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- Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds 89 Hotels To Its Global Portfolio In …
- Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Forges Global Agreement with …
- Ayada’s Elmhurst Thai Dazzles
- Thai police arrest three for shooting US national
- Friends help Burmese refugee in attempt to see parents

Carlson Hotels Worldwide Adds 89 Hotels To Its Global Portfolio In …
Hotel Interactive Inc. NY 
The newest properties include the 2008 openings of The Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux a 150-room hotel with interiors by renowned international designer Jacques Garcia; and The Regent Bal Harbour the first hotel to open in South Florida?s Bal Harbour Village in over 50 years. penings planned for 2009 include The Regent Maldives a 50-villa private island resort on picturesque Maalefushi Island; and The Regent Phuket Cape Panwa a 106-room resort located on the south-eastern tip of Phuket Island Thailand. Additional upcoming global developments include The Regent Manila Bay the Philippines (2010); The Regent Bangkok Thailand (2010); The Regent Emirates Pearl Abu Dhabi UAE (2011); The Regent Dubrovnik Croatia (2010); The Regent Palmas del Mar Puerto Rico (2011); The Regent Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (2011); and The Regent Doha Qatar (2013). Radisson Hotels & ResortsThe newest Radisson hotels to open in December include the Radisson St Martin Resort Marina & Spa on the island of St Martin and the Radisson Ambassador Hotel Paris péra in the center of the city?s pera district. With the addition of these hotels Radisson?s global portfolio currently includes 407 hotels with 89314 guestrooms. Nestled in the picturesque cove of Anse Marcel the Radisson St Martin Resort Marina & Spa features 1600 feet of white-sand beachfront 500 square feet of meeting space and a 150-slip marina. The resort offers 63 suites and 189 guestrooms; a signature beachfront restaurant with al fresco dining; casual market-style restaurant and lobby tapas bar.

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Forges Global Agreement with …
WELT NLINE Germany 
Spatality is an international spa management and brand delivery companywith offices in Denver Colorado (U. A); Bangkok Thailand; and soonDubai U.

Ayada’s Elmhurst Thai Dazzles
Village Voice NY 
bama’s Black Widow (18) Thanks to Bush and bama the National Security Agency now knows more about you My Brother the Slumlord (16) Going public is something Amy Neustein never could resist Let’s Avoid Neil Young’s Next Record (13) The old stuff enthralls but the new stuff terrorizes at MSG NYPD Seeks an Air Monitor Crackdown for New Yorkers (11) A city councilman and the cops don’t want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission Surfing Bay Ridge at Asmak Taama with Gibby Haynes Matching fish with rock stars in Bay Ridge Gambling and Gourmandizing at Colandrea New Corner Restaurant Red and alive in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights Tossing Tentacles at the John Dory Brilliant expensive seafood in a darkling corner of Manhattan Hearty Krishna Cuisine in Jersey City New vegetarian restaurant hits Jersey City’s Newark Avenue Bushwick Tacos Redux: Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos The little tortilla factory that could We stared in wonder at our raw shrimp salad ($7)—eight gray beauties beheaded and deveined each splayed specimen meticulously mounded with a tasty emerald relish. “That doesn’t look very Thai” I volunteered to our laughing hostess. “Some of us worked at a Japanese hotel in Bangkok” she explained indicating that what we were eating was a sort of Thai-Japanese fusion but one that would raise no eyebrows in Bangkok. I felt like a grizzled prospector who’d just returned from the utback—and I don’t mean the steakhouse. After several years of seeking out the fiery fishy and austere regional cuisine of Isaan in various boroughs I’d just returned at least figuratively to Thailand’s glittering capital and been amazed at the variety and richness of the cooking. The shrimp were fantastic though the sweet density and slug-like texture can be off-putting at first. Moreover it was a dish so rich that one or two crustaceans per person proved sufficient.

Thai police arrest three for shooting US national
Monsters and Critics.com 
The US couple claim that the contractor took their money and left them with an unfinished sub-standard concrete monstrosity instead of the Thai-Bali style mansion they had dreamed of. Whiting\’s car was set of fire in July 2008 and shortly afterwards he was shot in the neck leaving him partially paralysed. The Whiting property scandal was one of many to be reported in the \’royal\’ resort which is a favourite summer retreat for Thai high society and more recently has drawn a plethora of world-class hotel chains and posh boutique getaways. Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej 81 is a frequent resident of the resort at his Klai Kang Won or \’Far From Worries\’ palace built in 1928 by king Rama VII. The Whiting case was one of four unsolved crimes that newly appointed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva last week ordered the national police chief to solve. The other cases include the slaying of four Saudi nationals in 1989 and 1990 the disappearance and suspected murder of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelpaijit in 2004 and the 2003 slaying of Kornthep Viriya a shipping agent and key witness in a tax evasion case against a company owned by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Friends help Burmese refugee in attempt to see parents
Lower Hudson Journal news NY 
Liberty Travel representatives said Friday that they sympathized with his unusual situation and would like to help. So far they haven’t gotten him a refund or rescheduled his trip despite his having paid for Travel Protection. He received $646 for part of his Thailand hotel. Calls to Liberty Travel were not returned this week. Aslam said yesterday that he and his wife had spoken to Liberty Travel staff but there was no resolution. Friends were clearly touched by his travel saga which has been chronicled in The Journal News. While one couple paid for the bulk of the trip co-workers at Friendly’s collected roughly $300.

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