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Job openings from Air Asia in Phuket
Air Asia is living up up its promise to make Phuket a regional hub for its operations. The low-cost airlines… »
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Phuket eyes more HK tourists
Phuket hotels and resorts hope to attract more than 120,00 visitors from Hong Kong in 2010. With 24 weekly flights and Air Asia establishing itself as a hub in Phuket, the future once again looks bright for… »
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Discounts cost Phuket 10 billion baht
Discounting from the hotels in Phuket in 2009 cost the industry around 300 million USD (ten billion baht), according th C9 Hotelworks in Phuket. – Virtually every chain scale tier was affected with the exception of the budget and economy segment,” said Bill… »
Phuket Film Festival confirmed
The second edition of the Phuket Film Festival to be held June 4-13 2009 on Phuket Thailand. The Festival has opened up for film submissions to be submitted… »
Phuket moving up in satisfaction
The good news: Phuket is moving up on the list of the best islands in the world in the annual “Reader’s Travel Awards” from Condé Nast Traveller Magazine. The bad… »
Outrigger Laguna ready to open
The countdown has started for the official opening of Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas. In 60 short days the project at Bang Tao in Phuket will be ready for… »
Pacific to Indian Ocean run
On the 1st of November runners from all over Asia will be heading for Chumpon province before sunset to run all the way from the Pacific Coast to the Indian… »
2004-quake affected California
U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California’s famed San Andreas Fault. The… »
Sea rescue center for Andaman region
Thailand has approved an Bt18 million budget to set up Andaman sea rescue centers in a bid to restore confidence among tourists and the image of tourism in its Andaman… »
Scaling new heights
Anantara Si Kao Resort & Spa, south of Krabi in a hidden corner of Thailand, has launched a series of rock climbing courses which range from a simple half-day workshop… »
Tsunami warning cancelled
The tsunami warning was canceled this evening. Waves of under 1 foot hit the shores of Malaysia just before 8pm tonight.
If the tsunami had hit Thailand, it would have done… »
TSUNAMI WARNING FOR INDIAN OCEAN
A 7.9 strong earth quake struck off Sumatra island in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon. The Sumatra earthquake could cause a destructive tsunami at various points throughout the Indian Ocean region,… »
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