Amara Holdings Limited’s hospitality arm, Amara Hotels & Resorts continues its regional expansion with the upcoming development of a new 272-room hotel in central Bangkok, Thailand. This marks the Group’s first entry into the “Land of Smiles”. In conjunction with this hotel development, an agreement was signed today with Thailand Crown Property Bureau, a quasi-government [...]

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At present the impact from the global warming is of extensive interest, therefore there is a tendency that people are paying more attention to the natural resources and environment which brings about the trend of the eco tourism and additional natural adventure activities. Thus Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has organized Thailand Eco & Adventure [...]

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Qatar Airways today announced its expansion programme was continuing with vigour with plans to launch six new routes in Europe and Asia from October 2010. The Doha-based airline will phase in the route expansion over a four-month period with daily flights to Phuket – after Bangkok, its second destination in Thailand – kicking off the [...]

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Thailand’s world-class luxury lifestyle community Royal Phuket Marina (RPM) was the recipient of another prestigious regional award for its unique waterfront properties, and in particular, the new ‘Aquaminium’ apartments. RPM was voted ‘Best Developer – Waterfront Development’ at the 2010 Cityscape Awards for Real Estate in Asia. The annual awards, presented in Singapore on May [...]

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Centara Hotels & Resorts is to open the Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket in October 2010, a newly-built resort property at Karon Beach on the island of Phuket. The hotel is one of the few at Karon to be set directly at the edge of the sand, most of the existing properties being on the [...]

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The World’s Largest Hotel Chain has added four new hotels to its growing presence in Japan, the 242-room Best Western Hotel Fino Sapporo (Sapporo), 145- room Best Western Hotel Fino Oita (Oita), 72- room Best Western Naha Inn (Okinawa) and 168-room Best Western Fukuoka Nakasu Inn (Fukuoka). The four new hotels join Best Western’s existing [...]

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Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees has stunned the hotel industry again with its second award “Best Mid-range Hotel in Hong Kong” in the Individual Hotel Awards category awarded by TTG China Travel Awards 2010 while the hotel is still celebrating its opening less than 6 months. The hotel received the news on Thursday April 8, 2010 [...]

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M&C today announced 3 agreements to manage hotels totaling just over 800 guest rooms in key markets including Riyadh, Doha and its first property in Amman. “The hotels in Riyadh and Amman will be Millennium Hotels, while Doha will be Millennium Executive Apartments. These agreements and our current Development pipeline confirms that introducing a combination [...]

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At the Feng Shui approved time of 3:18 pm, Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon G. Adelson and other company officials snipped the celebratory ribbon and with it, Marina Bay Sands, the most ambitious and architecturally-stunning leisure and convention facility ever built opened its doors and welcomed its first guests. On [...]

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Singapore Airlines will be mounting additional flights over the coming days to help clear the backlog of customers affected by the recent closure of European airspace. The following is a list of additional flights and their respective departure details. Singapore – Manchester: Flight Number SQ8318 / Departure time 2330 hrs / Date(s) of operation 23 [...]

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