Bangkok has seen a lot of new born themed and design hotels in recent years and Siam @ Siam was one of them. Open in 2006, the hotel became the trend setter for many other ones to come. And until today it has done exceptionally well in maintaining its high standard in service and hospitality, and of course in surprising all the visitors with its jaw-dropping kind of interior design.
Ask anyone to name top 5 shopping destinations in Bangkok and you’ll know that you will never miss this name: Siam Paragon. The complex is not only the place for your shopping spree but also for entertainment – Madam Tussaud and the beloved Siam ocean World with the longest underwater walkway in Southeast Asia.
The celebrative atmosphere is taking over Yaowarat or Bangkok’s China Town at the moment as all the local Chinese decedents are gearing up for the beginning of the Snake Year on February 10th. You’re with me, Suwida Boonyatistarn as we explore Yaowarat and see how this part of Bangkok prepares itself for the countdown.
The annual ASEAN Tourism Forum or ATF started off today in Vientiane, Laos. From January 21st to 24th, the travel trade-only exhibition and business meetings platform is bringing over 2,000 delegates from around the world, comprising of heads of National Tourist Organisations, Tourism Ministers, suppliers from across ASEAN, International Buyers, Media and other tourism professionals to discuss about tourism matters of the region.
The press conference has been convened for the official launch of IAGTO’s 2nd Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) that will take place in Pattaya from 29 April to 2 May this year. The AGTC is the largest and most important gathering of Asia’s golf tourism industry. IAGTO will be bringing to Thailand 150 golf tour operators from 35 countries who all sell golf holidays to Asian golf destinations. Over 500 delegates will participate including more than 60 golf resorts, golf clubs, and hotels from Thailand.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) announced that Ryo Ishikawa, a young Japanese player who is a rising star in world golf, has accepted its invitation to be the Golf Ambassador of Thailand for the 2nd year. Mr. Ishikawa, known as the “Bashful Prince,” will help promote Thailand as a tourist destination with a focus on promoting golf tourism to Japanese visitors.
Tourism Authority of Thailand is hosting 12 contestants of a Vietnamese beauty pageant as part of a new promotional effort to boost visitor arrivals from one of the kingdom’s fastest growing source-markets.
For a long time, Thailand, as well as many countries in the world, had have the perception that women’s place is in the home, or rather, in the kitchen. But when it came to national or international achievements regarding gastronomic art and skills, women chefs always played second fiddle to men ones. The fact, which was and is still true, seems to be proved by the smaller number of acclaimed Thai female chefs when compared to males. However, there is an emerging trend that female chefs are rising to the top, claiming their management position in and out of the kingdom. Take this lady as a sample Ms. Navamas Lakanankoon
World Spa and Well Being Convention 2012, at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani from September 19th to the 21st. Now we are going to look into one of the most expected activities of the convention, the congress or the seminars.
