The new wave in hotels making a big splash
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- The new wave in hotels making a big splash
- UN chief arrives in Myanmar to inspect cyclone damage – Update
- New DVD releases: `Rambo’ `Cassandra’s Dream’
- Fly high pay low
The new wave in hotels making a big splash
MSNBC – May 22, 2008
And at the new Trisara resort in Phuket Thailand every suite has a private pool. Fueled by unprecedented competition for guests hotels are pouring millions of dollars into pools?not bathtub-size afterthoughts but sybaritic resort-style pool complexes and waterside amenities (. These new ersatz beach clubs go beyond the well-stocked cabana to add acres of real estate residential design and furniture gadgets and increased staffing.
UN chief arrives in Myanmar to inspect cyclone damage – Update
Earthtimes – May 22, 2008
Ban was greeted at Yangon International Airport by Foreign Minister Nyan Win and UN officials. The UN secretary-general toured the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon before meeting with Prime Minister Thein Sein for one hour at the Sedona Hotel. Details of the meeting were not released. In the afternoon Ban was scheduled to visit the Irrawaddy delta the area hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis on May 2-3. “It’s most likely that he’s going to the Irrawaddy delta but his itinerary is changing every minute” said Aye Win spokesman for the UN Information Centre in Yangon. It has been estimated that nearly 60 per cent of the Irrawaddy’s infrastructure was destroyed or damaged by the storm… The UN chief said his priority for the trip as to “expedite all arrangements for facilitating the free movement of international relief aid and workers. “He will return to Bangkok Friday night in order to hold talks on Saturday with Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and other Thai ministers. Thailand which is Myanmar’s eastern neighbour has turned into the main logistical and organizational hub for the international relief effort currently underway. While thanking the Thai authorities Ban said on Wednesday that he wanted to set up forward logistical bases inside Myanmar as well “in coordination with the government to speed up the delivery of supplies and better coordinate our mutual assistance efforts. “The UN secretary-general will return to Yangon on Sunday to preside over a UN-ASEAN pledging conference for Myanmar for the country’s short-term and long-term needs. n Monday ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) agreed to act as a liaison between the international aid community and Myanmar’s junta. The grouping includes Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar the Philippines Singapore Thailand and Vietnam.
New DVD releases: `Rambo’ `Cassandra’s Dream’
San Francisco Chronicle – May 22, 2008
tmpl –>(05-22) 06:03 PDT (AP) –Selected home-video releases:”Rambo”After years of flops Sylvester Stallone worked his way back into audiences’ graces by reprising one of his iconic characters in “Rocky Balboa” then fell out again by resurrecting another John Rambo in this savagely violent jungle tale. With an outrageous body count the movie co-written and directed by Stallone revisits his Vietnam vet Rambo now trying to live a quiet life in Thailand but drawn into the fray again to rescue naive American missionaries captured by military thugs in Myanmar. Available in a single-disc DVD a two-disc DVD set and a two-disc Blu-ray high-definition release the movie is accompanied by deleted scenes commentary from Stallone and half a dozen behind-the-scenes segments about reviving Rambo the movie’s music the weapons and other topics… (MPI)”The Grand: Complete Collection” — This British series from the late 1990s follows the schemes and dramas of the well-to-do proprietors and the working-class staff at a luxury hotel in 1920s Manchester. A five-disc set has all 18 episodes. (Acorn)___ther new releases:”Grace Is Gone” — John Cusack delivers one of his finest performances as a father who receives awful news — his wife has been killed in action in Iraq — and puts off telling his two young daughters taking them on a road trip to an amusement park instead.
Fly high pay low
The Age – May 22, 2008
Kathleen Tan AirAsia’s head of commercial operations inMalaysia says the Free Seats campaign ties in with the airline’sgoal of carrying 50million passengers by June this year. In seven years AirAsia’s fleet has increased from two to 72aircraft with 125 Airbus A320s on order making it the leadinglow-cost carrier in Asia as well as the largest. From its home base at the world’s first dedicated low-costcarrier terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport AirAsiaflies to more than 88 destinations in South-East Asia acrossThailand Indonesia Singapore China the Philippines BruneiCambodia Laos Vietnam and Burma. In January last year the airline launched AirAsia X whichflies to destinations between four and eight hours from KualaLumpur. The first AirAsia X flight was to the Gold Coast inNovember. Why the Gold Coast? Flying in and out of regional airports -which have lower landing fees and lower passenger-handling customsand immigration charges than airports at larger destinations suchas Sydney – allows budget airlines to keep their operating costsdown and pass the savings on to passengers. Gold Coast Airport is also Australia’s largest regional airport… “I talk to people in the Gold Coast terminal before and afterthey fly with us and there are lots of grey nomads who aren’tbuying the Land Cruiser and the caravan and heading off aroundAustralia; they’re flying around the globe instead” he says. “They’re very excited about the cheap air fares. “What they save on flights they blow on a five-star hotel inPhuket or they disappear into Siem Reap in Cambodia for a fewmonths. Source: The Sun-Herald. floor(1000000*Math.
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