Italy’s Massimo Cigana carved his name into the history books of the Laguna Phuket Triathlon with a hard-fought victory in sweltering conditions to become the first three-time champion in the annual event’s 18-year history.
Cigana – champion last year and in 2008 – completed the gruelling course in 2:32:51, four minutes ahead of fellow Italian Alberto Cassadei. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on November 28th, 2011
The Bali Hotels Association (BHA), a professional group of star-rated hotels and resorts in Bali, has recently formed its “BHA Green Team.” The Green Team consists of representatives from member hotels around Bali who are responsible for environmental and sustainability initiatives. The Green Team meets once a month to share ideas and attend presentations from various environmental organizations and green suppliers. It serves not only as a forum for education but also a place for sharing ideas and networking.
This year the BHA has selected as one of its key environmental initiatives “Say No to Disposable Plastic.” The Green Team members monitor and measure their plastics usage at each hotel and submit metrics every month to the BHA.
The objective of the initiative is to reduce and replace disposable plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives such as bio-degradable plastics, glass, ceramics, etc., wherever possible. Participant hotels hope to achieve a 20 percent reduction in disposable plastics as a group within the next 12 months, which would equate to approximately 5,000 of kilograms of disposable plastics per month. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 20th, 2011
SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, is set to begin services to Koh Samui in Thailand from 27 September 2011.
Flights are scheduled to operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Koh Samui will be SilkAir’s third destination in Thailand, after Phuket and Chiang Mai. The new services will be operated with the Airbus 319 aircraft, featuring both Business and Economy Class cabins.
Bangkok Airways will be the codeshare partner on these flights. SilkAir will also codeshare on Bangkok Airways’ daily evening services between Singapore and Koh Samui, providing customers with more flight options.
Currently, Bangkok Airways operates a daily non-stop service on this route with the same aircraft type, leaving Koh Samui at 1635hrs and departing from Singapore at 2010hrs. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 14th, 2011
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a “Best Deal” campaign to attract short-break visitors from regional source markets to Chiang Mai and the northern Thai provinces.
At a press conference here today, Mr Sansern Ngaorungsi, TAT’s Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Asia and South Pacific), said:
“This project is being organised by the TAT in cooperation with the Chiang Mai Tourism Business Association and over 180 local tourism partners; such as, hotels, golf courses, spas, department stores, and food shops. Visitors can book online through various websites (listed below) and gain access to special benefits and offers with discounts of up to 50%.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 11th, 2011
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is promoting Thai tourism by supporting an exhibition of amazing photographs under the theme “Travel with a New Heart for a Sustainable Thailand.”
The exhibition will feature over 200 photos of people and historical and cultural landmarks from all over Thailand, taken by noted photographer Ajarn Athlon Jullowbol. The event aims to encourage photography enthusiasts and travellers to fully appreciate the beauty of Thailand, from impressive landscapes to the intricate details of the Kingdom’s ancient wonders and the joyful celebration of its distinctive culture. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 11th, 2011
Bangkok has retained the No. 1 spot as Worlds Best City in Travel + Leisure’s magazine’s 16th annual World’s Best Awards readers’ poll for the second year. Elsewhere, Bali is No. 1 island in Asia, and the second favorite in the world. Meanwhile, hotels in the region that placed on the list of Top 100 Hotels Overall include the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Devi in Chiang Mai, La Résidence Phou Vou in Luang Prabang, Laos, and The Peninsula Bangkok (ranked Nos. 7, 16 and 40, respectively), among others.
The Best International Airline as voted by readers across the globe is Singapore Airlines, with Thai Airways International coming in at No. 9. Australia and New Zealand also performed well, with the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand bagging 11th place on the list of Top 100 Hotels Overall. Meanwhile, Discovery Shores in the Philippines was named best spa in Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 8th, 2011
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) conducted an online survey during February to April 2011 to find out the “100 Most Amazing Places in Thailand”. Launched under the campaign theme “Your Amazing Places in Thailand that Always Amaze You”, a total of 3,389 travellers from 68 countries around the world who have visited Thailand participated. The results announced on 29 June 2011 are as follows. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 7th, 2011
Singapore Airlines is pleased to announce the addition of a seventh daily flight between Singapore and Hong Kong, making the territory its busiest point outside of Singapore, with 56 outbound flights weekly (including flights departing Hong Kong for San Francisco).
The new service will commence on 27 March 2011. SQ890, operated by a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, will depart Singapore at 0735hrs and arrive in Hong Kong at 1120hrs. The return flight, SQ891, will depart Hong Kong at 1230hrs and arrive in Singapore at 1610hrs.
Customers will have an even wider range of flight timings to choose from, with seven flights within a 12-hour period departing from both Singapore and Hong Kong. For the full schedule, please refer to the table below. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on February 23rd, 2011
Aston International continues to extend its select service favehotel brand in Bali with the signing of a management agreement for its fifth favehotel in Bali, the favehotel Legian, recently. The new favehotel will be on Jalan Troppozone just 50 meters from the Bali Bomb Monument on Ground Zero and feature 150 guest rooms, an eclectic cafe shop, several meeting rooms and an oversized 30 meter long outdoor swimming pool.
Since launched in early 2009, favehotel has become the fastest growing selected service hotel brand in Indonesia and beyond. Currently there are 2 favehotels in operation in Denpasar, Bali and Surabaya and another 15 under development with the next opening scheduled for April this year in Seminyak, Bali and a series of hotels set to open in fall this year in Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Makassar and Langkawi, Malaysia. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on February 17th, 2011
Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of two management agreements with TCC Hotel Group a subsidiary of TCC Land Group for a new build Hilton Hotels & Resorts hotel and a conversion project to be rebranded as a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel. Both properties are due for completion in 2012. TCC Land Group is a leading real estate company in Thailand with diverse sectors including residential, office buildings, retail, and hospitality.
The two hotels will be located in Sukhumvit area, Bangkok‘s main lifestyle, entertainment and residential area. The hotels will be a short walk from the Phrom Phong sky train station and adjacent to the popular Emporium Shopping Complex.
Including these two new hotels in Bangkok, Hilton Worldwide portfolio in Thailand now features five hotels currently open to the world’s travellers and three additional hotels to open in the country during the next two years. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on February 17th, 2011
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