The News Review:

- Dubai’s Jumeirah to manage new resort in China
- Travel Watch: Thailand India France
- The Thailand Sommelier of the Year 2009 competition is scheduled …
- MediaWATCH: Jakarta Bombs Link to Thailand
- N.Korean allies join test protest
- JI bomb-maker linked to Thailand’s southern militants

Dubai’s Jumeirah to manage new resort in China
Reuters
Jumeirah famous for managing the sail-shaped Burj al-Arabhotel in Dubai may not open the first of six hotels planned inChina until 2010 as the project faces another delay due to thefinancial crisis its executive chairman Gerald Lawless toldReuters in May. [ID:nL3112766] The group owned by the ruler of Dubai missed its originaltarget to open the 338-room Jumeirah Han Tang Xintandi Hotel inShanghai China’s financial hub in late 2008 and in Januarypushed it back to later this year. The group has 14 hotels under construction from Shanghai toPhuket Thailand and the Maldives and looks to hit a target of60 hotels under management by 2012. Jumeirah also has management agreements in Argentina U. Virgin Islands and Costa Rica. (Reporting by Jason Benham; editing by Simon Jessop).

Travel Watch: Thailand India France
Wall Street Journal
Priced from $2042 per person based on double occupancy the Tantalizing Thailand package is available for departure now through Dec. 25 and includes round-trip airfare from Los Angeles and San Francisco; intra-Thailand air transportation per the itinerary; deluxe hotel accommodations at the Montien Riverside in Bangkok the Empress Hotel in Chiang Mai and the Dusit Island Resort in Chiang Rai; meals sightseeing and entertainment; taxes and fuel surcharges. Tours booked with a departure from New York’s JFK airport start from $2142 per person and airfare is available from all major gateways for an additional cost. Add-on tour packages are available to Hong Kong Phuket Vietnam and Cambodia for an additional cost. For more information call 800-900-2446 or visit www.

The Thailand Sommelier of the Year 2009 competition is scheduled …
Wines-Info.Com
"They understand that in Asian markets they need to educate both consumers and local professionals about their wines and they know how well-placed Thailand is to be a showcase market for them. "The Thailand Sommelier of the Year 2009 competition is scheduled for July 31 with the final round being held at the Dusit Thani Bangkok’s D’Sens restaurant. The judging panel will include sommeliers from around the world led by Roberto Gallotto of the Grand Lisbao Hotel in Macau. At the reception which follows there will be well over 100 different wines available for tasting accompanied by an array of international cuisine. There will be no door ticket sales so wine lovers who wish to join the event should contact Thailand Sommelier on 02-390-2551-3.

MediaWATCH: Jakarta Bombs Link to Thailand
Phuketwan
And she made a dangerous situation worse when she referred to North Korea’s leaders as ”unruly teenagers. ” travelbizmonitor. com Eighteen of the best hotels in the region are in the running for the title of Asia’s Leading Hotel in the World Travel Awards 2009 to be announced in November. They are: Amanpuri Phuket; Conrad Bangkok; Four Seasons Tokyo; Hilton Kuala Lumpur; JW Marriott Phuket; Mandarin riental Hong Kong; Raffles Singapore; Shangri-la Beijing; The Datai Langkawi; The Imperial New Delhi; The Mandarin riental Bangkok; The beroi Rajvilas Jaipur; The beroi Udaipur; The Peninsula Palace Beijing; The Peninsula Tokyo; The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Mumbai; Trident Hilton Gurgaon. The World Travel Awards 2009 has received nominations of more than 900 Asian travel companies destinations hotels resorts and airlines.

N.Korean allies join test protest
Bangkok Post
It was the third time Pyongyang had sent a low-level representative to the ARF since 2000. North Korea’s insistence its position should be reflected in the ARF statement forced participants to delay issuing it for two hours. The ARF members also called for joint efforts to fight terrorists and said the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta were a reminder terrorism was still a threat to the region. Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said in addressing the terrorism problem people should avoid singling out any country race religion or ethnicity. “If terrorism is associated with religion it will create animosity” Mr Anifah said. The meeting also pledged to promote democracy and human rights in Burma Mr Kasit said. Burma is under pressure to release National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners to pave the way for national reconciliation before the country holds general elections next year.
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JI bomb-maker linked to Thailand’s southern militants
Channel News Asia
An unnamed security source told Thai media that militants in restive southern provinces have received bomb-making training from the JI. The source also linked a key member of JI said to be behind the July 17 Jakarta hotel bombings to Thai insurgents. He also said radios rather than mobile phones were being used to detonate bombs. It is believed that this method escapes detection by authorities who often track phone signals. The information appears to corroborate with a recent bomb attack in Thailand’s Yala province. Two soldiers were killed over a week ago when a bomb believed to have been detonated by radio signals went off.

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