The News Review:

- Frank Grassmann appointed Hotel Manager of Dusit Thani Manila
- DLF Posts Profit on Demand for Property in India (Update2)
- Little city of Hué is soaked in war’s history
- China Eastern supersizes plane for Shanghai-Saipan flights

Frank Grassmann appointed Hotel Manager of Dusit Thani Manila
ASIATravelTips.com – Jan 30, 2008
the owning company of the Dusit Thani Manila Philippines has confirmed the appointment of Frank Grassmann to the position of Hotel Manager. Grassmann has almost 20 years of professional experience in various international postings. Prior to his arrival in Manila Grassmann served at notable Dusit properties in Thailand: The Dusit Thani Bangkok and The Dusit Laguna Resort Phuket. He has also held posts at an InterContinental property in the Middle East a Sheraton property in Mexico the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof in Frankfurt Germany and the world-renowned Savoy Hotel in London England. As Hotel Manager Grassmann will lead and oversee all operations and departments within the hotel which has recently completed a series of renovation projects. See other recent news regarding:… Prior to his arrival in Manila Grassmann served at notable Dusit properties in Thailand: The Dusit Thani Bangkok and The Dusit Laguna Resort Phuket. He has also held posts at an InterContinental property in the Middle East a Sheraton property in Mexico the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof in Frankfurt Germany and the world-renowned Savoy Hotel in London England. As Hotel Manager Grassmann will lead and oversee all operations and departments within the hotel which has recently completed a series of renovation projects. See other recent news regarding:.

DLF Posts Profit on Demand for Property in India (Update2)
Bloomberg – Jan 30, 2008
The township at Bidadi35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Bangalore is expected tohouse 750000 people on a plot covering 4000 hectares (9884acres). DLF has a joint venture with Hilton Hotels Corp. to developmore than 75 hotels in India. In August it formed a venture withHines a closely held U. property investor to develop an officeretail hotel and entertainment project on a 15-acre site inGurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Little city of Hué is soaked in war’s history
Seattle Times – Jan 30, 2008
Here’s what he says about China Beach:”It was a place where they could go swimming or surfing get drunk get stoned get laid get straight groove in the scivvie houses rent sailboats or just sleep on the beach{$326}They would splash in the surf giggling and shouting riding beach disks along the shoreline playing like kids{$326}”The day Stevie and I were there it was cold and windy and the only things alive on the beach were crabs. Palm fronds driftwood and plastic bags marked the high-tide line. Down the beach yellow billboards illustrate the construction plans for enormous shimmering hotels that will be erected in the next decade. In 20 years it’s going to be the Miami of Vietnam the locals say. Today it feels like we’re peering in on history caught between costume changes. A beach town with BeowulfTook the overnight train from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang arriving in the little beach town just before dawn. In the pictures in the guidebook it’s a honeymooners’ paradise: gorgeous hotels on the beach; palm-frond umbrellas and chaise longues to match; endless waterfront cafes serving drinks in hollowed-out coconuts… ” He mimes holding a machine gun then hits himself in the forehead. “Right there on the street. Six hours on the Dancing Road: “Terrifying and incredibly fun!”CAMBDIA — The best way to get from Thailand to Cambodia is to take the Dancing Road a deeply-cratered one-lane dirt road stretching from the Thai border into the dusty expanse of northwest Cambodia. It’s named the Dancing Road for the way that people jitterbug around their cars while hurtling at top speed over potholes large enough to hide an entire cow. It takes roughly six hours to negotiate 150 kilometers from the border to the next biggest city Siem Reap. But the potholes craters dirt moguls and ATV-style jumps (really our bus got at least two feet of air over some of these) are hardly the biggest obstacle. Every kilometer or two the road just ends.

China Eastern supersizes plane for Shanghai-Saipan flights
Saipan Tribune – Jan 30, 2008
Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino manager Tom Liu confirmed that the 284-seat A340 aircraft started servicing the route beginning Friday. In an e-mail to the Saipan Tribune Liu said the new equipment is an increase of 22 seats over China Eastern’s A300 plane which seats 262. “We are very delighted that China Eastern is making this commitment to offer more seats to handle the demand of [the] China market. It’s not much but it shows China Eastern’s commitment to upgrade their service for this route” he said. Century Tours operations manager Nomi Ma said she is delighted that they will now be able to sell more seats as well as high-end accommodations to customers from China… “We’ll see how the low season traffic trend is then we can decide whether it makes economic sense to increase frequency. ”Ma on the other hand said the destination holds a lot of promise especially with the China market. “They [Chinese from Shanghai] really like Saipan because it’s really different from other destinations like Thailand and Indonesia. Yesterday I was briefing a group of 120 people and they were inquiring about a lot of activities on Saipan especially fishing trawling and bottom fishing etc. Ma added that she was also surprised at how much the segment knows about the CNMI. “They have a lot of knowledge about Saipan right now probably because of our promotions and the Internet.

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