Khiri Travel Appoints New Country Manager for Vietnam and Cambodia

BANGKOK, 27 January 2011 – Khiri Travel has appointed Mr Terry Gordon as Joint Country Manager for Vietnam and Cambodia, effective immediately. He will be based in the Khiri Vietnam office in Ho Chi Minh City. Mr Gordon, an Australian national, is a former Royal Australian Air Force officer with a strong track record in [...]

Trip to Former Leper Colony Wins Tourism Writing Award

BANGKOK, 14 July 2010 – A boat trip to an island that was once the world’s largest leper colony has won top prize for travel writing in the Southeast Asia Awards. The story, which won the Editors’ Choice Award for June, is hosted on www.SoutheastAsia.org, the official B2C portal of the ASEAN Tourism Association. The [...]

Outrigger in Phuket Launches Nanny Service for Kids

PHUKET, Thailand, 14 July 2010 — Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand has launched a unique baby and child-sitting service to let parents enjoy their Phuket vacation. Nannies With Heart teaches children about Thai culture for eight hours a day for four days. Professional nannies occupy the kids with one-on-one ‘edutainment’, soft learning [...]

Khiri Travel Starts Trips Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

BANGKOK, 8 March 2010 – Khiri Travel has launched small group tours to Cambodia’s Cardamom mountains, the largest tropical forest wilderness area in mainland Southeast Asia. The company says that the township of Chi Phat in the Cardamoms is emerging as Southeast Asia’s new adventure destination for mountain biking, trekking, kayaking, wildlife spotting, bird watching and [...]

Khiri Travel Launches ‘Tribes and Rivers of Northern Laos’

BANGKOK, THAILAND, 4 February 2010 — Khiri Travel has launched a “Tribes and Rivers of Northern Laos” tour. The luxury seven-day tour is part of the company’s Khiri Gold collection of travel experiences. Khiri Gold tours are designed for discerning top-end travellers who require authentic travel without compromising comfort levels. The tour explores the northern [...]

SAS Thailand Reduces Fares and Includes All Taxes in Ticket Price

BANGKOK, 24 November 2009 — Scandinavian Airlines has reduced ticket prices between Bangkok and Scandinavia. Economy class prices are now 20% lower than before. SAS has also taken the initiative to include all taxes and surcharges in its quoted ticket prices. The new policy came into effect 9 November in Thailand. “Our aim at SAS is [...]

Khiri Voyages To Target Discerning Thai Leisure Travellers

BANGKOK, 19 October 2009 — The Bangkok-based Khiri Travel Group will this week launch a new company called Khiri Voyages. The new entity will supply a deliberately limited high quality range of overseas holidays direct to residents of Thailand. Khiri Voyages will specialize in authentic travel to Bhutan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Korea, Indochina and [...]

Enjoy ‘Caravan’ Live on Trip to Ubon and Southern Laos

BANGKOK, 6 October 2009 – New tour operator, Khiri Voyages, is offering tourists a trip with a difference to Ubon Ratchathani and southern Laos. A four-day/three-night nature and merit-making trip 22-26 October will include a live performance by Thai folk band Caravan. Friday 23 October is a public holiday in Thailand. Tourists are being invited to [...]

Khiri Travel Group Launches Khiri DMC

BANGKOK, 22 September 2009 — The Khiri Travel Group will launch Khiri DMC at PATA Travel Mart in Hangzhou, China this week. Khiri DMC will function as a dedicated destination management company within the group. The DMC will deliver services for travel agents and tour operators sending clients to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The [...]