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Hotels face five-stage recovery
Published on 16/10/2020
» Five stages lay ahead for the world’s almost one million accommodation providers until their booking cycle resets into a different normal, a new report by SiteMinder, a global hotel industry guest acquisition platform, reveals.
Australia urges tourists not to cancel holidays
Published on 22/01/2020
» Australian tourism operators have one message for visitors — "we are a massive country and we are open for business."
Cultural melting pot
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 15/06/2017
» Bangkok is populated by many Thais of foreign descent, a majority being Chinese. Yaowarat and Talat Noi are among the city's oldest Chinese communities. The area once boasted major ports and trading hubs, which also accommodated places of worship for Christians and Muslims in addition to temples and shrines for Buddhists of different sects.
Finding the true Northeast
B Magazine, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 15/01/2017
» When scrolling through my Facebook feed over the holiday season, I see that most of my friends have left the country for a winter break away from their usual scene of busy Bangkok. Family vacations spent at a Hokkaido ski resort, colourful scenes of Christmas lights and displays in London, sunny escapes to Florida -- these images all flood my newsfeed.
The green dream
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 18/06/2015
» Located 315km southeast of Bangkok, the resort island of Koh Chang in Trat is a five-hour drive from the capital city and a 30-minute ferry ride from the mainland. Technically, travelling to any destination increases carbon emissions. Koh Chang is a long-time popular tourist destination, meaning it has long been exploited as well.
Hagupit now a tropical depression (Updated Tuesday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/12/2014
» Hagupit has weakened further and is now classified as a tropical depression at it leaves the Philippines. The death toll has risen to 27, but that has to be considered a victory for authorities after thousands were killed last year by Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Reliving ancient civilisation
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 08/05/2014
» Only about 130km northwest of Bangkok, Suphan Buri province has a lot for visitors to see and do, ranging from forests to cultural attractions. However, the U Thong National Museum is often overlooked by visitors although it displays several of Thailand’s outstanding artefacts of the Dvaravati period (6th-11th centuries).
Yangon: Marvels, If you can make it
B Magazine, Published on 17/02/2013
» Even if Barack Obama had spent the night during his historic trip to Yangon late last year, chances are he would have steered clear of the White House. For travellers on a modest budget, however, this reliable guesthouse in the former Myanmar capital's frenzied city centre is about as good as it gets _ if they can endure the hike up to the rooms in the upper storeys. The lift-less, decades-old British building also provides the most extensive buffet breakfast in town _ a detail not to be overlooked since most budget and midrange hotels here only offer simple eggs-and-toast meals in the morning.
Pretty as A motion picture
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 27/12/2012
» Say you're making a big studio movie in which shenanigans at a New Year's Eve party in Bangkok are pivotal to the plot. Setting the scene would go like a dream using The Peninsula Bangkok's subtly sophisticated, paradoxically pulsating celebrations as backdrop.
Coming back to life
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/11/2012
» About 20km from Muang Prachin Buri is Si Mahosot Ancient City. It boasts Thailand's oldest replica of the Lord Buddha's footprints and also the country's oldest offshoot of Phra Sri Maha Bodhi Tree in India under which the Lord Buddha meditated and attained enlightenment 2,600 years ago.