River bridge makes progress
March 10, 2010 by Rapeepat Mantanarat
Filed under Laos PDR, Mekong Region
The construction of the third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, linking Khammuan province in central Laos to Nakhon Phanom province in Thailand in the upper northeast region is now five months ahead of schedule.
Khiri in the Cardamons
March 9, 2010 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under Cambodia, Mekong Region
Khiri Travel has launched small group tours to Cambodia’s Cardamom mountains, considered one of the largest tropical forests in Southeast Asia.
Visa outsourcing vexes agents
March 4, 2010 by Duangrudee Somboonruangsri
Filed under Outbound
The embassies of Japan and France are outsourcing visa authorisation following the lead of Australia, India and the UK that gives VFS Thailand a virtual monopoly of a lucrative revenue stream.
Overland tourism in spotlight
March 3, 2010 by Chanida Sa-ngiamphaisalsuk
Filed under Mekong Region
Thailand and Yunnan province in China have agreed to establish a joint tourism working group.
Luang Prabang airport upgrade
March 2, 2010 by Rapeepat Mantanarat
Filed under Laos PDR, Mekong Region
Work on upgrading Luang Prabang Airport, announced last year, will start this month and should be ready by 2013.
Turkey tours in Thai market
February 18, 2010 by Duangrudee Somboonruangsri
Filed under Outbound
Kuoni Travel has restructured a partnership with Turkish Airlines to promoting five-star luxury travel to southern Turkey.
Rail pass discounts
February 17, 2010 by Duangrudee Somboonruangsri
Filed under Outbound
Celebrating its 15th year, Rail Europe, is offering up to 60% discounts when travellers purchase a European rail pass, or train ticket before 31 March.
MAI adds online bookings
February 12, 2010 by Rapeepat Mantanarat
Filed under Mekong Region, Myanmar, News
Myanmar Airways International is set to increase capacity between Bangkok and Yangon with one extra morning flight on Friday and introduce an online booking site.
Currently, MAI operates nine flights a week; one daily flight in the evening and two morning flights on Thursday and Sunday. From 28 March, until the end of the summer schedule, 30 October, it will add a morning flight on Friday.
Corporate travel recovers
February 12, 2010 by Duangrudee Somboonruangsri
Filed under News, Outbound
A leading travel management company, FCm Travel Solutions, projects its business will grow 15% in the Asia Pacific region over the next three to five years.
The company hopes to double volume and customers by 2015. It held its annual conference last week in Bangkok bringing together senior leaders and decision-makers from FCm’s partner travel companies across the region, to discuss business growth strategies for the year ahead.
Nonstop flight to Yangon
February 11, 2010 by Rapeepat Mantanarat
Filed under Mekong Region, News
Vietnam Airlines announces it will start a new non-stop service between Hanoi and Yangon from 2 March, which will eliminate the need to transfer to another airline in Bangkok.
It is part of wider strategy to connect the Vietnames capital, Hanoi, to all the main cities in the Mekong region with non-stop services, a development that will challenge Bangkok’s status as the preferred gateway to the six-country region.
