Westin to launch its first location in Phuket
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- Westin to launch its first location in Phuket
- MediaWATCH: Tourism Dollar Slides in Thailand
- Clinton North Korea trade jabs
- Thailand offers deals and discounts in face of tourism slump
- Dubai’s Jumeirah to manage new resort in China
Westin to launch its first location in Phuket
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Westin has already set up a pre-opening office and will be accepting group inquiries at this time for dates beyond the 1st of March 2010 opening date but individual reservation are yet to be opened. “We are excited to introduce the first Westin resort in Thailand! The soon to open Westin Siray Bay Resort will also further strengthen the position of Starwood as one of the largest international upscale hotel chains in the Thailand and Indochina region” said Miguel Ko Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific Chariman & President. “We are looking forward to offering travellers to Phuket a retreat from the rigors of travel with our signature Westin services products and amenities that will allow them to relax rejuvenate and recharge during their stay. Westin Siray Bay Resort will include 258 rooms and suites its own private beach and a location which is eight minute drive away from the Phuket township. In the next 12 months Westin will launch five other Asia Pacific properties including hotels in Shenzhen China and Hyderabad India.
MediaWATCH: Tourism Dollar Slides in Thailand
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Reports from national and international media with translations into English from Thai. com Hotels in the Asia Pacific region experienced double-digit decreases when reported in US dollars for all three key performance metrics for June 2009 according to data compiled by STR Global. ccupancy rates in the Asia Pacific region dropped 10.
Clinton North Korea trade jabs
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“I was gratified by how many countries from throughout the region stood up and expressed directly to the North Korean delegation their concern over the provocative behaviour we have seen over the past few months. “In Phuket Clinton has met counterparts from China and Russia two other ARF heavyweights that have traditionally been lukewarm about forthright action against North Korea. North Korean delegates appeared agitated as they tried to organize a rare news conference just before Clinton was supposed to speak in the press area of a seaside hotel in the Thai resort island of Phuket. Regime officials described Clinton’s renewed offer of a package of incentives in return for disarmament as “nonsense” and lambasted the top U. diplomat as unintelligent a “funny lady” and a “primary schoolgirl. “”Hearing about the comprehensive package I should say this is basically nonsense” roving ambassador Ri Hung-Sik said vowing no dialogue until Washington changed its “deep-rooted hostile policy.
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Thailand offers deals and discounts in face of tourism slump
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Hotels on the resort island of Phuket are offering a fourth night free. And mountain lodges up north are offering free golf and spa pampering.
Dubai’s Jumeirah to manage new resort in China
Reuters
Jumeirah famous for managing the sail-shaped Burj al-Arabhotel in Dubai may not open the first of six hotels planned inChina until 2010 as the project faces another delay due to thefinancial crisis its executive chairman Gerald Lawless toldReuters in May. [ID:nL3112766] The group owned by the ruler of Dubai missed its originaltarget to open the 338-room Jumeirah Han Tang Xintandi Hotel inShanghai China’s financial hub in late 2008 and in Januarypushed it back to later this year. The group has 14 hotels under construction from Shanghai toPhuket Thailand and the Maldives and looks to hit a target of60 hotels under management by 2012. Jumeirah also has management agreements in Argentina U. Virgin Islands and Costa Rica. (Reporting by Jason Benham; editing by Simon Jessop).
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