TUI Nordic, a leading Scandinavian tour operator, is urging Thai hotels to diversify their client base, saying too large a share for any one particular group could make some guests from other countries uncomfortable. Chief executive Christian Clemens said a nascent problem has been perceived in terms of one group of guests dominating the hotel […]
CHIANG MAI — Thailand is aiming to break the Guinness World Records’ largest ever simultaneous massage at 840 pairs in Bangkok. The “World Record for Thai Massage” project, is set to draw 840 pairs of contestants, beating the current world record of 232 pairs massaging en masse set by Australia two years ago. Campaigns will […]
Two children of an Irish businessman were thrown into a well while his housekeeper working with ‘organised criminals’ set about to defraud him of his mansion and six other houses on the Thai island of Phuket, it was claimed today. Irish author and former Dublin clothing manufacturing boss, Colin Vard, 57, said he had to […]
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred about 80km south-west off Phuket last night, said the Meteorological Department. The quake happened at 6.12pm and could be felt on the the resort island. There were no reports of damages or injuries. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, 29 April 2011 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) is planning to elevate the standard of Phuket International Airport to accommodate the rising number of passengers. According to the statistics during the first six months of the 2011 fiscal year, or from October 2010 to March 2011, the number of travelers at Phuket […]
Thailand will nominate the old capital of Ayutthaya as the site for World Expo 2020. The cabinet yesterday approved Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kachornprasart’s proposal to nominate the central province as the World Expo site, reasoning that the ancient city has the strongest potential among the candidate locations of Chonburi, Chanthaburi, Phetchaburi, Chiang Mai and […]
Massive landslide destroys 100 households in Khao Phanom district; many still missing; Floods continue to wreak havoc; 710,000 now affected; Satun and Phuket get warning Days of downpours yesterday triggered a leviathan landslide that swallowed up an entire village of about 100 households in Krabi’s Khao Phanom district, leaving 10 residents reported dead and many […]
BANGKOK, March 30 — The number of current flood-related deaths in the southern provinces now stands at 11 with the most casualties–seven persons–registered in Nakhon Si Thammarat followed by three victims in Surat Thani and one in Phatthalung, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Director-General Vibul Sanguanpong said on Wednesday. Officially 716,110 persons have been affected by […]
