Khiri Travel Group Makes Two Senior Appointments

BANGKOK, 18 April 2011 – Khiri Group CEO and co-founder Willem Niemeijer has made two senior appointments at Khiri DMC (destination management company). Francois Girard has been appointed General Manager of Khiri DMC. Craig Roach has been appointed Khiri DMC Director of Product and Operations. Both appointments are Bangkok based at Khiri DMC head office [...]

Guaranteed Upgrades at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas

PHUKET, 7 April 2011 – Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas is offering guaranteed villa upgrades for guests who book directly with the property and stay a minimum of two nights between 1 May and 15 July 2011.  If you book a 229 square metre two-bedroom Pool Villa at 6,500 THB (US$217), Outrigger will automatically [...]

Ramada Opens First Managed Hotel in the Asia Pacific Region in Bangkok

HONG KONG (Sept. 29, 2010) – Wyndham Hotel Group (NYSE: WYN), the world’s largest hotel company with nearly 7,200 hotels and 12 brands, today announced the opening of the new Ramada Hotel & Suites Bangkok, the company’s first managed Ramada® hotel in the Asia Pacific region. Owned by Sookjai Condominium Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of [...]

Emerging Khmer Destination Unveils Its First Website

BANGKOK, 28 September 2010 – Khiri Reach and GTZ have launched a community tourism website to promote the little known 8th-10th century Khmer ruins of Sambor Prei Kuk in central Cambodia. The website, www.samborpreikuk.com, was jointly funded by Khiri Reach, the not-for-profit arm of Khiri Travel, and GTZ (German Development Cooperation), which is financed by [...]

Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas Launches Meeting Package

PHUKET, 27 September 2010 – Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand has introduced a unique meeting offer using the property’s 604 square-meter pool villas. The new meeting package provides a refreshingly different environment in which to conduct small to medium-sized meetings. Instead of an artificially-lit room in the corridors of a major hotel, [...]

More Winning Travel Images & Stories Now on SoutheastAsia.org

BANGKOK, 10 June 2010 – The May winners for the Southeast Asia Awards content contest are now online at www.SoutheastAsia.org. The winning entries represent some of the best travel photography and writing on Southeast Asia, as voted by visitors to the interactive site and by a panel of editors. In the photography category, “The White [...]

Thailand Needs Your Support. Not Price Cutting

BANGKOK, 2 June 2010 — The Thailand PATA Chapter regrets to observe that Royal Orchid Holidays (ROH), a division of THAI Airways International, has come up with a self-defeating tourism recovery strategy for Thailand – price reductions of 50%. In addition, ROH expects hotels to sweeten the pot further with free dinners, cash vouchers and [...]

Next Mekong Tourism Forum To Take Place In Pakse, Laos

BANGKOK, 25 May 2010 – The 2011 Mekong Tourism Forum will take place in the emerging destination of Pakse, Champasak province, southern Laos, in May 2011. The announcement was made by the Lao National Tourism Administration at the end of a revitalised Mekong Tourism Forum, which attracted a larger-than-expected audience of 213 delegates and closed [...]

Winning Travel Images and Stories Now on SoutheastAsia.org

BANGKOK, 17 May 2010 – The April winners for the www.SoutheastAsia.org content contest have been announced. Both Editor’s Choice and People’s Choice awards for travel photography and travel writing are now online on the increasingly popular travel portal for Southeast Asian destinations. The winning entries represent the finest and most popular entries from the first [...]

O-CE-N Bali by Outrigger Offers ‘Hot Deal’ Package

BALI, 21 April 2010 — The O-CE-N Bali by Outrigger on Legian beachfront has launched a Hot Deal package with rates from US$135* per room night for a minimum of two nights’ stay. The Hot Deal package includes daily breakfast for two, roundtrip airport transfers, and a one-hour spa treatment for two people per stay. [...]

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