The News Review:

- Dusit included in Asia’s top 10 hotels
- Carlson hotels worldwide – Asia Pacific announces the Signing of…
- Plane crash: ver 30 victims to be identified
- Vietnam on a luxury budget
- Utzurrum: Milestone and more!
- Dubai Singer In Plane Crash Tragedy

Dusit included in Asia’s top 10 hotels
etravelblackboard.com – Sep 20, 2007
The proprietary survey was commissioned by Media magazine and was conducted by Synovate through 9 Asian countries with a sample size of 5000 respondents. Based on an article by Shusha Lamoon entitled “The Personal Touch” in the Hotels section of the August main issue the opening paragraph pointed out that “Asia hotels are finding that the key to sustained brand success may well depend on how well they personalise the brand experience. ” Dusit which rated number 8 on the scale preceding Sheraton and riental has always positioneded itself as “Thailand’s premier hotel chain a reflection of its professional personalised Thai service which has become its trademark. ” The article continues to expand on the importance of websites and online bookings which is on the rise allowing guests to also provide their feedback about certain hotels their rates services facilities locations and all other factors relating to hospitality. In fact early this year Dusit entered into an agreement with MICRS-Fidelio to implement PERA Central Systems Solution providing single image inventory online reservations and customer information systems. All this will provide to Dusit hotels and their guests instantaneous guest recognition at the point of customer contact combined with an enhanced distribution system for best rate bookings. Jennifer Cronin Vice President-Sales & Marketing for Dusit Hotels & Resorts said “Dusit being the only Thai-owned hotel to be listed in Asia’s top ten is recognition of our wonderful Thai heritage and marks our exciting evolution as we expand regionally and globally.

Carlson hotels worldwide – Asia Pacific announces the Signing of…
eTravelBlackboard – Asia Edition – Sep 20, 2007
The Radisson Resort & Spa Krabi will feature an all-day dining and a signature restaurant plus a pool bar for finger food drinks and cocktails. Guests will be able to choose from an array of facilities such as a gym meeting facilities and the resort spa providing traditional Thai therapy and relaxing spa treatments. Mark Last Chief Executive fficer for Sri Boya Development said “We are proud to be partnering with Carlson Hotels Worldwide – Asia Pacific. The Radisson brand is one of the leading full service hotel brands in the world and we are confident that the Radisson Resort & Spa Krabi will provide the same standard of excellence in an ideal setting for a tranquil relaxing getaway and an unforgettable hospitality experience to all. ” The Radisson Resort & Spa Krabi brings the total number of Carlson hotels currently under development in Thailand to five including the Park Plaza Sukhumvit Bangkok Radisson Plaza Resort Phuket Panwa Beach Radisson Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit and The Regent Bangkok. etravelblackboardasia.

Plane crash: ver 30 victims to be identified
Hindu – Sep 20, 2007
20 (AP): The bodies of more than 30 victims of the plane crash on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket remain unidentified because they were so badly burned officials said on Wednesday. The head of the plane’s parent company meanwhile defended the flight’s pilot and urged observers not to jump to conclusions about what caused the ne-Two-Go flight to crash Sunday. Thai officials have pointed to wind shear sudden changes in wind direction or intensity as a possible cause and said the flight’s pilot ignored a warning of such conditions during his descent. “There is a lot of speculation out there (concerning the crash). That is not good” rient-Thai Airlines President Kajit Habnanonda said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We need to wait for the experts. ” The budget flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew from Bangkok to Phuket when it skidded off a runway while landing in driving wind and rain catching fire and killing 89 people… Burned luggage was stacked in one corner and the smell of smoke still lingered in the air. Rama Yade the French minister of state responsible for foreign affairs and human rights visited the makeshift morgue at the end of one of the runaways where she laid flowers. She then met relatives of the dead at a nearby hotel to brief them on efforts to identify at least five French victims. Survivors have described how the aircraft lurched up then down hitting the tarmac hard. The plane skidded off the runway breaking up and catching fire as it plowed through a short retaining wall. Investigators have said wind shear a sudden change in either wind speed or direction in an aircraft’s flight path that can destabilize a plane was among the possible causes of the crash. Transport Ministry officials said the pilot Indonesian Arief Mulyadi was aware of conditions but ignored a warning from the flight tower on wind shear and landed anyway.

Vietnam on a luxury budget
Pakistan Dawn – Sep 20, 2007
f course I was forgetting Vietnam’s incredible resilience and determination. It has long since recovered from the war and is keen now to attract upmarket tourism and to pitch itself as ‘the new Thailand’. Like Thailand it has glorious beaches charming scenery and brilliant food even better in the street cafes than in the hotel restaurants. The currency sounds expensive you ask the price of some tourist item and reel back in horror when you hear it is 100000 dong but then you realise that means under $8 and anyway you are meant to haggle. Actually most tourist places don’t bother with dong preferring dollars but I got fond of my dong. I spent one of the most blissful mornings of my life on the South China Sea off Nha Trang lying on a mattress under a white awning on a creaking fishing boat while the boatmen trailed lines in the water.

Utzurrum: Milestone and more!
Sun.Star – Sep 20, 2007
***From Thai cuisine we fly to other world capitals to try Italian spaghetti German sausages English tea etc. Yes the Cebu Travel and Tours Association (CTTA) will be Flying High in September on Sept. 21 Friday at the Waterfront Hotel’s grand ballroom. Flight time is 7 p. Be sure to pack your bags including your dancing shoes and enter the “terminal” which will feature a landslide of fun food and entertainment! Travel bugs will find everything here: mini shopping arcades selling travel accessories luggage electric gadgets and so on; coffee shops bar joints a video wall featuring travel destinations inbound and outbound etc.

Dubai Singer In Plane Crash Tragedy
XPRESS – Sep 20, 2007
Falcone 36 was a resident of Dubai. He was among the 89 passengers who died in the Phuket air crash. Falcone a musician who used to perform as a one-man band at a Dubai hotel was travelling to the resort island when the ill-fated Thailand budget airlines ne-Two-Go skidded off the runway. Apparently the musician was on a three-week-long break because of Ramadan – a period when live music is restricted in the UAE. "I am sorry to inform you that Michael could not make it. His body is still with us. No one from his family has contacted us so far.

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