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- Hyatt to Manage All-Villa Hotel and Residences in Koh Samui
- :: THAI hosts ‘The 51st AAPA Assembly of Presidents’ 2007 ::
- Bangkok’s Sukhothai Hotel is offering special discounts with its Spa…
- Sofitel To Build Two Premium Brands
- » Ping-pong Human Rights and Cecil B. Rhodes
- British TV shows scoop Emmy awards in US
- Honeymoon package in the land of smiles

Hyatt to Manage All-Villa Hotel and Residences in Koh Samui
ASIATravelTips.com – Nov 20, 2007
The Park Hyatt Koh Samui is situated on Thong Krut Bay along Koh Samui’s southern shoreline less than 15 minutes from Nathon the local commercial hub and 45 minutes from Samui Airport. The hilltop setting of the hotel will offer guests spectacular views over the Gulf of Thailand and the surrounding coastline with fishing villages coconut farms and palm beaches. A nearby island co-owned by the owners of the resort will provide berthing for yachts and a private beach where Park Hyatt guests can relax enjoy a variety of water sports or dine al fresco. The hilltop setting of the hotel will offer guests spectacular views over the Gulf of Thailand and the surrounding coastline with fishing villages coconut farms and palm beaches. A nearby island co-owned by the owners of the resort will provide berthing for yachts and a private beach where Park Hyatt guests can relax enjoy a variety of water sports or dine al fresco.

:: THAI hosts ‘The 51st AAPA Assembly of Presidents’ 2007 ::
eTravelBlackboard – Asia Edition – Nov 20, 2007
The two-day meeting hosted by THAI as Thailand’s national carrier will be a significant opportunity for the 17 member carriers of AAPA to discuss important issues facing their industry in this the world’s most rapidly expanding market for air transportation. The AAPA is a non-profit trade association of 17 major scheduled international airlines based throughout the Asia Pacific region. During 2006 AAPA member carriers transported 285 million passengers and 10 million tons of cargo representing approximately one fifth of global passenger traffic and one third of global air cargo operations.

Bangkok’s Sukhothai Hotel is offering special discounts with its Spa…
etravelblackboard.com – Nov 20, 2007
Guests can also take advantage of the Thailand Flower Ritual treatment which is featured as part of Spa Botanica’s opening special offers. The experience involves three different massages as well as a scrub with jasmine and coriander and a flower tub soak. The offer is valid from now till January 31 2008 and excludes periods between December 28 2007 and January 4 2008. Visitors to the Spa Botanica will need to book in advance and when making a reservation guests are required to cite “SPE”.

Sofitel To Build Two Premium Brands
Business Travel News – Nov 20, 2007
At the same time Sofitel is becoming a separate business within the Accor Group and has developed a new management team. In addition to development Sofitel is renovating existing properties to fit within its new brands. ne Sofitel Legends will be a luxury brand offering services such as personal butlers and world-class chefs. Sofitel properties in Amsterdam; Fes Morocco; Luxor and Aswan Egypt; Cartagena Colombia; Thailand; and Hanoi Vietnam will be converted to the brand in the next two years… In addition to development Sofitel is renovating existing properties to fit within its new brands. ne Sofitel Legends will be a luxury brand offering services such as personal butlers and world-class chefs. Sofitel properties in Amsterdam; Fes Morocco; Luxor and Aswan Egypt; Cartagena Colombia; Thailand; and Hanoi Vietnam will be converted to the brand in the next two years. The other brand So by Sofitel is touted as a smaller boutique-style hotel with conversions already on tap in Berlin and Paris. Plans are for about 15 to 20 hotels in the brand. “We have launched a vast new development program and aim to improve our presence in North America Europe Russia North Africa the Middle East and Asia” Sofitel CE Yann Caillère said in a statement. “By 2010 we will have a very consistent network of 139 business and resort hotels in prime locations around three distinctive and clear offers to address the specific needs and expectations of luxury guests.

» Ping-pong Human Rights and Cecil B. Rhodes
CU Columbia Spectator – Nov 20, 2007
Rhodes Published November 20 2007 Important things happen in rooms with brown-paneled walls. If I hadn?t already known this was true before this past weekend I know it now. The room at the St. Regis Hotel in which my interview for the Rhodes Scholarship took place not only had brown panels but was even windowless and darkly lit. The room was the perfect place for an interrogation which is exactly what happened. For 20 minutes I tried to tell a panel of eight extremely accomplished people?including perhaps most notably Nicholas Kristof?why Burma matters but in the end the scholarship went elsewhere. A scattering of traumatic memories remain but so too do dim outlines of lessons learned… Viewing human rights work as intrinsically antagonistic to places of power and the people who inhabit them is not a smart move. Doing so might feed the anti-establishment fantasies of a self-righteous activist (Who me?) but it?s not likely to improve the lives of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand. The point might be a cynical one but as I grasp for the redemptive lesson this is all I can really produce: the value of being able to move in multiple contexts not only on the Thai-Burma border but also in the St. So it is that I bid goodbye to Cecil B. Rhodes and his powerful financial progeny whispering my ?So it goes.

British TV shows scoop Emmy awards in US
Independent – Nov 20, 2007
scar-winner Jim Broadbent shared the best actor award for his role in the BBC’s The Street which was also named best drama series at the ceremony at the Hilton New York hotel. Stephen Fry’s The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive scooped best documentary as BBC actors and productions left with six awards including best arts programming best non-scripted entertainment and best comedy series. The 35th International Emmys recognised excellence in TV programming produced outside the US. Broadbent who was nominated for his role as an embittered pensioner in the BBC’s The Street shared the best actor honour with Dutch actor Pierre Bokma… Best non-scripted (reality) entertainment: "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" (United Kingdom). International Children’s Day of Broadcasting award: "From South to North From East to West Thailand ICDB-Unite for Children Unite Against AIDS" (Thailand). Directorate award: Patrick Le Lay Founders Award: Al Gore (Editing by Philip Barbara).

Honeymoon package in the land of smiles
etravelblackboard.com – Nov 20, 2007
The hotel was the first in Thailand to offer complimentary WiFi and internet access in guest rooms and all public areas. Parking for 900 cars. For further details see.

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