24-Hour Room Service: ld Bangkok Inn Thailand
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- 24-Hour Room Service: ld Bangkok Inn Thailand
- Jamaica Gleaner News – Something extra – Tuesday | June 17 2008
- The world’s most responsible hotels
- An orchid show colours Siam Paragon
- ‘China’s Hawaii’ targets foreign tourists
- h boy what a sport!
24-Hour Room Service: ld Bangkok Inn Thailand
Belfast Telegraph – Jun 17, 2008
An environmentally sensitive alternative to the city’s sky-scraping chain hotels and the Khao San Road’s guesthouses the ld Bangkok Inn felt more like a home than a hotel. The building has been in Nantiya Tulyanond’s family for seven generations. The former palace left to decay was a run-down noodle house before its current incarnation as a 10-room B&B. The conversion project was imbued with green values from the start. The staircase doors windows and most of the wooden furniture were rebuilt reclaimed or salvaged from old teak while the silk curtains and throws are locally made.
Jamaica Gleaner News – Something extra – Tuesday | June 17 2008
Jamaica Gleaner – Jun 17, 2008
Right:Neadene Tufton chooses cool tones for the Thai Festival launch party. Call the hotel for details. During his visit the ambassador to Thailand will be transported by Mitsubishi Motors.
The world’s most responsible hotels
MSNBC – Jun 17, 2008
With 160 acres of native forest and bamboo groves along the Mekong River the posh riverside resort seemed like an ideal retirement home for elephants that were no longer needed in the nation?s logging industry. Anantara hired British wildlife expert John Roberts to create the camp and recruit the resident pachyderms. But Roberts quickly discovered that you couldn?t bring the elephants without their lifelong mahouts (trainers). And you couldn?t bring the mahouts without their families… With 160 acres of native forest and bamboo groves along the Mekong River the posh riverside resort seemed like an ideal retirement home for elephants that were no longer needed in the nation?s logging industry. Anantara hired British wildlife expert John Roberts to create the camp and recruit the resident pachyderms. But Roberts quickly discovered that you couldn?t bring the elephants without their lifelong mahouts (trainers). And you couldn?t bring the mahouts without their families.
An orchid show colours Siam Paragon
Bangkok Post – Jun 17, 2008
Taiwanese orchid growers are known for their new hybrids of Phalaenopsis Paphiopedilum and Doritaenopsis and many spectacular specimens are on display at the exhibition. The real eye-catchers however are outside at the Joseph Wu booth where Nancy Wu is making brisk sales of Phalaenopsis bred and grown by her husband in their nursery in Taiwan. The new hybrids are by no means cheap but Thai orchid lovers are so taken by them that they are selling like hot cakes. Singapore and Malaysia rival each other not just in the size of their exhibitions but also in the diversity of orchids on display. Both countries are showing Dendrobiums Renantheras Vandas and Cattleyas in various sizes and colours. But the real beauties in the nine genera of orchids featured in the annual show were grown locally proof that Thai horticulturalists and hybridisers are among the best if not the best in the world. New varieties of Dendrobium Cattleya Vanda Phalaenopsis Paphiopedilum ncidium and Renanthera as well as native orchids and several other species come in various sizes hues and forms that defy the imagination but a huge bunch of Rhynchostylis retusa mounted on a tree trunk has proven that even old varieties can still steal the show… Some of the designs are elaborate others are simple but elegant. Each hotel is featuring a different genus of orchids. The Dusit Thani has gone for Phalaenopsis the Nai Lert Park Bangkok Cattleya the Inter-Continental Bangkok has incorporated various species of Vanda while the Peninsula Bangkok contains green pink and maroon Dendrobium orchids. Where floral designs are concerned the arrangements incorporating waterfalls on the ground floor are heavenly. The judges must have had a difficult time choosing the winner of the HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn trophy from among the 20 contestants. Philatelists and art lovers are not left out.
‘China’s Hawaii’ targets foreign tourists
The Age – Jun 17, 2008
But “China’s Hawaii” as Hainan has been dubbed only now seemspoised to fulfil that ambition as it recovers from an economicslump that has left it lagging other parts of China. For years the 48-storey tower that is the tallest building inHainan province gathered dust as a half-built skeleton likehundreds of other ill-fated construction projects caught in one ofChina’s nastiest property bubbles. Now construction is almost over and the plush Haikou Masterhotel and serviced apartments is a symbol of the island’s effortsto recover from a meltdown in the early 1990s after a wave ofspeculation pushed property into the stratosphere. “Sales are going very well” said agent Hong Weibin as he showeda new luxury flat in the complex. Almost all of the 16 million sq m worth of construction leftunfinished after the crash has either been completed or bulldozedand investors are returning to Hainan. The anything-goes development model is gone replaced by anintense focus on forging the tropical island in southwest Chinainto a tourist destination to rival Thailand’s beach resorts. Top resorts are opening in droves… “There are some areas where the homes are all sold but thereare no lights on at night” Xu said in an interview. While most tourists to Hainan are mainland Chinese — 18 millionlast year against just 750000 overseas visitors — the governmentis working hard to attract affluent foreigners who it hopes willboost the island’s reputation and coffers. The goal is to “within five years attract 20 famousinternational hotel management groups and make the number of fivestar international-standard resorts rise to 60 or more”provincial tourism bureau head Zhang Qi said last month. As developers drool over the tourism boom tales of the usualshenanigans are emerging. In the rural township of Longqiao about a 40-minute drive fromHaikou rust red earth is tilled up in long wide swaths across thelow hills golfing fairways in the making. Locals say officials convinced them to sell their land for agolf course. In early April when a rumour circulated that thegovernment had sold the land to the golf course developer for some10 times what the locals were paid they were irate.
h boy what a sport!
Hindu – Jun 17, 2008
“So I usually avoid driving this car on city roads” says A. The car is a result of some clever customisation by his son Vishal Reddy a student of hotel management in Aurangabad. As a child Vishal Reddy loved to play with cars and bikes like most boys of that age. Today the 21-year-old has made customising cars and bikes his hobby. “I took a liking to adding my own touch to bikes and cars. I think I was 12 when I redesigned a few toy cars and bikes… I studied the sports car model and then thought how best I could modify this car which was gifted to me by my mother” he says. Some of the things he obtained for the car are multi colour badging a genuine Ford Mustang Logo purchased by a friend Momo racing steering wheel Momo pedals and Elevo flame mats a pivot stepping gauge that’s reminiscent of racing cars and a sun roof among other accessories. A few of the accessories were imported from Thailand. He explains how the sun roof was accentuated with a liquid finish paint to give the mirror a panoramic view. “At first I was concerned that this would take his concentration away from studies. Also I wasn’t sure if these parts would suit the car. For example the additional lights and the extended front grill.