Is The Boutique Hotel in Bangkok A Mere Mirage Or The Real Deal?
Posted by: PloyWongsathan
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-04-11 12:14:53 -0700 | travel-news
The term ’boutique hotel in Bangkok’ probably causes people to dismiss it as some sort of expensive gimmick when it is nothing of the sort. Up until 20 years ago, boutique hotels did not exist as travelers were forced to...
Coordinated bomb attacks in Thailand killed 14 shoppers, injured over 340
Posted by: prabirghose
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-07-27 16:51:28 -0700 | travel-news
Thailand once used to be branded as a shopper’s Paradise but is now turning out to be a destination to be avoided. Several coordinated car bomb attacks have left behind at least 14 and more than 340 injured in different...
BOI drives for faith
Source: The Nation
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-05-03 00:34:14 -0700 | sports-news
00 am The Board of Investment has kicked off the "Unbeatable Thailand, Unparalleled Oppor-tunities" campaign, which it says will play a major role in the country's post-flood confidence-restoration plan aimed at foreign investors. Board secretary-general Atchaka Sibunruang said yesterday...
Most Japanese companies to stay in Thailand despite floods
Source: The Jakarta Post
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-05-01 15:12:55 -0700 | political-news
Business Most Japanese companies with subsidiaries in Thailand plan to stay in their current locations despite last year's devastating floods, a Japanese trade official said Thursday. Thai-Japanese Chamber of Commerce official Yoshito Kato said only three Japanese electronics manufacturing...
Counter Terrorism Bureau: Safe to visit Thailand
Source: Jerusalem Post
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-03-27 02:56:31 -0700 | political-news
Thailand is once again safe for Israeli travelers, at least according to the National Security Council's Counter Terrorism Bureau. The Bureau released a statement Thursday saying a previous "severe travel warning" issued two weeks ago over the likelihood of an...
Govt to help finance flood-barrier construction
Source: The Nation
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-03-19 19:27:13 -0700 | business-news
Saying at a water management seminar in Bangkok today, he said that the industrial operators themselves could win a soft loan package from Government Savings Bank for the construction. Meanwhile, under the government's Bt50 billion insurance scheme, premiums from the...
Swedish-Lebanese man charged of terror
Source: Zee News
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-03-17 17:02:18 -0700 | political-news
Atris Hussein has been charged with possession of a prohibited chemical substance in violation of the arms control law. The explosives were found in a building in Samut Sakhon province near here yesterday. Hussein was arrested on Thursday when he...
Cabinet to hold meetings in all provinces
Source: The Nation
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-03-12 12:55:42 -0700 | political-news
Yongyuth said Yingluck might not pick the same meeting venues as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had done, adding that mobile Cabinet meetings in the South will take place in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Songkhla and Phuket. Yingluck is...
Survey: Perception of Tsunami-Hit Destination Now Positive
Source: Scoop
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-02-22 02:49:49 -0800 | business-news
December 2011 A survey of holidaymakers in the beach destination of Khao Lak in Thailand shows that the December 26, 2004 tsunami is no longer a significant factor in tourists' perception of the area. Costs and travel time seem to...
P C Air of Thailand experiments with flight attendants
Posted by: prabirghose
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-07-27 17:47:07 -0700 | travel-news
Thailand has embarked on an experiment to introduce transsexuals and transgender as flight attendants in its P C Air airline. Thailand already encourages these special groups to take up mainstream jobs like assistants in cosmetic shops or health stores where...
Humanitarian crisis looms in Myanmar
Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-02-10 02:44:40 -0800 | political-news
Despite growing optimism over the pace of political reform in the military-dominated country, Refugees International called on the world community to address the escalating crisis in Kachin State, bordering China. "Tensions... are at boiling point with the potential for a...
Honda India Halts Production of Brio
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-02-07 12:32:20 -0800 | business-news
The India unit of Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it has halted manufacturing of the Brio hatchback because of a shortage of parts from Thailand, caused by floods in the Southeast Asian country. "We have run out of parts for...
Myanmar rebel talks raise guarded peace hopes
Source: Channel NewsAsia
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-02-08 05:25:32 -0800 | political-news
Myanmar's bid to reach out to ethnic guerrillas as part of budding reforms has raised cautious hopes of an end to decades of conflict, but analysts say major challenges must be overcome to achieve peace. The military-dominated nation's new nominally...
Thai king, marking 84th birthday, call for unity to overcome flooding problem
Source: Washington Post
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-02-05 14:56:23 -0800 | political-news
Thailand's king has called for his countrymen to unite against the worst floods in half a century. The revered monarch spoke to mark his 84th birthday and amid deep political divisions plaguing the country. King Bhumibol Adulyadej spoke Monday at...
Myanmar agrees truce with major rebel group
Source: Channel NewsAsia
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2012-02-03 12:38:25 -0800 | political-news
Authorities in Myanmar have reached a preliminary ceasefire deal with a major armed ethnic militia, reports said Saturday, in the latest sign the regime is reaching out to its opponents. The truce was signed Friday between the Shan State Army...
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