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HM The King suggests improvement of drainage system at new Bangkok airport
The drainage system at Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi
Airport in Samut Prakan, which is still under construction, has caused His
Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej to express concern over future flooding
because the location is in a low-lying area.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said, “His Majesty
the King raised the issue when I was granted a personal audience with the
beloved Thai monarch recently. His Majesty the King expressed his concern
over the drainage system at the Suvarnabhumi Airport and its vicinity, and
suggested that the system be improved.”
The government has heeded His Majesty the King’s
advice, and authorized the Royal Irrigation Department to study the areas
and to implement the best way to improve the drainage system in the areas. (TNA)
Emirates to be official airline for BMW International Open 2003
golf tournament
The tournament, held at the Golf Club
Munich Nord Eichenried from 28 - 30 August 2003 ranks high on the list of
popular events for the touring professionals and compares favorably with the
Dubai Desert Classic, another event for which Emirates is Official Airline
partner.
Emirates is already well-known in Germany for sponsoring
sport. The airline is one of 15 Official Partners of the 2006 FIFA World
Cup, Germany. Henry Hasselbarth, Emirates Regional Manager North and Central
Europe, said, “Our sponsorship of sporting events in Germany not only
emphasizes the importance of the German market to us but also how committed
we are to developing our business here.”
The BMW International Open 2003 forms part of the PGA
European Tour and carries a total of EUR 1.8 million in prize money. This
year 154 professionals will take part, including leading golfers Ernie Els,
Bernhard Langer, defending champion Thomas Bj๖rn, John Daly and
Padraig Harrington.
Happy Birthday Pierre-Andre
The
management and staff of Amari Watergate Hotel recently organized a surprise
birthday party for the general manager, Pierre Andre Pelletier (center), in
the hotel’s lovely Krungthep Suite Room.
TAT road show planned
to lure Russian tourists
Thailand ground handlers will be visiting the former USSR
early next month with a week-long road show focusing on two major cities in
the Ural Mountains region.
Led by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), a group
of 30 members of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) will be in
Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk from September 4 to 11.
TAT deputy governor for overseas markets, Phornsiri
Manoharn, said the Ural Mountains region in north-east Russia had been
identified as a source of quality tourists. “There are some large, rich,
industrial towns in the Urals with great potential for quality and
volume,” Phornsiri said.
ATTA spokesman, Somjai Pongphak, said Uzbekistan Airways
is currently serving traffic from Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk to Bangkok
via Tashkent (Kazakhstan). But from November, Siberian Airlines will be
flying regular charters direct to Bangkok. “This will give a big boost to
arrivals,” said Somjai.
Thailand attracted 69,000 visitors from Russia in 2002,
an increase of 17 per cent over the previous year. (TTG Asia)
THAI sees no need to cut ticket prices
THAI’s president Kanok Abhiradee recently reiterated
that Thai Airways International would not cut air ticket prices for local
flights as a marketing strategy to boost its performance. “The national
carrier can not reduce prices because its operation in some air routes is
still experiencing financial difficulties, and a price cut by 10-20% would
cost the airway more than 10 billion baht,” Kanok stated.
Kanok added that it would be better if the company
brought profits to improve its business to compete with foreign rivals.
“Price cuts can be adopted from time to time and as a last resort. There
are other approaches we can depend on. Suppose all airways opt to adopt a
price-cutting strategy. It will end up in a loss-loss situation”, Kanok
said. (TNA)
New bungalows to serve
tourists at Koh Chang
Tourists visiting Koh Chang in
Thailand’s eastern province of Trat will be soon accommodated in
environmentally-friendly bungalows, thanks to the government’s initiative
to build the new ‘homes’ for international visitors.
Permanent Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
Plodprasop Suraswadi explained, “The new environmentally-friendly
bungalows will be built on Koh Ngam, an islet in the Koh Chang National
Park, which has always welcomed both local and foreign tourists. The new
bungalows will replace 35 old bungalows, illegally built on the islet, which
were dismantled recently. The new bungalow project needs an investment of
around 20 million baht.”
The new bungalows will have wastewater and garbage
treatment facilities. Seeing its high potential as one of the kingdom’s
major tourist destinations, the government gave Koh Chang a special
administration earlier this year, similar to the eastern resort city of
Pattaya, and the southern resort island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea. (TNA)
KLM and Northwest Airlines meet travel agents on the Eastern Seaboard
Pattaya’s tour and travel agents met
with the sales managers of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines
to receive the latest packages and special offers to make available to their
customers. The latest seminar was held at the Amari Orchid Resort last
Friday afternoon.
 Kritsda
Rattanasaengsri, sales manager for KLM Thailand said, “The airline has
upgraded its planes and services and is providing even better services
during flights around the globe.”
During the day, Kritsda Rattanasaengsri, sales manager
for KLM Thailand revealed that the airline has upgraded its planes and
services and is providing even better services during flights around the
globe. Presentations of the latest promotions and packages were announced to
the travel agents along with in-flight feature services now available to
passengers.
Public relations campaigns by the two airlines led
attendees into plenty of fun and games ensuring unity and developing tighter
bonds between the airlines and agents in the eastern region.
Kritsda Rattanasaengsri said, “Our seminar is part of
the services available to travel agencies in the eastern region, this will
allow them to present the latest packages available to their customers when
deciding on which airline to use.”
KLM from Europe and Northwest from the USA have been
providing seamless travel between the two continents and other destinations
around the globe through a very successful code sharing agreement ultimately
benefiting travelers from around the world.
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