The News Review:

- Luxury hotel opening in peanut-butter-and-jelly times
- The hottest hotels for 2009
- High hopes on Abhisit
- VD Andaman News Friday 26 December – 5 items – tourism shops …
- Thousands gather to commemorate 4th anniversary of deadly tsunami
- The world awaits in 2009

Luxury hotel opening in peanut-butter-and-jelly times
San Diego Union Tribune CA 
The Grand Penthouse occupies three floors and boasts a chef’s kitchen six flat-screen televisions and a panoramic-view rooftop patio. In the lobby and restaurant called Suite and Tender nearly every surface is covered with an unusual material. The registration desk and bar front are upholstered in stingray skin from Thailand. ?This is a sophisticated worldly experience? said Tohnia Miller director of sales and marketing. ?That’s the type of travelers we are trying to bring to San Diego. You would pick up this hotel and put it in London or Hong Kong. ? The $150 million resort follows a string of luxury accommodations opening around San Diego County some in better times.
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The hottest hotels for 2009
Times nline UK 
Rates not set Le Gray Beirut Lebanon’s capital city may be an unusual choice for Gordon Campbell Gray’s latest hotel. Campbell Gray who made his name with London’s ne Aldwych and Carlisle Bay in Antigua has almost completed Le Gray an 80-room boutique property with a rooftop pool. Rooms are minimalist with high-quality furnishings and modern art. Beirut’s souks are within a short walk.

High hopes on Abhisit
๒ดอะ ๒à¸à¸à¸±à¹à¸ Thailand 
Most hotels especially those catering to foreign visitors have suffered dramatically in the wake of the eight-day airport sieges. Their occupancy rates have plunged to as low as 10-40 per cent in the midst of their high season when occupancy is usually more than 80 per cent. The tourist season in Thailand runs from November to March. As a result of the airport sieges Thailand's international image has been severely battered. Many tourists have therefore shifted their holiday plans to Malaysia or Singapore or other regional destinations out of security concerns about Thailand. "The situation is so bad. It's worse than the.

VD Andaman News Friday 26 December – 5 items – tourism shops …
Thailand National News Bureau Thailand 
comSend comments to AndamanNews@yahoo. comitem–5–The Tourism sector in Phuket discussed a promotion campaign to attract tourists back to the region. The President of Thai Hotels Association southern chapter Matee Tanmanatragul the Tourism Authority of Thailand local Phuket office and Phuket Tourist Association members held a conference at Metropole Hotel discussing about a campaign to gain back tourists’ attention and their interests towards Phuket in the wake of the global recession and recent Thai airport blockages. Local hoteliers tour agents golf courses and related businesses presented their ideas and strategies towards the recovery measures. New tour packages and promotions were introduced. Special packages and promotions included changes in hotels’ ‘super- deal’ prices being put on TAT’s website meaning that all associated hotels should reduce their rates down by 25% 50% and re-create more interesting and unique tour programs including more old town cultural attractions. Some of the hotel participants felt that Thai and independent tourists are now being charged more than foreign tourists on special packages and this is causing more problems.

Thousands gather to commemorate 4th anniversary of deadly tsunami
CBC.ca Canada 
The fourth anniversary of the catastrophe that killed 230000 people was marked by modest ceremonies in the communities where the killer waves struck countries along the Indian cean. Communal prayers and candlelight vigils were held on beaches in Thailand Indonesia India and Sri Lanka. The south Asia tsunami ? one of the world’s worst natural disasters ? struck on the morning of Dec.

The world awaits in 2009
Toronto Star  Canada 
Jim Byers Travel Editor Terrorism in Mumbai. Airport shutdowns in Thailand. And a big drop in the Canadian dollar. Folks could be forgiven if thinking times are bleak in the travel business. Certainly airlines and hotels in many parts of the world have taken a big hit with the global recession. But just as Stephen Harper pointed out that the fall in the stock market meant there were deals to be had so it is in the travel biz.

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