AKA visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions (ie, session cookie).
OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.
__utmt This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.
___utmvc The ___utmvc cookie is a tracking cookie used by Google Analytics to gather data on user behavior on a website
_utmv######### This cookie is used to store custom variable data at the visitor level in Google Analytics. It is used for segmenting visitors into custom segments for more accurate analysis.
__cf_bm The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie.
__utmc This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In this older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie.
OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.
visid_incap_xxx Incapsula DDoS Protectiona and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking certain sessions to a specific visitor (visitor representing a specific computer). In order to identify clients that have already visited Incapsula. The only cookie that is persistent for the duration of 12 months.
_dc_gtm_UA-xxxxxxxx This cookie is associated with sites using Google Tag Manager to load other scripts and code into a page. Where it is used it may be regarded as Strictly Necessary as without it, other scripts may not function correctly. The end of the name is a unique number which is also an identifier for an associated Google Analytics account.
_gclxxxx Google conversion tracking cookie.
__utmb This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor.
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
_gid This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx NAUsed by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device.
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx To generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Service
_gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
__utma This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners.
__utmz This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
c_c0002 The c_c0002 cookie, set by OneTrust, is used to store user consent preferences for website cookies. Specifically, it records which categories of cookies a user has consented to (or rejected).
aladdin_gen_ai_user_session User session management.
c_c0001 OneTrust refers to Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential for the basic functionality of a website and do not require user consent, as they are necessary for the site to work properly according to OneTrust documentation.
_fwb These cookies enable specific functionalities on a website, like remembering user preferences or settings.
i18next This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of the website.
_sfid_c846 The sfid cookie created by Salesforce is used to identify a unique session for a user.
095a1f8d6d0483efb6206bb859002898 Booking flow functional cookie.
_evga_0365 The _evga cookie variant, is used to match information collected on a website with data stored in Salesforce Marketing Cloud Personalization.
989d82c8c192ac5a22a412008d1afa85 Booking functionality related.
c_c0003 Onetrust cookie enhance the user experience by remembering user preferences, like language settings or saved items, and enabling features like live chat. They improve website functionality and personalization.
config Functional cookie for website functionality related.
_fbp Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
wcs_bt This cookie name is associated with Naver Corporation which is used to display relevant advertising to visitors.
c_c0004 The OneTrust cookie c_c0004 is associated with Targeting Cookies and is used to manage user consent for these types of cookies. When a user visits a website using OneTrust for cookie consent, this cookie helps track whether the user has consented to the use of targeting cookies.

The table below show detail of cookies use in domain royalorchidholidays.com and their purpose.

Cookie Name Purpose
EZ_SESSION_TRACK Tracking cookie which exists for the lifetime of a session.
EZ_SESSION Session cookie, which can change when a user transitions between SSL and non-SSL
EZ_SESSION_EXPIRATION_WARNING Session cookie, which store the estimated server session expiration date/time, the date/time is serialized in UTC format. The main propose of this cookie is to synchronize the front end timers used to show a popup message when the server session may be expired.
EZ_LIFETIME_TRACK Tracking cookie with no expiration date
EZ_SECURED_SESSION Cookie which indicates whether a user has ever been in SSL mode, in which case we change the cookie
EZ_COBRAND Indicates the cobrand a user is on
EZ_REMEMBER_RECENT_SEARCHES Used to remember the most recent searches a user has done, even if their session has expired
track The agentid passed in the "track" URL variable
_utma, utmb, utmc, _utmz Variables used by Google Analytics
EZ_ABTK_SESSION, EZ_ABTK_SEVEN_DAYS,
EZ_ABTK_THIRTY_DAYS, EZ_ABTK_LIFETIME
Session cookie and tracking cookies for 7-day, 30-day, and lifetime, all for A/B testing
RELEASE_VERSION Tracks release version
BIGipServerp¬v132¬http Tracks ip server of current app being served

The table below show detail of cookies use in domain thaicargo.com and their purpose.

Cookie Name Purpose
XSRF-TOKEN To prevent cross site scripting
laravel_session To store encrypted identity session
_gid, _gat, _ga For google search

The table below show detail of third party cookies use in our websites and their purpose.

Provider Cookie Name Purpose
facebook.com datr Used to help with security and suspicious login activity
youtube.com SID Used to verify a Google user account and most recent login time
youtube.com HSID Used to verify Google user account and most recent login time
facebook.com fr Used for targeted advertising
addthis.com loc Used to stores the visitor geo-location to record location of sharer
youtube.com demographics Used for demographic profiling and targeting for advertising
youtube.com PREF Used to stores user preference and can be used to personalize ads on google searches
google.com HSID Used to verify Google user account and most recent login time
addthis.com uvc Used to tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis