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.
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.
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.
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.
Vietnam invests in airports
February 11, 2010 by Duangrudee Somboonruangsri
Filed under Mekong Region
Vietnam has invested over VND480 billion in terminal upgrades at Cam Ranh Airport and Lien Khuong Airport to attract more international flights.
Cam Ranh Airport
Hotel opens near Danang
February 4, 2010 by Duangrudee Somboonruangsri
Filed under Vietnam
Life Resort Management announced that its 187-room resort on Bac My An Beach, near Danang, will officially open 20 March.
Event bookings can earn vouchers
February 4, 2010 by Chanida Sa-ngiamphaisalsuk
Filed under News, Thailand
Thailand’s largest convention venue launches a membership programme to attract more business.
Impact Muang Thong Thani announced last week what it call a “Society Corporate Reward Card” that offers clients a chance to redeem discounts when they book their next event at the venue.
The Impact Exhibition Management company general manager, Loy Joon How, said the card was the second loyalty programme after the launch of Society Privilege Card that has 9,000 active members.
Phranang Inn destroyed by fire
February 2, 2010 by Chanida Sa-ngiamphaisalsuk
Filed under News, Thailand
A fire gutted Phranang Inn Hotel, a popular resort hotel on Ao Nang Beach, last night, causing at least Bt3 million in damage. There were no casualties.
The fire broke out at 0630, earlier today, at the resort located at Moo 2, Ao Nang sub district, Muang district, Krabi province. Five fire trucks rushed to the scene and had the blaze under control within 90 minutes.
The two-storey hotel had just 50 rooms at a location about 10 metres set back from Ao Nang Beach.
