Chaophya Park Hotel, Bangkok adds to its MICE facilities and will soft open its brand new ‘mansion hall’ styled venue, Tarathep Hall. The new MICE facility is an elegant stand-alone hall with an impressive faade of columns and a white dome. With its own driveway and grand entrance, guests will first glimpse a stunning new [...]
22 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Hotel Promotions, Thailand, Travel News
The luxury Outrigger Serenity Terraces Resort Phuket has launched a “Festive Early-Bird” promotion offering internet users 15% off its best available rates for Christmas and New Year. “Early-Bird Promotion” reservations are available now online at www.outrigger.com until 30 September 2009. Bookings are valid for stays anytime 20 December 2009 until 10 January 2010. Outrigger Serenity [...]
19 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Airlines, Australia, Thailand, Travel News
Australia’s new international airline V Australia today announced Phuket and Johannesburg as its next two destinations along with a strengthened focus on Melbourne just six months after launch. Four new V Australia routes to commence from December onwards include: Brisbane to Phuket, Thailand direct twice weekly from 22 November 2009 Melbourne to Phuket, Thailand direct [...]
The newly-opened 580-square-metre Snow Dome is the latest attraction in the northern city of Chiang Mai. Soon to be the new home and play pen for Chiang Mai’s famous panda family – Chuang Chuang (the male panda), Lin Hui (the mother), and their cub born on 27 May, the Snow Dome also features a separate [...]
06 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Thailand, Travel News
Dusit International celebrates the success of its two distinguished hotels, dusitD2 chiang mai and Dusit Thani Bangkok, as they have been listed in the Asia‘s Top 40 City Hotels by Travel + Leisure Magazine, one of the world‘s leading publications for elite travellers. The award is bestowed to the most outstanding Asia‘s Top 40 City [...]
05 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Festival & Event, Thailand, Travel News
Food & Hotel Thailand 2009, held at the Royal Paragon Halls in the heart of Bangkok, has been awarded host status of the 1st Asian Culinary Cup supported by WACS and attracting an expected audience of up to 5,000 local and international chefs. This global culinary event is held in addition to the comprehensive activity [...]
04 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Airlines, India, Thailand, Travel News
In response to growing customer demand, Jet Airways, India‘s premier international airline, will introduce its second daily service to Bangkok from Mumbai aboard its state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft, effective August 16, 2009. The airline currently operates a daily service to Bangkok from Mumbai, as well as from Delhi and Kolkata. Effective August 16, 2009, flight [...]
04 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Thailand, Travel News
Langham Hotels International (LHI) has doubled its footprint in Thailand to four properties following the signing of a deal with Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) to manage two new five-star properties in the country’s capital. The occasion marks the first time LHI’s two distinctive brands – The Langham and Langham Place – [...]
03 Aug
Posted by WHT Admin as Thailand, Travel News
Banyan Tree Bangkok, located in the central business district on South Sathon Road, unveils new luxurious one and two bedroom accommodation ideal for that make ideal long-stay suites, perfect for the unique requirements of business travelers and families spending an extended period in the busy metropolis. Banyan Tree Bangkok also unveils a new Banyan Tree [...]