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- thai launches its first bangkok to samui flights with convenient…
- Venue focus: Property bulletin.(hotels and motels providing convention…
- Carlson Hotels Worldwide ‘” Asia Pacific enters the Philippines with…
- NETCMPSITES Composites and Reinforced Plastics
- Asia Times nline :: China News China Business News Taiwan and Hong…
- A race across the archipelago

thai launches its first bangkok to samui flights with convenient…
Al-Bawaba – Feb 12, 2008
Traditionally served only by Bangkok Airways Thailand’s largest privately owned carrier the airport on the holiday island of Samui is now welcoming twice daily flights on THAI direct from Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok. From 15 February 2008 onwards THAI will offer two daily round trip flights morning and evening on a 149-seater B734 aircraft offering Economy and Royal Silk Class with convenient connections to Suvarnabhumi international arrivals and departures. The Samui Airport enjoyed a 500-million Baht facelift in 2007 with the passenger terminal undergoing an extension to increase its capacity more than fourfold to handle up to 16000 passengers a day designed to cope with surging foreign tourist traffic to the island over the next 10 years. According to the Department of Civil Aviation 1. 18 million tourists passed through the airport in 2006… In addition THAI’s policy is to expand its network and connections in order to provide seamless travel and convenience for its passengers” Mr Chanapai said. Special Royal rchid Holidays packages will be offered to travellers. These include selection of twenty hotels in Samui and two hotels in Pha Ngan plus 11 optional tours to the popular Ang Thong Marine National Park and Koh Tao. The other southern destinations serviced by THAI are Hat Yai Phuket Surat Thani and Krabi. The Samui route brings to 12 the number of THAI domestic routes. From Dubai Royal rchid Holidays offers inclusive packages to the island of Samui on THAI starting from AED 2650 per person including return Economy Class tickets two nights hotel accommodation on twin sharing basis with daily breakfast return airport transfers and one city tour. The THAI Dubai-Bangkok route is currently served by the Airbus 330-300 aircraft with eleven flights weekly.

Venue focus: Property bulletin.(hotels and motels providing convention…
Free with registration – Conference & Incentive Travel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 12, 2008
(hotels and motels providing convention services) –>CPYRIGHT 2008 Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. Susie Harwood reviews developments from Thorpe Park to Thailand. RADISSN EDWARDIAN LEICESTER SQUARE London A new four-star deluxe hotel right in the heart of London’s West End this stylish property has 60 rooms a welcoming bar seafood cafe fitness room and three meeting spaces holding up to 18 people boardroom-style all just minutes away from key attractions such as Trafalgar Square. Bedrooms are sleekly furnished in olive green with contrasting throws and cushions while the restaurant and public areas are decorated in leather and cream marble contrasted with striking design pieces such as the zebra-stripe lacquer tables in the lobby.

Carlson Hotels Worldwide ‘” Asia Pacific enters the Philippines with…
e-Travel Blackboard – e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Feb 12, 2008
Built by developer Hotel Specialists Inc of SM Investments Corporation and designed by architects KKS International (S) Pte Ltd the two hotels will give Carlson a strong foothold in the capital of the Philippines one of the markets targeted in the hotel group’s expansion strategy. This special development will also showcase a unique hotel-within-a-hotel design with the 80-suite luxury Regent Manila Bay housed within the Radisson Hotel Manila Bay but with its own driveway entrance lobby guest facilities and staff. Expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2009 the hotels will be situated on Seaside Boulevard in Mall of Asia Complex a 60-hectare shopping entertainment leisure and business development that includes a convention centre offices and the expansive SM Mall of Asia a destination shopping complex that attracts up to a million people on weekends. The Radisson Hotel Manila Bay will have 500 guest rooms and suites along with a business centre gym swimming pool yoga deck spa and extensive function facilities. The Regent will include 69 executive suites of 60 to 80 square metres each; 10 suites of 120 square metres each; and a presidential suite of approximately 400 square metres… ” This latest project gives added momentum to the growth of Carlson Hotels Worldwide in Asia Pacific where it manages five top hotel brands – Regent Radisson Park Plaza Country Inns & Suites By Carlson and Park Inn. The group has the largest portfolio of any international hotel group in India and on 16 January 2008 signed a partnership with top Chinese real estate group Sunshine100 that will more than double its properties in China where it currently manages nine hotels. Last ctober Carlson Hotels Worldwide – Asia Pacific announced its first major partnership in the region with Lotus Hotel Investment Fund a US$1 billion private equity fund established to target hotel development opportunities in highgrowth markets such as China India Thailand and Vietnam. Carlson and Lotus are currently in the final stages of identifying the first hotel projects to be developed by Lotus and managed by Carlson.

NETCMPSITES Composites and Reinforced Plastics
NETCMPSITES – Feb 12, 2008
We are excited to present this conference and exhibition to this dynamic and growing marketplace. SAMPE Asia will offer a comprehensive technical program featuring sessions and tutorials on topics concerning the industry. To compliment the technical program SAMPE Asia will also feature an exhibition featuring tabletop and exhibit stands. SAMPE Asia will be chaired by Dr. Toshio Tanimoto Shonan Institute of Technology Japan; Dr. Klaus Drechsler University of Stuttgart Germany; and Mr. John Green GSG Inc.

Asia Times nline :: China News China Business News Taiwan and Hong…
Asia Times nline – Feb 12, 2008
5% this year. Li who is also managing director of watch firm Campell Group (Holdings) said the city’s SME’s had to transform themselves into capital- or technology-intensive from labor-intensive industries in line with the rapid development of the mainland economy. Giving his firm as an example he said it had developed from labor-intensive products – watches – to technology-intensive products – watch movements and had also diversified its business to property and hotel sectors. “Hong Kong SMEs in China should not blame the new labor law and disincentives targeting highly polluting industries in the Pearl River Delta region. If they don’t transform themselves they will fade out sooner or later” he said. Li said his company is closely watching Asian markets which have seen faster economic growth in recent years. “Still we have not shipped our products to Vietnam and India as the people there are not rich enough to buy them” he said… 5% respectively of the total value (excluding the value of financial intermediation services which had no geographical breakdown) in 2006 according to the latest figures given by the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong. Not all SMEs in the region are optimistic. A senior executive of a garment factory in Thailand described his company’s business as “walking on thin ice and in search of local market”. Rising costs and an appreciating currency – the strongest performer in the region ex-Japan this year against the US dollar – were eroding the profit margin of the company whose products mainly go to Europe and the US the executive said preferring not to be named. “I can’t tell how much the profit margin has dwindled but the problem is the more orders we receive from the US doesn’t translate into more money to be made” he said. “As my country becomes less competitive amid rising costs such as labor costs US buyers are looking at other destinations in the region such as Vietnam Cambodia India Pakistan and Laos” he said. His company which has let staff numbers fall through natural attrition now employs a total of only 200 people at its two factories in the north of Thailand compared with 600 in five factories two years ago.

A race across the archipelago
Manila Standard Today – Feb 12, 2008
rganizers said this year’s series of races is the most challenging competition since its inception nine years ago. The race is dubbed as the Luzviminda Challenge as this will be the first time that the race will go all the way to the Mindanao region according to Jerry Rollin one of the chief organizers. “In this race we looked for routes which had good winds” said Rollin during the press conference at the Boracay Room of the Sofitel Hotel. Sports Tourism and Wellness Director Cynthia Carrion regional directors Karina Tiopes and Maria Ravanilla also attended the presscon. Technical consultant Peter Capatosto said that with sailors passing through the straits of San Bernardino and Surigao participants are in for spectacles “which will not be limited to seeing beautiful islands. “This is a sailing event which will take them through waves and currents on a speed up to 30 knots. This is one reason why we are getting top-caliber participants… For them it will be worth it to go all the way over there” said Capatosto who also organizes hobie races for the Taal Lake Yacht Club. Mark Haswell a pioneer of the event since it began in 1999 is back with his hobie catamaran “Bilis Biik” with Noelle Schifferer as a crew member. Team “Bilis Biik” is one of six local boats joining the race along with entries from the United States Australia Thailand the Netherlands Northern Marianas Island France and Australia. But the dangers posed by the strong currents in San Bernardino and Siargao have compelled organizers and the Department of Tourism to limit the number of participants. Also joining is the Australian pair Bob Engwirda and Brady Wilson who won the challenge last year. With them in the list of entries is American boat Positive Fun which is crewed by Grady Guinee Laura Lynn and Shiena Cortez. Back to top Untitled Document.

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