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Cathay Pacific launches new Hong Kong Disneyland package
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New name for Millennium Sukhumvit
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Thailand named best travel destination by Danish magazine
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Dusit Resort, Pattaya gets ‘white organization’ certificate
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Thai tragedy could have been avoided
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Cathay Pacific launches new
Hong Kong Disneyland package
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
Cathay Pacific Airways held a seminar on October 3 for 60 agent
representatives in the Pattaya and Chonburi areas to announce attractive
new packages that are being launched in the market.
 Yongyut
Lujintanon, Cathay Pacific’s sales & marketing manager for Thailand and
Myanmar, presided over the seminar.
The event was held at the Amari Orchid Resort and Tower, presided over
by Yongyut Lujintanon, the airline’s sales and marketing manager for
Thailand and Myanmar.
Amongst the new packages is a Macao tour, in which tourists fly to Hong
Kong and then continue to Macao; and a China travel package that is
available for 19 cities in China.
The agents were especially interested in the Hong Kong Disneyland
Package, which is being sold on a Buy 3 Get 1 Free offer. The price
starts at only 16,600 baht per person, and includes round-trip economy
class air tickets, accommodation for two days and one night, and a
Disneyland park ticket for two days. This is under the condition that
four passengers buy this package together.
Yongyut said that Cathay Pacific is also increasing the number of
flights on its New York and San Francisco routes.
New name for Millennium Sukhumvit
The five-star Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel, which opens this month, will
be rebranded Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok on November 1. According to
Millennium & Copthorne (M&C) Hotels, the rebranding marks a milestone in its
commitment to expand the Grand Millennium brand in Asia-Pacific.
Hong Leong Group Singapore executive chairman and M&C Hotels chairman, Mr Kwek
Leng Beng, said: “The presence of Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok in a key
destination like Thailand will reinforce the Grand Millennium brand as a
provider of elegant and luxury accommodation.”
Situated on Asoke Road, the hotel has 325 guestrooms and suites, 11 meeting
rooms, a 500m2 ballroom and six f&b outlets. (TTG)
Thailand named best travel destination by Danish magazine
For the second time in three years, Thailand has been named the world’s best
tourism destination by a leading European travel magazine, while the country’s
state-run Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) was honoured by Australia’s travel
writers.
Juthaporn Rerngronasa, Deputy Governor for Marketing of the Tourism Authority of
Thailand (TAT) announced that Thailand again won the “Best Tourism Country”
distinction through votes from 2,000 tourists and tourism operators conducted by
Denmark’s travel magazine “Stand By”.
Presentation of the first award took place during the 12th Danish Travel Awards
2007. Thailand earlier received the same award in 2005.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Juthaporn said the TAT won “The Best International Tourism
Organization” distinction from the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW).
TAT received the award as it had supported Australian writers and journalists,
who travelled to write articles or produce documentaries in Thailand. Articles
about Thailand presented to Australian audiences help increase the number of
Australian tourists in the kingdom.
In the past eight months, the arrivals of 300,000 Australian visitors were
recorded at Suvarnabhumi Airport, an increase of 23 per cent compared to the
same period last year. Over 76,000 Australian tourists visited Phuket island
from January through July 2007, an increase of 46 per cent year-on-year.
It is estimated that there will be about 600,000 Australians visiting Thailand
in 2007. (TNA)
Dusit Resort, Pattaya gets
‘white organization’ certificate
Chonburi Vice-Governor Komsan
Ekachai (right) awards the certificate to Thanatorn Phongsri (left), Human
Resources Manager, and Prawes Akanimart (centre), the hotel’s Green Leaf
committee president.
Dusit Resort, Pattaya recently received a ‘white
organization’ certificate from Chonburi Vice-Governor Komsan Ekachai (right) at
Chonburi Administrative Organization. The “white organization” certificate is
awarded to hotels, companies and factories in Chonburi that support the
government’s drug-free campaign program and initiatives. The campaign aims to
solve the narcotics problem and to reduce crime in Chonburi.
Thai tragedy could have been avoided
The tragedy at a cave in the southern province of Surat Thani, which killed
six foreign tourists and two local guides, has prompted renewed calls for
more stringent licensing rules.
National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department chief, Chalermsak
Wanichsombat, was quoted in the local dailies saying tourists had been
warned against entering the cave during heavy rainfall.
Paddle Asia director, Dave Williams, said: “I have been in this cave several
times in the past 15 years and on many occasions, I’ve seen guides race
ahead of their guests so they can have a cigarette. I have personally
witnessed tourists going into this cave with no idea of what they are
getting into...such as having their heads submerged in one part of the
cave.”
Mr. Williams, an American nationalist who has been living and providing
eco-tourism in southern Thailand since 1992, added: “The accident is the
result of the extremely cavalier attitude towards safety that exists
throughout Thailand. It is now high time for the country to adopt some
international standards and real enforcement to put a stop to further
avoidable tragedies.”
The incident occurred two weeks ago when a flash flood surged through Nam
Talu Cave in Khao Sok National Park and killed eight people - four Swiss, a
German and a British. It left only two survivors - a British tourist who
went inside and managed to cling on to the roof of the cave and a German
tourist who did not enter the cave.
According to Thai tourism minister, Dr Suvit Yodmani, who made a trip to
Surat Thani immediately after hearing of the incident, the tourists were
staying at Bamboo Resort and had hired the two local guides and a
long-tailed boat for the exploration. It is unclear whether the guides were
licensed.
Dr Suvit has asked the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Tourist
Police to monitor the weather conditions especially during the monsoon
season, inform tourists of high risk, flash flood areas and to enforce
tougher actions against unregistered tour companies and guides. (TTG)
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