The News Review:

- Marriott Announces penings of Two Courtyard Hotels
- Thailand’s Tourism – waning confidence needs steady nerves.
- Thai protestors lay siege to Government House – Summary
- Asia and Indian cean’s finest hit ‘Gold’ at first World Travel Awards

Marriott Announces penings of Two Courtyard Hotels
e-Travel Blackboard – e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Jun 20, 2008
Special attention is given to children at our KIDSWRLD an amusement and edutainment play zone for children from four years while swimmers can enjoy our new 32 to 60 meters long swirling and turning configuration slider” said Anthony Armas Director of Marketing Marriott Hotels (Thailand). “We are pleased to provide a better lodging facility with excellent value for money and includes recreational options both indoors and outdoors for Phuket” said Armas. “For a truly relaxed family holiday both parents and their offspring need to be able to enjoy their stay together. ” According to Armas KIDSWRLD features more than just an area for children to hang out. The hotel will include in-doors kids’ activities with an array of sports and cultural activities from arts to craft studio movie area and play stations.

Thailand’s Tourism – waning confidence needs steady nerves.
e-Travel Blackboard – e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Jun 20, 2008
7 million visitors with China India and medical tourism helping to boost numbers. And maybe we will but as former Minister of Tourism Dr Suvit Yodmani so rightly identified quality not quantity maybe a more productive goal for our national tourism authority. With an expected 20000 new hotel rooms coming on line in Thailand by 2011 the pressure for more visitors to fill these new rooms will be high from hotel owners. The good news for agents and tourists… it should keep hotel prices competitive for years to come.

Thai protestors lay siege to Government House – Summary
Earthtimes – Jun 20, 2008
The demonstrators organized by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) which led similar mass protests against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 broke through police blockades to force their way to Government House which they had surrounded by Friday afternoon. “We will stay here” PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang said after persuading hundreds of police to take down barricades to allow the protestors to lay siege the government headquarters. The demonstrators swelling to more than 10000 strong by Friday evening shouted “Put Thaksin in prison” as they took their places outside Government House which cabinet ministers abandoned. The PAD vowed to camp outside Thailand’s seat of government until Samak and his cabinet resign accusing them of mishandling the economy and diplomacy and of acting as “nominees” for Thaksin and his cronies who were barred from power by a Constitutional Tribunal ruling last year… The decision has irked many in Thailand who still believe the ancient Khmer border temple – called Phra Viharn by Thais – belongs to their country although the International Court of Justice in The Hague passed it to Cambodia in 1962. There is a widespread belief that the cabinet approved the Cambodian proposal as part of a Thaksin business deal. Thaksin on Wednesday announced plans to invest in a hotel-casino project on Cambodia’s Koh Kong island. The PAD began its anti-government protests May 25 after the cabinet launched a motion to amend the 2007 constitution leading to speculation that its intent was to undermine several corruption cases against Thaksin and pave the way for his return to power. Thaksin a billionaire telecommunications tycoon was prime minister from 2001 to 2006 before he was toppled in a bloodless coup. Thaksin whose Thai Rak Thai party won widespread backing from the rural poor through a host of populist policies lost the trust of Bangkok’s middle class and political elite in early 2006 and soon found himself the target of a military coup. utrage against Thaksin exploded in January 23 2006 when his family sold its 49-per-cent equity in the Thaksin-founded Shin Corp conglomerate to the Singapore government’s Temasek Holding for a tax-free 2 billion dollars.

Asia and Indian cean’s finest hit ‘Gold’ at first World Travel Awards
Internet Travel News – Internet Travel News (press release) – Jun 20, 2008
Asian winners scoop prizesIndia took the Leading Asian Destination Award Cathay Pacific Airways won Asia’s Leading Airline and Singapore Changi Airport was awarded Asia’s Leading Airport. [image3_rightPan Pacific Singapore took Asia’s Leading Business Hotel; The Sarojin Khao Lak Thailand Asia’s Leading Boutique Hotel; swissộtel GRAND Shanghai Asia’s Leading City Hotel; the Maia Hotel Seychelles Asia’s Leading Luxury Resort; Hilton Sanya Resort & Spa the Leading Spa Resort. China Captures AwardsShanghai captured five awards in the Chinese categories including China’s Leading Destination. ther awards were: 88 Xintiandi which carried off the title of China’s Leading Boutique Hotel; The St. Regis Hotel the Leading Business Hotel; The Portman-Carlton Shanghai the Leading Hotel; and swissộtel GRAND the Leading New Hotel.

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