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- Thailand Real Estate & Property Guide
- Sofitel offers true taste of Thailand with Inaugural Isan Food…
- e-Travel Blackboard MICE News

Thailand Real Estate & Property Guide
Thailand Real Estate & Property… – Oct 18, 2007
All sectors of the market including freehold condominium have been affected. However the issue is not the desirability of Phuket but more the current political situation. Despite Thailand´s internal issues Phuket remains the pinnacle of the South East Asian resort market followed closely by Koh Samui. Both the islands continue to draw substantial interest compared to other resort destinations in the region despite other countries´ incentives to draw in foreign investors. Resort markets in Vietnam and Malaysia may offer better terms such as longer leases and retirement visas but there is a lack of quality properties and infrastructure and simply do not yet draw the same level of demand. Destinations such as Krabi and Phang Nga also have the potential to become part of greater Phuket. Phang Nga is now established as an extension of Phuket as a result of its proximity to the Phuket International Airport and new resort developments such as the Raffles Phang Nga.

Sofitel offers true taste of Thailand with Inaugural Isan Food…
etravelblackboard.com – Oct 18, 2007
The tour including most meals all accommodation (exclusively with Sofitels in Bangkok Hua Hin and Kohn Kaen) and domestic flights in Thailand is priced from just $3490 per person twinshare. The brainchild of Globetrotting Gourmet Robert Carmack the world-first Isan Food Festival will provide an added incentive for people to visit one of Thailand’s most beautiful regions and discover its unique culinary delights including gai yang grilled chicken som tom green papaya salad herbal tom som curry delicious jaeow chilli jam and sticky rice. Having travelled the world and stayed in some of the best hotels around the globe Carmack chose the Sofitel Raja rchid Kohn Kaen as the base for the festival because of the Sofitel commitment to quality food and beverage and the hotel’s five-star facilities including the largest entertainment complex in the region with 13 bars and restaurants on site a state-of-the-art health centre with pool gym aerobics room sauna and body treatments and more. “We are very excited to sponsor and host the Isan Food Festival because it allows us to promote the wonderful food of the region while showcasing the city’s finest hotel” said Sofitel General Manager Marc Begassat… The tour including most meals all accommodation (exclusively with Sofitels in Bangkok Hua Hin and Kohn Kaen) and domestic flights in Thailand is priced from just $3490 per person twinshare. The brainchild of Globetrotting Gourmet Robert Carmack the world-first Isan Food Festival will provide an added incentive for people to visit one of Thailand’s most beautiful regions and discover its unique culinary delights including gai yang grilled chicken som tom green papaya salad herbal tom som curry delicious jaeow chilli jam and sticky rice. Having travelled the world and stayed in some of the best hotels around the globe Carmack chose the Sofitel Raja rchid Kohn Kaen as the base for the festival because of the Sofitel commitment to quality food and beverage and the hotel’s five-star facilities including the largest entertainment complex in the region with 13 bars and restaurants on site a state-of-the-art health centre with pool gym aerobics room sauna and body treatments and more. “We are very excited to sponsor and host the Isan Food Festival because it allows us to promote the wonderful food of the region while showcasing the city’s finest hotel” said Sofitel General Manager Marc Begassat. The Sofitel lies 265 miles north of Bangkok in the region’s capital city Khon Kaen. It is at the centre of the Isan – a land rich in Buddhist and Khmer temples dinosaur digs archeological sites colorful festivals silk markets and national parks. Bordered by Laos to the east and Cambodia to the south the Isan’s lifestyle dialect customs and spicy cuisine remain distinct from the rest of the Thai Kingdom.

e-Travel Blackboard MICE News
eTravelBlackboard MICE News – Oct 18, 2007
The new hotels will provide 18160 rooms across five brands with multiple openings in Thailand China and India. This growth will add about a third more hotels and almost 50 percent more rooms to Marriott’s lodging presence in Asia-Pacific over the next 36 months. Announced are six hotels in India and Thailand representing the company’s Marriott Executive Apartments brand for extended stay travellers and its deluxe upscale Renaissance brand. All six will operate under long-term management contracts. Marriott Executive Apartments: 300-unit Sukhumvit Park Bangkok—Marriott Executive Apartments (2008) 100-unit Benchasiri Place Bangkok—Marriott Executive Apartments (2010) Renaissance Hotels & Resorts: 333-room Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel (2009) 175-room Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa (2010) 278-room Renaissance Bangalore High Grounds Hotel (2010) 250-room Renaissance Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel (2010) These hotels join 53 previously announced properties that are now under construction and are expected to open during the same time period in China Fiji India Indonesia Thailand Singapore and New Zealand. Today the Marriott International hotel portfolio in the region consists of 90 operating properties and five brands offering 31618 rooms in 14 countries. In addition the company’s Ritz-Carlton brand portfolio in the region offers 11 hotels and resorts providing 3786 rooms in seven countries.

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