The News Review:

- Thailand bounces back from tsunami
- ifa hotels & resorts increases its holdings
- … Family-Friendly Budget-Savvy Hotels at Two of Thailand’s…
- Millennium Resort Patong opens in Phuket
- Recover from Christmas excess at a Thai spa
- RP Team Accepted in Bangkok lympic Qualifier

Thailand bounces back from tsunami
Los Angeles Daily News – Jan 11, 2008
Everything is much much better. Long Piasit who lives in neighboring Ban Khao Pi Lai was working at the Dusit Hot Springs Advertisement yld_mgr. place_ad_here(“adPosBox”); Hotel when the second tsunami wave hit on Dec. He watched as the water swallowed a local family with two young children. “All the water and boats came into the hotel” Piasit 30 recalled. “The family held on at first but then the second wave hit.

ifa hotels & resorts increases its holdings
Al-Bawaba – Jan 11, 2008
IFA Hotels & Resorts listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in January 2006 with a market capitalisation of over US$ 1 billion. The company also listed on the South African JSE Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) during 2006 with plans to list on other major exchanges in the future. In January 2007 the company invested in listed Thai developer Raimon Land. Globally IFA Hotels & Resorts has entered into strategic alliances and joint venture partnerships with leading companies such as Kingdom Hotel Investment Group (Saudi Arabia) Nakheel (UAE) United Investments Portugal YTEL (UK) a strategic alliance with RCI (part of the Cendant’s Group) Tongaat Hulett Developments (South Africa) Boschendal Ltd (South Africa) Raimon Land (Thailand) hlthaver & List (Namibia) Indian cean Resorts (Seychelles)and most recently Related (United States). IFA Hotels & Resorts’ current portfolio consists of 44 projects in total of which 23 are hotels with a total of 17000 keys. Assets under management are valued at US$ 11 billion. The company is present in 14 markets across 4 continents: Kuwait Dubai Lebanon the United Kingdom the Netherlands Portugal France South Africa Zanzibar Namibia Seychelles Thailand Caribbean and New York with plans to link its resorts to new parts of the globe.

… Family-Friendly Budget-Savvy Hotels at Two of Thailand’s…
webwire.com – Jan 11, 2008
At the Courtyard by Marriott Hua Hin Cha-Am Beach rates will range from 3000 to 8000 THB in low season; 5000 to 11000 THB in shoulder season and 7000 to 13500 THB in high season. All rates quoted depend on accommodations type. Marriott recently opened its first Courtyard hotel in Thailand the 318-room Courtyard by Marriott Bangkok. “It was an instant success right from opening day with occupancies consistently approaching the high eighties” Mr. ther Marriott International-branded hotels scheduled to open in Thailand through 2010 include: 195-unit Sathorn Vista BangkokMarriott Executive Apartments (2008) 333-room Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel (2008) 202-room Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa (2008) 300-unit Sukhumvit Park BangkokMarriott Executive Apartments (2010) 310-room Renaissance Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel (2010) 92-unit Benchasiri Place BangkokMarriott Executive Apartments (2010) 175-room Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa (2010)Today Marriott International offers travelers a choice of seven hotels in Thailand: the JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa Courtyard by Marriott Bangkok The Mayfair BangkokMarriott Executive Apartments the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa the Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa and the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa. Marriott International (.

Millennium Resort Patong opens in Phuket
ASIATravelTips.com – Jan 11, 2008
The Millennium Resort Patong Phuket Hotel has opened for business in the heart of famous Patong Beach in Phuket one of Thailand’s leading resort towns. Millennium Resort Patong hotel is owned by Phuket Square Company Ltd and managed by M&C. Phuket Square Company Ltd is the owner and developer of the Phuket Jungceylon shopping and leisure complex where the M&C hotel is located. (Jungceylon is the Portuguese original name for Phuket… The Lakeside wing offers superior and deluxe rooms cabanas as well as executive suites. The Lakeside consists of 224 rooms and sits beside a mega mart a well-known department store multiplex cinema and bowling alley. Its F&B outlet Bistro is all-day dining restaurant which serves Western Continental and Thai specialties. The Lounge 98° offers a cozy yet modern setting for guests to unwind or relax with friends for cocktails. The Millennium Resort Patong Phuket will have two swimming pools one of which will be an outdoor pool surrounded by cabana-style guestrooms. ther leisure amenities include a state-of-the-art fitness centre and luxurious spa facilities with individual suites offering Thai and international massage therapy.

Recover from Christmas excess at a Thai spa
MoneyWeek – Jan 11, 2008
Treatments take place in private pavilions with the current top favourite being the three-hour Tranquillity Rainmist Experience. This combines body scrubs and a milk body mask with steam and rain showers followed by a massage. If you can tear yourself away from the luxury offered by your hotel (the island is packed with four and five-star resorts all with a spa of some kind) there?s plenty to see elsewhere. The markets in Phuket town offer endless food stalls where you can sample the local cuisine and it?s worth visiting the old part of town with its array of mansions and shops reflecting the Portuguese and British influences on the island since the 16th century. If you?re looking for something that involved more than idling around you could try big-game fishing. We spent a day with the.

RP Team Accepted in Bangkok lympic Qualifier
BoxingScene.com – Jan 11, 2008
Taweep Jantararoj  says the Philippine boxing team will be accepted as competitors in the lympic qualifying event in Bangkok from January 25 to February 2. Taweep said ” I can accept the Philippine team” for the tournament.  The Thai press earlier reported that he had disqualified the Filipino boxers from competing because they had failed to beat the deadline for the submission of entry form by numbers which was December 1 2007 and the entry forms by name by December 20… I said okay I will accept the Philippine team but I will check the rooms for the team because there are too many people coming. ” Taweep said we have “only one hotel with 15 rooms for the boxers and the RP team” indicating that the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines would have to downsize its delegation. The head of the Thai amateur boxing association which is hosting the lympic qualifier said “I will send a letter to Philippines to accept the team to come to Thailand. “He said “I know everything about boxing in the past. Its not good for us the Filipino and Thai people because when we compete its good for boxing.

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