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Nation Multimedia – Apr 12, 2008
To put the mission plan into action the Rose Garden has launched a new policy with the theme “Take Good Care of Clients and the Environment”. In addition she says the hotel will run ongoing activities to foster environmental awareness for local schoolchildren this year alongside its well-established Thai-culture-themed projects. Visitors to the Rose Garden Riverside find it easy to become immersed in Thai culture says Suchada. She explains that this strong point of the hotel is also a key attraction for its clients both leisure and business types especially meetings and convention groups as evidenced by recent visits from the World rchid World Allergy and International Rice conferences. The hotel has adopted the environmental guidelines of international networks like BlueGreen Meetings and Meeting Professionals International and these cover not just its conference rooms but also all seven of its restaurants 188 guest rooms and other areas in the 170-rai complex. BlueGreen Meetings suggests that the first consideration for any convention organiser is the environmental sustainability ranking of the countries they are looking at. This is measured by the World Economic Forum (WEF) index.
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Nation Multimedia – Apr 12, 2008
Now manning the kitchenChef Benjamin Roy Rendell has moved to the Landmark Hotel. This award-winning chef has 40 years of experience in famous five-star hotels and restaurants around the world including the Savoy Hotel in London the Mandarin riental Hotel in Jakarta and the Shangri-La in Singapore. Rendell has also worked in Thailand at such names as the Regent Cham-Am Hotel and Le Meridien Phuket. He cooked at Bangkok's Shangri-La Hotel prior to joining the Landmark. Test your iron constitutionChiang Mai will be a playground for weekend warriors and racers when the city hosts the Chiang Mai Challenge 2008 on May 18. This triathlon-style adventure race consists of eight hours of long-distance running mountain biking swimming and paddling through the wilderness of Thailand's northern frontier. The competition is open to anyone fit and 16 years of age or older.
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The Age – Apr 12, 2008
TipFlights may be cancelled due to bad weather so allow a few days toensure the wedding gets off the ground. Time it to have a chance ofseeing the great wildebeest migration usually between July andctober. Drive-through USThe trend in Las Vegas is to hold hotel weddings. Every bigcasino-hotel now has a wedding chapel offering traditional andthemed weddings to suit its theme. Luxor brides may come asCleopatra; at Caesars Palace they’ll don a Roman toga. But theseare sanitised versions of the Vegas wedding – for true seedinesscouples must hit the street. This is where the land that gave usfast food still delivers fast weddings with the chance to takeaway a bride or groom at drive-through ceremonies from about $US40($44) (must have own car)… noffer are secular or religious weddings. Services are held on thebeach followed by sunset cocktails and dancing on the moonlitsands. Tip No cleavage please for brides payingrespects to Buddha at a Thai wedding. Legs and shoulders shouldalso be covered. Weddings at seaHello sailors. Nautical nuptials are increasingly popular saysthe Cruise Lines International Association with most major linesproviding wedding packages plus built-in honeymoons. Couples cansail off into the sunset alone or invite their guests – the bigfloating hotels-cum-shopping malls have a shipload of activitiesfrom ballroom dancing to spa sessions to keep familiesentertained.
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Asia Times nline – Apr 12, 2008
It was early and the bar was nearly empty. In just a few hours it would be teeming with hundreds of girls – mostly from Thailand but some from the Philippines – and gweilos (foreigners) all drinking with the girls. But now there were only a few girls and a couple of older Chinese guys. The music was playing softly and I was enjoying a drink and reading in peace. I’d have one or two I thought then head home early. That was the plan when a cute little Korean girl came bouncing over to get friendly… If a girl is addicted to drugs the Triad supplies it. Want to go home? r maybe you want to work another month on the mainland or in Macau while you await re-entry to Hong Kong? The Triad will take care of visas and immigration – this time for a fee. The girls usually insist on certain short-time hotels within walking distance of the bars unless the customer has a hotel or is a resident. f course the Triad syndicate operates these short-time hotels. And at an average rate of HK$230 an hour in locations averaging 12 rooms with rooms turning over up to 10 times each night the take is substantial. As I learned the Triad is everywhere: doormen bartenders drug dealers collectors enforcers drivers handlers mamasans and bar owners are all connected at some level. “How do you think I got my job?” Rowena asked me one night.