VIENTIANE, 26 October 2020: Applications for international
flights to operate from Laos have been submitted and are awaiting approval from
the Lao PDR government according to the latest travel advisory issued by the
British embassy.
In the...
BANGKOK, 23 September 2020: The Eastin Hotel Vientiane Laos
will open during the last quarter of 2021 according to Absolute Hotel Services
Group CEO Jonathan Wigley.
The group's first hotel venture in Laos will have 94...
VIENTIANE, 26 August 2020: Japan and Laos inked an agreement
at the weekend that will allow expatriates and long-stay residents to resume
travel between the two countries as early as September.
Lao and Japanese travellers will...
VIENTIANE, Laos, 4 June 2020: Laos has announced an easing
of entry and exit rules effective 1 June as the country attempts to reboot its
battered economy and revive investment projects.
Details were announced by the...
CHIANG RAI, Thailand, 25 May 2020: Laos has sent home hundreds of Chinese gamblers and workers from casinos and unfinished second-home condominiums at a so-called 'special economic zone' (SEZ) located on the banks of the Mekong River.
BANGKOK, 8 MAY 2020: The ban on flights to Laos continues
with no end date in sight as far as government announcements go.
Lao Airlines, owned by the government, confirmed this week it had suspended...
BANGKOK, 9 April 2020: Here's some good news for British travellers who are stranded in Thailand hoping to snatch up a flight to the UK.
The UK in Thailand Update posted by the British...
VIENTIANE, Laos, 1 April 2020: Laos a tiny landlocked country sharing borders with Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar went into lockdown 30 March.
The measure comes as the country reported ints eighth
Covid-19 case...
LUANG PRABANG, 25 March 2020: Our Armchair travel planning
focuses today on a wedding package in the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang.
Considering travel worldwide has stalled, events are banned and airlines park their...
BANGKOK, 25 March
2020: Covid-19 cases have been reported in Laos and Myanmar, two countries that
remained virus-free over the last three months.
Laos officially confirmed its first two Covid-19 cases on Tuesday afternoon according...