Thailand
Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket launches Smart Meeting Package
The Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket, a hotel which boasts events facilities for 1,340 delegates at one time, and has up to eleven meeting rooms, a comprehensive array of audio-visual equipment and expansive gardens has launched a Smart Meeting Package.
The Smart Meeting package – for groups of 20 or more delegates – begins [...]
Asian destinations keen on becoming gambling giants
With the announcement by Samak Sundaravej, incoming Thai prime minister who is planning to legalize gambling and build five casinos for domestic and foreign holidaymakers in the country’s tourist belts of Phuket, Pattaya, Khon Kaen, Hat Yai and Chiang Mai, the Far East has now entrenched itself as the world’s biggest legal gambling destination for [...]
Outrigger to Manage New Luxury Resort in Phuket, Thailand
Outrigger Enterprises Group has been selected to manage a new luxury 400-room full service hotel in an exciting new, mixed use resort being built on the island of Phuket in Thailand. The resort, located on Mai Khao Beach along the unspoiled northwest coast of Phuket, will be called the West Sands Resort, Phuket and will [...]
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) launches “E-Marketing for Amazing Thailand 2008″
Tourism Authority of Thailand recently hosted an exclusive trade launch to unveil “e-Marketing for
Amazing Thailand 2008″ - Thailand’s latest destination marketing initiative which incorporates the use of the e-marketing channels to promote ‘Amazing Thailand’ online which is expected to response in not only a greater revenue outcome to the travel suppliers as well the country [...]
Will Thailand change its name back to Siam?
By Reinhard Hohler l Northern Thai News
The dialogue on changing Thailand’s name back to Siam was initiated last week when Dr. Charnvit Kasetsiri, a respected historian from Thammasat University in Bangkok, introduced the idea at a conference in Bangkok. During the Royal Golden Jubilee-PhD Scholarship International Seminar Series LII held at Rangsit University on August 31, [...]
Courtyard by Marriott Hotel opens in Bangkok Thailand
Marriott International has opened the 318-room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Bangkok under a management agreement with The Erawan Group. The hotel is Marriott’s ninth property in Thailand and fourth in Bangkok.
The Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Bangkok is located on Rajdamri Road. The hotel is in the vicinity of a number of fashionable restaurants, office centers, [...]
AirAsia launches $1 flights between Singapore and Phuket
AirAsia is preparing to launch direct flights between Singapore and the Thai island paradise of Phuket from 5 November this year. The route will be served by Thai AirAsia, a member of the AirAsia Group.
Mr. Tassapon Bijleveld, chief executive officer of Thai AirAsia, said, “With the opening of the Singapore-Phuket route, AirAsia expands its presence [...]
