Bout will remain in custody in Thailand
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- Bout will remain in custody in Thailand
- Visiting Penang? Hotels may be booked up
- Bangkok: n the road to recovery in one hotel at least
Bout will remain in custody in Thailand
The Associated Press
over arms smuggling allegations after two key witnesses failed to show up. The postponement until March 6 was the latest setback in a court process that stretches back to March of this year when Viktor Bout — accused of conspiring to arm Colombian rebels — was nabbed at a Bangkok luxury hotel in a U. Lawyers for Bout 41 requested the delay after two witnesses they described as high-level Thai navy officers could not appear because they were sick. Bout who will remain in a Bangkok prison showed no emotion when the new date was set.
Visiting Penang? Hotels may be booked up
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Many foreigners have abandoned plans to go to Bangkok and decided to soak up the sun here instead. Rooms in many hotels here are either fully or 90 per cent booked since last month and the trend is expected to continue until early next year as foreigners holidaying on the island have indicated that they would stay until the end of winter back home. js’>Penang Hoteliers Association chairman Datuk Lim Mee Lee said members enjoyed brisk business since the start of school holidays and experienced almost full houses following the recent political turmoil in Bangkok.
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Bangkok: n the road to recovery in one hotel at least
TravelVideo.tv (press release)
Wood added “Business is steady improving arrivals are increasing by approximately 12-15 percent per week since the Bangkok airports re-opened. He added: “We are already at 70 percent occupancy and for a few days next week we break through 80 percent. We are smiling once again and Chaophya Park Hotels & Resorts after an intense marketing campaign to its worldwide business partners to promote Thailand’s recovery. Wood said his hotel is ?looking forward to a better new Year 2009 than we were just a month ago.
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