The News Review:

- Priceline.com negotiates Asian acquisition
- Can Vietnam’s tourism catch up with Thailand’s?
- – DAWN – Latest Stories; November 09 2007
- Stolen Rothmans medal returned to Souths coach Taylor

Priceline.com negotiates Asian acquisition
Bizjournals.com – Nov 9, 2007
com bought Agoda Co. a firm based in both Thailand and Singapore specializing in hotel discount bookings in Asia. The deal includes an undisclosed amount of cash combined with a multiyear performance-based earn-out company officials said. Agoda’s current management team will continue to manage Agoda’s operations independently as part of Priceline. com’s international business officials said. Agoda which is Priceline’s third international acquisition offers hotel properties in Australia China Japan India Thailand South Korea Singapore Indonesia the Philippines New Zealand and several other countries.

Can Vietnam’s tourism catch up with Thailand’s?
VietNamNet Bridge – Nov 9, 2007
Mr TJ Grundl-Hong has the experience of 20 years working in rehabilitation tourism management including five years in Thailand and six years in Vietnam. With your Knowledge about Thailand and Vietnam could you please comment about the tourism industry of the two countries in the past present and future? Thailand?s tourism industry is 20 years in advance of Vietnam?s and the country?s tourism industry develops well thanks to good aviation which can provide diversified flight schedules with different air carriers. Meanwhile Thailand always gets ready to make heavy investment to develop its tourism industry. Vietnam in the past and even nowadays does not have the said three factors. Vietnam?s tourism was born later than Thailand?s the aviation industry has not developed yet while the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has not made appropriate investment to promote tourism. However Vietnam is now considered by international tourists as the new destination of the world which could be seen as a big advantage for Vietnam… Could you make any comparison between Phukhet and Nha Trang? I think that aviation plays a very important role in developing tourism. In Phukhet one flight is provided for every 30 minutes. Many big brand names of hotels have been in Phukhet already. Meanwhile in Vietnam there are very few domestic flights. Nha Trang still does not have the airport near the city (the Cam Ranh airport is 40 km far from the city but just provides a sparse flight schedule).

- DAWN – Latest Stories; November 09 2007
Pakistan Dawn – Nov 9, 2007
Residents reported heavy gunfire throughout the night. “The militants took refuge inside a hotel Thursday evening” police officer Imtiaz Hussain said. “We immediately ringed the four-storey hotel and evacuated civilians before launching an operation. ” Police said at least two policemen have been wounded so far in the incident in Sopore 55 kilometres north of Srinagar… Two volunteer soldiers aged 19 and 29 were killed Thursday evening while guarding a school in Narathiwat province police said. Also Thursday a 59-year-old deputy village chief was gunned down in Yala province. (Posted @ 09:40 PST).

Stolen Rothmans medal returned to Souths coach Taylor
NEWS.com.au – Nov 9, 2007
"So" shrugs Taylor "I knew something was going down. "Riddell it turns out had a mate who had read the article knew the whereabouts of the medal and wanted it returned. "Being in Thailand I had no idea about what was going on" Riddell explains. "But my mate could get it back and that’s all that concerned me. "But first Riddell had to finish his holiday. Then he was off to the Sunshine Coast for coaching clinics. JT started worrying thinking it was all going to be called off… ""I don’t want to know where the medal was before Tuesday" Taylor says simply "and I really don’t want to know where it’s been since. "So finally on Wednesday the great Rothmans medal saga ended when Taylor and Riddell met at the Allawah Hotel. The medallion exchanged. The coach relieved. His piece of history now ready to be passed on when wife Lana gives birth to their first child in three weeks. "I’ve just been amazed how concerned so many people have been" Taylor says clutching his beloved prize.

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