The News Review:

- Castle Resorts & Hotels Premieres in Thailand Market;…
- ozing luxury and romance
- tdic appoints award-winning anantara to manage sir bani yas and qasr…
- Bangkok’s Independent Newspaper
- – DAWN – Latest Stories; January 15 2008
- More ‘green’ judges needed

Castle Resorts & Hotels Premieres in Thailand Market;…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 15, 2008
–>CPYRIGHT 2008 Business Wire HNLULU — The Castle Group Inc. (TCBB:CAGU) today announced that its subsidiary Hawaii-based management company Castle Resorts & Hotels has expanded into Thailand with two new luxury resorts Katamanda in Phuket and Baan Taling Ngam Resort & Spa in Koh Samui. These two additions bring Castle Resorts & Hotels’ inventory count up to 26 properties throughout Hawaii Micronesia New Zealand and Thailand. “Entering Thailand is an exciting new development of our company’s strategic expansion into Southeast Asia” said Alan Mattson president and chief operating officer of Castle Resorts & Hotels. “The consummation of these two management agreements in Thailand tops an incredibly.

ozing luxury and romance
stuff.co.nz – Jan 15, 2008
Anantara – it sounds like the setting for an M M Kaye novel. The resort on Koh Samui island rests in the Gulf of Thailand east of the Andaman Sea where Kaye set one of her famous murder mysteries. Among the swaying palm trees and banks of bamboo the five-star resort faces a golden sandy beach. We had been slowly working our way up the hotel star scale since we arrived in Samui starting at a humble beach bungalow and finishing at one of the finest resorts on the island… The resort on Koh Samui island rests in the Gulf of Thailand east of the Andaman Sea where Kaye set one of her famous murder mysteries. Among the swaying palm trees and banks of bamboo the five-star resort faces a golden sandy beach. We had been slowly working our way up the hotel star scale since we arrived in Samui starting at a humble beach bungalow and finishing at one of the finest resorts on the island. We knew on arrival we were in for something special when reception staff handed us cool towels to wipe our brows (perhaps they wanted us cleaned up before going any further) and an ice-cold freshly squeezed juice of some tropical variety. I felt for the guy who lugged our grubby backpacks to our luxurious room. The packs were as shabby and sandy as we were. But the staff here were as five-star as the place.

tdic appoints award-winning anantara to manage sir bani yas and qasr…
Al-Bawaba – Jan 15, 2008
“Starting the second quarter of this year guests at the Desert Islands Resort & Spa will have access to this inspirational island with its unique wildlife herds including some previously-threatened breeds which were successfully bred in captivity under the directive of the late UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan” said Lee Tabler CE of TDIC. “Sir Bani Yas has been something of a closely kept secret which will now be attainable by resort guests and a select number of day visitors. Apart from rooms in the main hotel building the resort will feature one and two-bedroom chalets a spa with an inspiring range of locally-influenced and Thai treatments two swimming pools one overlooking the vast expanse of the Arabian Gulf a fitness centre tennis court and an extensive children’s play area. Guests can dine in any one of three restaurants and a delicatessen relax in the library or shop in the gift boutique. The resort will also attract exclusive incentives business with a choice of three venues a private dining room board room and a meeting room. Hotel guests will have access to the planned Sir Bani Yas Arabian National Park one of the world’s largest island nature reserves which will have a phased opening from the second quarter of this year. Designed as an aspirational desert retreat amid the towering dunes of the Liwa district the Anantara Qasr Al Sarab will be just 90 minutes drive from Abu Dhabi International Airport… “Starting the second quarter of this year guests at the Desert Islands Resort & Spa will have access to this inspirational island with its unique wildlife herds including some previously-threatened breeds which were successfully bred in captivity under the directive of the late UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan” said Lee Tabler CE of TDIC. “Sir Bani Yas has been something of a closely kept secret which will now be attainable by resort guests and a select number of day visitors. Apart from rooms in the main hotel building the resort will feature one and two-bedroom chalets a spa with an inspiring range of locally-influenced and Thai treatments two swimming pools one overlooking the vast expanse of the Arabian Gulf a fitness centre tennis court and an extensive children’s play area. Guests can dine in any one of three restaurants and a delicatessen relax in the library or shop in the gift boutique. The resort will also attract exclusive incentives business with a choice of three venues a private dining room board room and a meeting room. Hotel guests will have access to the planned Sir Bani Yas Arabian National Park one of the world’s largest island nature reserves which will have a phased opening from the second quarter of this year. Designed as an aspirational desert retreat amid the towering dunes of the Liwa district the Anantara Qasr Al Sarab will be just 90 minutes drive from Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Bangkok’s Independent Newspaper
Nation Multimedia – Jan 15, 2008
They are the Dream Hotel in Bangkok (ranked third) the AKA Hotel Resort and Spa Hua Hin (fourth) the S15 Sukhumvit Hotel in Bangkok (sixth) and the Trisara in Phuket (10th). The top-ranked hotel was Kemang Icon in Jakarta with second place taken by the Scarlet Hotel in Singapore. Boutique hotels are characterised by their size (usually fewer than 100 rooms) plush design and personalised service. They are often independently owned and have unique themes or design features.
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- DAWN – Latest Stories; January 15 2008
Pakistan Dawn – Jan 15, 2008
Ten of the people injured were in critical condition after a bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded at 2335 GMT in Yala. Thirty-seven people were treated in hospital while 15 were admitted overnight medical officials in Yala said. (First Posted @ 10:10 PST Updated @ 16:45 PST)… A Filipina a Norwegian and a US national were among the dead in Monday’s attack. Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Salah told reporters the arrested suspects included a man who was supposed to have carried out one of multiple suicide bombings at the hotel but “for some reason did not. ” The others were a man said to have transported the attackers to the hotel and two suspected of accommodating them in the city he said. “We’ve captured the planners of this attack” he said.

More ‘green’ judges needed
Nation Multimedia – Jan 15, 2008
"As climate change becomes a new threat we need to develop new laws and legal processes in preparing for environmental damage and cases related to climate change" he said. Shrestha hoped the three-day conference organised by Unep would spark an awareness of environmental challenges among judges prosecutors and advocates. More than 80 participants including judges prosecutors lawyers legal experts and advocates from 38 countries are taking part in the conference at the Amari Watergate hotel which ends tomorrow. Shrestha said although many countries had already established environment courts judges in the region still lacked awareness of environmental challenges and very few courts were aware of their role in environmental protection. He mentioned India as a good example saying the Supreme Court there had been able to make rulings and enforce environmentally friendly policies. He also expressed admiration for Thailand which established an Environment Division in the Supreme Court in 2005. Sobchok Sukharomna president of the Environment Division said the court alone – dubbed by judges as the "Green Bench" – was not enough to ensure justice on environmental issues in Thailand.

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