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- VietNamNet Bridge
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- Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa at Kamala Cove to open in 2008
- – DAWN – RSS Feeds; January 14 2008
- Family-man Pacman set to leave for US tonight

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VietNamNet Bridge – Jan 14, 2008
Tabatha Muldoon Business Manager of Hanoi?s Hilton pera Hotel said that as the number of visitors to Hanoi is rising hotels have to increase room prices to match market fluctuations. Some hotels say they upgraded rooms and services commensurate with their price increases. Compared to hotels in Thailand and Malaysia hotels in Vietnam are still 20-30% cheaper. Travel companies are concerned because increasing accommodation prices has forced tour prices up by 30%. Dao Hong Thuong Deputy Director of Vietsky Travel said several groups of European tourists canceled their trips to Vietnam because of this. According to Thuong the number of MICE visitors to Vietnam has clearly gone down. Notably some Vietnamese companies are choosing Thailand for their workshops.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Jan 14, 2008
TUdon crozier: HiWe had a very pleasant and inexpensive weekend getaway taking AMTRAK from Kirkwood to Kansas City. Tickets are around $20 each way we got a decent hotel rate downtown and took the MAX (Metro Area Express) bus route to get around. We finally got to see the Country Club Plaza at Christmastime! Total cost for transportation and hotel was $130 for the two of us. AMTRAK goes right into Union Station which is connected to Crown Center so that can be a destination in it’s own. Fun and cheap and easy. We hope to plan a Chicago trip in the same manner in January… dont they have amazing pool parties???Tom Uhlenbrock: Hopefully I will soon be in a pool in Thailand with all those people you must have seen in that photo. I recently published a book ¡Ahora Hablo! Travel Edition "Seven Simple Steps to Authentic Spanish". (ISBN:978-0-9791440-0-4) Last month this book won a Best Books 2007" award form USA Book News.

Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa at Kamala Cove to open in 2008
ASIATravelTips.com – Jan 14, 2008
Marriott is to introduce its upscale deluxe Marriott lodging brand to Phuket in 2008 with a 202-room resort under a management agreement with Kamala Bay Terrace Co Ltd. a subsidiary of Destination Properties. The Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa at Kamala Cove is the 11th hotel Marriott currently has under construction in Thailand and the fifth that it is developing with Destination Properties. a subsidiary of Destination Properties. The Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa at Kamala Cove is the 11th hotel Marriott currently has under construction in Thailand and the fifth that it is developing with Destination Properties. airline hotels travel news.
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- DAWN – RSS Feeds; January 14 2008
Pakistan Dawn – Jan 14, 2008
The five-star Serena Hotel in the centre of the city is mainly frequented by rich foreigners. Two attackers threw hand grenades killing two guards to get past the outer security cordon and into the hotel compound where they exploded their vests the police official said. He said he had no further information on casualties. Another police official close to the scene also said the blast had happened inside the hotel compound. A Western security source said guards had opened fire on the attackers outside the hotel… In nearby Buriram province also on Sunday night a bomb was thrown into a building owned by a member of Puea Pandin party which won a handful of seats in the December 23 elections. “The bomb injured no one and caused slight damage” said Police Colonel Tanawut Tuamsomboon. (Posted @ 12:15 PST).

Family-man Pacman set to leave for US tonight
Manila Standard Today – Jan 14, 2008
Salud said he didn’t know what happened but Pacquiao now “doesn’t go out doesn’t gamble and has stopped drinking completely. ” He added they all welcomed the change in his lifestyle. He repeated what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told Standard Today after lunching at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino with Pacquiao and his family who spent the New Year in Las Vegas. “Pacquiao was totally focused on his May 15 rematch with WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez” said Arum adding the Pacquiaos clearly enjoyed the chance to be together as a family with no outsiders or hangers-on disturbing the champ. “He bought his wife a nice gift for her birthday and they looked very happy. ” After a shooting a program for GMA-7 Standard Today was able to contact the boxing icon in the evening. “I am here with my family my friend and we are celebrating Jinkee’s birthday” Pacquiao said… “I am very happy for him. This is very good” he said. Peñalosa himself leaves for Los Angeles today to continue training in Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in preparation for his mandatory title defense against Thailand’s former world champion Ratanachai Sor Vorapin on March 2 at the Araneta Coliseum. Pacquiao was scheduled to take a quick trip to Davao City before leaving for Los Angeles today in time for the luncheon news conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel Rodeo Room on Jan. Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer and Arum will also be at the conference where Pacquiao and Marquez will come face-to-face. Well-known broadcaster and boxing writer James Blears earlier told Standard Today that the Pacquiao-Marquez rematch would be “the toughest contest Manny will ever fight.

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