Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Agrees to Purchase Management Rights for Iconic Surfers Paradise Hotel

12 October 2011 Hotel to be rebranded Outrigger Surfers Paradise PHUKET, THAILAND, 12 October 2011 – Outrigger Hotels & Resorts today announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase the management rights and associated real estate assets of the hotel property currently operating as the Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise.  Outrigger Surfers Paradise AUSTRALIA Download [...]

Thailand’s Biggest Tourism Consultancy Rebrands as QUO

Offices to open in UK, India, Germany and Vietnam BANGKOK, 10 October 2011 – Bangkok-based Keen Media, this week officially rebrands as QUO Keen and announces five new offices around the world, opening by November 2011. The company is positioning itself as the world’s first tourism brand creation, communication and representation specialist. The other QUO [...]

New E-Guide Makes Responsible Travel in Mekong Region Easy

A new online guide shows you how to have a great holiday using boutique hotels, guest houses, restaurants, shops and tour operators that all build positive change throughout Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Guangxi and Yunnan provinces of China. 6 September 2011 – A new online e-guide, www.mekongresponsibletourism.org, describes over 185 responsible [...]

Outrigger Opens ‘Panache’ Restaurant in Phuket

Outrigger’s new interactive dining experience in Laguna Phuket called ‘Panache’ presents innovative Asian and European flavours in a relaxed poolside or air-conditioned setting away from the crowds  PHUKET, 10 August 2011 – Panache, the new restaurant by Outrigger in Phuket, opens its doors for the first time on 15 August. The poolside al fresco and [...]

Outrigger in Phuket Opens Spacious Suites

On 1 August, the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand opens 19 mountain-view suites with pool, gym and restaurant in the same complex   PHUKET, THAILAND, 1 August 2011 – The 26-hectare Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas  opened 19 ultra spacious new self contained suites, today, 1 August. The new inventory is [...]

Khiri Travel To Open in Myanmar

Edwin Briels, General Manager Image here BANGKOK, 27July 2011 – The Khiri Travel Group has announced further expansion with an office in Myanmar headed by Mr Edwin Briels as General Manager. The new office opens in Yangon in August 2011. Khiri Travel, founded in 1994, currently has seven offices operational in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and [...]

Outrigger Appoints William Visser as VP Operations, Asia Pacific

  PHUKET  – Darren Edmonstone, Managing Director of Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr William Visser as Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific. Visser will be based in Outrigger’s Asia Pacific corporate office in Phuket, Thailand. He will be responsible for overseeing and directing all hotel operations of [...]

Thai Tourism Companies Need to Refine Their Indian and Russian Marketing

BANGKOK, July 12, 2011 – Thailand’s hotels, tour operators and meetings companies need to move their marketing from the national level down to city, language or demographic niche if they are to more successfully reach tourists from India or Russia. That was conclusion of expert speakers addressing the PATA Thailand Chapter seminar in Bangkok on [...]

Tourism to Turn Nepal’s Political Revolution into an Economic One

The Nepalese government is depending on tourism to drive economic prosperity and continued political stability. However, Nepal’s ambitious tourism goals are being stymied by stay-away low cost carriers   BANGKOK, June 22, 2011 – Nepal is leveraging its tourism assets to turn its political revolution of 2005-2008 into an economic one in 2011. According to [...]

Tiger Trail Outdoor Adventures Expands to Thailand

      BANGKOK, 22 June 2011 — Tiger Trail Outdoor Adventures, a Luang Prabang-based adventure travel operator in Laos, will expand its operations to Thailand. The Tiger Trail Thailand headquarters will open 1 July in Chiang Mai. Martijn Blankers Download image here.   Tiger Trail Thailand will offer outdoor adventure tours all over the [...]

Czeschka Appointed to Cook a ‘Feast’ at Outrigger Laguna Resort and Villas, Phuket

PHUKET, 13 June 2011 — Robert Czeschka has been appointed Executive Chef at the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand, effective immediately.    Robert Czeschka Download image here.   Czeschka, an Austrian national, will be responsible for all the resort’s outlets including the new Feast restaurant, which opens in July, Bites all-day poolside dining, [...]

The 10 Big Tourism Issues That Need to be Addressed in the Greater Mekong Region

BANGKOK, 19 May 2011 – Ahead of the Mekong Tourism Forum on 27-28 May 2011 in Laos, Khiri Travel asked its country managers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam to identify the unnecessary obstacles to growth currently impacting tourism across the Greater Mekong Region.    They identified 10 issues ranging from practical operational matters to [...]

TAT To Gain Insights from Industry Stakeholders

  BANGKOK – May 12, 2011: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is collaborating with three key stakeholders to help plan a course for the future of Thai tourism in an interactive forum called “Mapping the Future,” which will take place on Thursday, 19 May, 2011, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok.The TAT is joining [...]

Forum to Address Mekong Region Travel Needs

Social media, mobile apps, service standards and multi-country themed trips all feature on a diverse agenda at upcoming Mekong Tourism Forum in southern Laos   BANGKOK, 10 May 2011 – Social media, mobile apps, real time data for the travel industry, multi-country thematic tours, responsible travel, and the importance of service in Mekong region destinations [...]

‘New Media Boot Camp’ to Boost Mekong Destinations

BANGKOK, 26 April 2011 — A ‘New Media Boot Camp’ will take place 26 May near Pakse, Laos, just before the Mekong Tourism Forum 27-28 May. Jens Thraenhart. Download image here   The New Media Boot Camp has been created so that travel bloggers, journalists and travel industry operators can come up with ideas to [...]

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