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- Espina: Cebu’s key players unite for tourism congress 2008
- A king’s lessons in democracy
Russian Arms Trafficker Denied Bail
FXNews – Mar 11, 2008
Viktor Bout who has been called “The Merchant of Death” was arrested in Thailand last week at a Bangkok luxury hotel in a U. -led sting operation. He was charged with conspiracy for allegedly trying to smuggle missiles and rocket launchers to a rebel group in Colombia that is a U.
140 + hotels expected to join Marriott International system in 43…
e-Travel Blackboard – e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Mar 11, 2008
They include: a Marriott hotel at the slo Airport and a Courtyard hotel at the Kristiansund Airport in Norway; a Renaissance property in Malmoe Sweden a Courtyard hotel in Stockholm and two Marriott ski resorts in Norway. All six are expected to open by the end of 2010. The introduction of Marriott’s popular Courtyard hotel brand in Thailand with a destination city-class Courtyard property in Bangkok and four family-friendly-oriented destination Courtyard hotels in Phuket and Hua Hin. In Beijing Marriott International is scheduled to have 10 hotels in operation in time for the Summer lympic Games this August. Sales from n-Line Sources Continue to Grow Mr. Fuller said that sales from online sources continued to have another banner year in 2007 growing 28 percent over the previous year.
Espina: Cebu’s key players unite for tourism congress 2008
sunstar.com.ph – Mar 11, 2008
Easily we can tell “Amazing Thailand” or “Uniquely Singapore” is very catchy. Cebu was visited recently by the pacesetters of the Tourism Authority f Thailand led by Dave de Jesus marketing representative in the Philippines; Porntip Makornpan director; Malu clarence-Duenas DSM Thai Airways; Armi Mayoralgo manager-passenger operations Thai Airways; Panyawat Peter Tongprasert sales director; Siam Niramit and Nuschanart Artyakhacchorn assistant sales manager Siam City Hotel. Thailand is promoting its “Seven Wonders”; its Thain-ness which showcases the wealth of authentic Thai tradition; its food and fashion; beauty spa and wellness; arts and culture; shopping; festivals; natural wonders of the sea forest parks and blooms. Amazing indeed! We were shown some colorful footages of the famous Siam Niramit and its splendor of cultural shows and other must-see programs and services. I was there several times and was awed by the fabulous historical and legendary musicales in colorful props and costumes. Rita Dy Clinton Tan GM Philippines Guam and US; Betty Cobonpue chairperson Silkair; and the ever gracious Kum Hoong Kong GM in Cebu readily interacted with the media and showed how comfortable the new business class almost like suites as well as the spacious economy seating arrangement of the multi-awarded Singapore Airlines (recently named the best business class) a passenger could ever dream of.
A king’s lessons in democracy
International Herald Tribune – Mar 11, 2008
There's Thaksin versus the courts – his battle against corruption charges filed by the junta and the five-year ban from politics imposed on him and his party which regrouped under a new name and prevailed in recent elections. There's Thaksin versus the opposition People's Alliance for Democracy which two years ago led massive protests against his autocratic rule and which – suspicious of his pledge to “never ever” return to politics – is threatening more protests if he evades the rule of law… There's even Thaksin versus Samak who – initially seen as Thaksin's puppet – recently ruled out early amnesty for Thaksin and as Thaksin began receiving political allies at his hotel headquarters here declared “I am the real prime minister!” And underlying it all is city versus country – the Bangkok bureaucracy intelligentsia and urban middle class that opposed Thaksin and backed the coup versus Thailand's poor and rural majority which benefited from his populist policies of debt forgiveness and low-cost health care and which put Thaksin's proxy party back in power. But what makes this moment especially ominous is the prospect of losing the nation's foremost political referee – King Bhumibol Adulyadej revered as a dhammaraja (a righteous Buddhist king) whose interventions during political crises are credited with preventing a slide into chaos. “We keep in the middle neutral in peaceful coexistence with everybody” Bhumibol once said of the monarchy. “We could be crushed by both sides but we are impartial. ” But with the king now 80 years old and in failing health Thailand could in the not so distant future lose its greatest safety valve against a political meltdown.
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