Yearly Archives: 2016
Pattaya hotel occupancy goes from bad to worse
Pattaya’s hotel occupancy rate has gone from bad to worse, with resorts, hotels and guesthouses now just 30 percent full.
Sanphet Suphabuansathien, president the Thai...
Trees making Jomtien too dark, residents complain
Jomtien Beach residents want tree trimmers to get busy, complaining that coconut trees are obscuring shoreline lighting.
Manop Sakorn, chairman of We Love Free Zone...
Rotary to host dinner for charity
Rotary Club of Pattaya will organize on October 27 a gala dinner in order to raise funds for its service projects to the community....
Jupiter moon may have water plumes that shoot up 125 miles
Los Angeles (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope has spied what appear to be water plumes on one of Jupiter’s icy moons shooting up...
Russian jailed for stabbing ex-business partner
A Russian man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his former business partner in Pattaya.
Oleg Martynov, 60, was captured at the neighboring “Pecktopah” on...
Quality Service at Pleasant Valley
IPGC Pattaya Golf Society at The Links Bar
Post Ryder Cup “red eye syndrome” meant a smaller than usual turnout for the PGS at Pleasant...
Amari Phuket garners prestigious TTG award
The Amari Phuket has been awarded its second consecutive Best Beach Resort in Asia-Pacific title at the 27th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2016. From left...
Thai Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin is a very underrated vegetable. Even international chef Shaun Venter had a pumpkin dish in the last wine tasting event. It can be...
What’s up with pickled fish?
Editor;
Hi Pattaya Mail Postbag – I had lunch with some friends at Fuji Big C Extra in Pattaya a few days ago. I have...
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Pattaya officials stop beach camping as public debate grows over overnight use
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers intervened after tourists were found setting up tents to stay overnight on Pattaya Beach, reminding visitors that camping...
Five-day holiday turns Pattaya beaches into money makers
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya’s tourism sector enjoyed a strong boost during the extended New Year holiday, as large numbers of Thai and international visitors...
Do rich tourists in Pattaya really care about the baht as costs rise across...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every time the baht strengthens, the same warning resurfaces: Thailand is “pricing tourists out.” Comment sections fill with claims that visitors...
One more beer or 20,000 baht Pattaya makes it clear
PATTAYA, Thailand – The joke has worn thin. “Sorry officer, I’m too drunk to take the test” might get a laugh online, but on...
If prostitution is unwanted why does it remain so visible in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Every few months, headlines return declaring that Pattaya has “cleaned up” Beach Road. And every few months, arrests quietly test that...