The News Review:
- W Hotels Heads to Thailand’s Cosmopolitan Capital with the Announcemen…
- Thai police identify Interpol pedophile suspect
- Brand Upgrade for Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel
- RUSTIC LUXURY
W Hotels Heads to Thailand’s Cosmopolitan Capital with the Announcemen…
Hospitality Net – Hospitality Net (press release) – Oct 16, 2007
The newly constructed 400-room hotel will debut in 2011 as part of a luxurious mixed-use development at the core of the city?s commercial and diplomatic center. wned by North Sathorn Hotel Company a joint venture between Istithmar Hotels FZE and Golden Land Property Development PLC W Bangkok will combine innovative contemporary design and W?s signature services to create a transformative experience for modern travelers visiting Bangkok one of Asia Pacific?s most captivating cities. Gleaming skyscrapers and glittering discotheques stand alongside gilded temples and night markets in this energetic capital city known to natives as the City of Angels. Within walking distance to more than 20 embassies and commercial centers W Bangkok will be ideally located in the prime business district of Sathorn an area with a high concentration of luxury hotels.
Thai police identify Interpol pedophile suspect
International Herald Tribune – Oct 16, 2007
A Canadian Embassy spokesman declined to comment. Moran said the suspect had worked as a teacher in Seoul South Korea after having previously taught in Thailand and Vietnam. He left the South Korean capital on a one-way full-fare ticket and entered a false hotel on his Thai immigration form Moran said. “I have no doubt that he left Korea when he saw himself on the Internet” Moran said. Cambodian police have “alerted all border checkpoints” to the man's identity acting on a request from Interpol said Keo Vanthan a senior police official in charge of Cambodia's Interpol division. He said police were investigating whether the suspect had previously entered Cambodia. The case marks the latest high-profile pedophile manhunt for Thailand.
Brand Upgrade for Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel
ASIATravelTips.com – Oct 16, 2007
The Grand Millennium is the group’s most prestigious and luxurious brand. The Millennium brand deals with upscale and deluxe properties the Copthorne brand caters to the mid-management of corporates while the Kingsgate brand is aimed at more budget-conscious travelers. “This highly-anticipated five-star hotel will complement the unique offerings of our other five-star Thai property – the Millennium Resort Patong in Phuket which is part of the giant Phuket Jungceylon Project. This resort is slated to open in November 2007″ said Mr Michael Sengol Chief perating fficer of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. “Grand Millennium Sukhumvit offers all the features and services that a guest would expect in a trendy hotel located in the city centre with an emphasis on personalized services” said Anthony ‘Neill the hotel’s General Manager. “The hotel has strengthened its product lines in the recent months during the pre-opening period. We are delighted to position the hotel amongst the finest in Bangkok given the superb business location.
RUSTIC LUXURY
Newsweek – Oct 16, 2007
“pportunities abound. At the Mnemba Island Lodge on an island off Zanzibar’s coast you can listen to the lapping of the Indian cean from your sumptuously appointed palm and wood hut. Guests visiting the Bullo River Station a luxury hotel on a working cattle ranch on the northwest tip of the Australian outback can muster cattle catch bulls or hunt crocodiles. At this year’s annual rock festival in Glastonbury England–an event as famous for its sex-in-muddy-tents atmosphere as for its music–one entrepreneur launched Camp Kerala Village where the [Pound sterling]6000 tents included VIP tickets 24-hour room service and dressing gowns. In the Highlands of Scotland the luxuriously appointed Alladale Wilderness Lodge offers clients rural Highland sports including stalking falconry and clay-pigeon shooting. The trend has created a boom market for private villas customized with support staff ready to accommodate their clients’ lifestyles. n the island of Dhoni Mighili in the Maldives guests can lounge in beach bungalows equipped with Bose sound systems and L’ccitane toiletries or sail around the Ari Atoll in traditional Maldivian fishing vessels kitted out with Frette linens Philippe Starck bathroom fittings and a butler… The architects built a faux ruin of local stone and then laid the boardwalks and decks of the lodge around it. “It could have been but it is fictitious” says Hunter. Clearly the new fusion between local style and global luxury raises moral issues. Kishore Singh an editor at India’s Business Standard newspaper recalls a trip he took on a houseboat in Kerala state and the discomfort he felt observing village life from a vessel with rooms worthy of a five-star hotel replete with silk throws plush mattresses and lots of polished wood and brass. “It is a little decadent” he concedes. “You are sitting there in your luxurious air-conditioned surroundings sipping expensive wine in the face of so much poverty.