The News Review:

- Dispatch: ur Woman in Thailand
- Canadian man shot in Thailand in stable condition
- ITB to feature Record Number of Travel Technology Exhibitors in 2008
- Tropical Sky’s Thai delight
- BRIEFING – ASIA ECNMIC NEWS – FEB 13 2008.
- Top 10 most romantic destinations

Dispatch: ur Woman in Thailand
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Feb 13, 2008
Suzanne Pace of Polish Hill is on an adventure. She’s off for two weeks in Thailand with a side trip to Cambodia. She’ll be backpacking staying in hostels meeting scruffy travelers chugging cheap beer hanging on the beach. And changing the diapers of her 8-month-old child Sophia… Flew to New York JFK. Spent night in hotel in Queens which as you may imagine was super fun. We got soggy Italian food delivered to our humble room and watched cable TV. Sunday morning got the free shuttle to the airport boarded nonstop flight to BKK (Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport).

Canadian man shot in Thailand in stable condition
cbc.ca – Feb 13, 2008
(CBC) Erik Griffioen 49 is in the McCormick Hospital in the city of Chiang Mai about 700 kilometres north of Bangkok. Griffioen and his wife Elizabeth Ling were travelling in an open-sided taxi Wednesday morning when he suddenly slumped forward Ling told CBC News. They had just checked out of their hotel the luxury Mandarin riental Dhara Dhevi and were on their way to join a three-day elephant riding and hiking trek. Ling said they were in the taxi for about five minutes when they both heard a loud bang. Both believed the tires had exploded she said. The taxi rushed them to the hospital where Griffioen spent much of Wednesday having surgery for multiple injuries. He is in stable but serious condition… Hospital doctors say the angle of the bullet wound suggests he was shot from up high possibly from a highrise building. The couple had been sitting with their backs to the street while in the taxi.  Used commonly for public transport in Thailand the vehicles called songtao have open windows and covered bench seating in the back. Ling said it appeared to be a random shooting telling CBC News she doesn’t believe they were a target. The pair who live in Dundas nt.  are under police protection.

ITB to feature Record Number of Travel Technology Exhibitors in 2008
ASIATravelTips.com – Feb 13, 2008
As the markets continue to boom however they have made the transition from importing technology to driving innovation leading to the formation of powerful IT companies and a middle class that is keen to travel. Suppliers of technology who are specialising in these new markets are ideally placed to act as partners in this internationalisation process and in the development of significant new target groups. They include such names as Yatra nline TI Infotech (both from India) and Comanche Hotel Solutions (Thailand). The new exhibitors also include suppliers from Eastern Europe Turkey and Egypt. Many innovative start-ups are continuing to exploit gaps in technology and software or to use specialised products as a means of attracting a particular clientele. In 2008 it is encouraging to see how many newcomers to the market are making use of the ITB Berlin on account of its role as a leading centre for contacts and information. In sectors with a particularly diverse range of suppliers such as hotels the technologies have to meet many widely differing requirements depending on the size of the service provider and the market at which it is aiming.

Tropical Sky’s Thai delight
Easier – Easier (press release) – Feb 13, 2008
Long-haul travel company Tropical Sky offers a variety of holidays to Thailand including packages to the recently opened Paradee Resort & Spa. Just one hour south of Pattaya on Ko Samet?s southern tip Paradee is easily accessible by road from Bangkok Airport followed by a short private boat transfer. The island?s only five-star hotel it is also the only resort in Thailand with beaches on both east and west coasts affording guests the luxury of watching the sunrise and the spectacular sunset in one scenic location. Located on a stunning white-sand beach Paradee offers total peace and tranquility; designed as a ?couples-only? resort guests are encouraged to leave the children behind so they can truly appreciate the ?get-away-from-it-all? experience. Facilities include 40 thatched villas most with private infinity pools and Jacuzzi bathrooms with an open-air shower and butler service. For the active there?s a PADI dive centre and a range of watersports including snorkeling windsurfing and sailing; whilst those who wish to chill out can do so by the spacious infinity pool or at the resort?s exclusive Spa. Until 30 September 2008 Tropical Sky is offering three nights free when booking seven nights at the Paradee.
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BRIEFING – ASIA ECNMIC NEWS – FEB 13 2008.
Free with registration – AsiaPulse News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 13, 2008
com) the real-time Asia based wire with exclusive news commercial intelligence and business opportunities. PHILIPPINE CENTRAL BANK SEES CNTINUED FAVRABLE UTLK THIS YEAR MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is positive that government reforms last year will continue to buoy the country’s economy this year amidst the feared slowdown in the US economy. Speaking before members of Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FCAP) at the Mandarin Hotel in Makati City Tuesday BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said outlook for the monetary external and banking sectors continues to be favorable. PHILIPPINES EXPRTS GRW 21. 35 PCT IN DECEMBER 2007 MANILA – Export sales in December 2007 grew 21. 35 per cent to US$4.

Top 10 most romantic destinations
The Age – Feb 13, 2008
WAKE UP T THE TAJ MAHALBook a luxurious Taj Mahal view room at the exclusive beroiAmarvilas Hotel with its Moorish and Mughal-inspired architecture. The hotel (the poshest place to stay in Agra) is a mere 600 metresfrom the world’s ultimate monument to love… LIVE LIKE A PRINCE IN PHUKETRoll out of your obscenely comfortable king-sized bed and plungenaked into your own private swimming pool in a private villa inPhuket Thailand. A growing number of the Thai island’s resorts nowoffer an additional level of privacy to the ultimate in luxury. Allthe resort facilities are at your disposal and a personal chef ison hand to cater to your every culinary whim.

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