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Fly with Cathay Pacific’s ‘Hong Kong SuperNight’ package
As an incentive for customers to travel, Cathay Pacific
Airway presents an affordable special package, Hong Kong SuperNight, with
prices starting from 10,888 baht from now until 31 March 2004.
Yongyut Lujintanon, Cathay Pacific Airways’ Sales &
Marketing manager Thailand and Myanmar said, “Cathay Pacific Airways
operates five daily Bangkok - Hong Kong flights to fit our passengers’
varied preferences in time of departure. However, the Hong Kong SuperNight
package is offered to passengers as an additional option for those who are
traveling to Hong Kong.”
The package is available on some select evening flights:
Bangkok-Hong Kong by CX 712 (departing at 04.25 p.m.) and CX 702 (departing
at 07.00 p.m.) and Hong Kong-Bangkok by CX 709 (departing at 09.55 p.m. and
arriving at 11.40 p.m.).
Hong Kong SuperNight includes one roundtrip economy class
ticket between Bangkok and Hong Kong, a 3-day / 2-night accommodation from a
wide range of hotels with airport transfers, Hong Kong airport tax and
security charge included.
Additionally, as a special offer to passengers who buy
two packages, the airline will give away one free roundtrip Bangkok - Hong
Kong ticket. This package is valid from now until 31 March 2004.
For information or package reservations contact Cathay
Pacific Airways at 0 2263 0606, nearby leading travel agencies or visit the
website: www.cathaypacific.com/th/offers
Amari Watergate
welcomes president of THAI
Pierre
Andre Pelletier, general manager of Amari Watergate Hotel (left) and
Chetsada Techaprasertporn, hotel executive assistant (center) recently
welcomed president of Thai Airways International (THAI) Kanok Abhiradee
(right) on his arrival to attend the meeting on “Thai Airways
International and Star Alliance A world of Opportunities” at the hotel.
THAI announces new summer timetable
Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) has announced it is
adding three new destinations as well as rerouting and increasing flights
for its new summer timetable starting 28 March to 30 October 2004. The new
destinations are Milan in Italy, Jihong (Xixongpanna) in China and Bangalore
in India.
The number of flights will be increased on the
Bangkok-London and Bangkok-Munich routes to cater for the increase in
demand.
THAI said that the Bangkok-Milan route would be a twice a
week flight, flying out on Tuesday and Friday, using Boeing 747-400 aircraft
(starting 1 May 2004). For the Bangkok-Bangalore route: four weekly flights
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, using Airbus 300-600 aircraft
(starting 29 March 2004) and for Bangkok-Jihong (Xixongpanna): two weekly
flights on Wednesday and Fridays using ATR 72 aircraft (starting on 31 March
2004).
THAI also said that its new routes would include
Bangkok-Bahrain-Kuwait, which will be on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
using Airbus 300-600 aircraft.
The airline will increase its frequency on the
Bangkok-London route, adding one daily flight bringing the total to six
weekly flights. THAI also operates seven weekly night flights, bringing the
total number to 13 weekly flights (starting 1 May 2004).
The Bangkok-Munich route will also see one additional
flight using Boeing 747-400 aircraft bringing the total number to five
weekly flights (starting 1 May 2004).
KLM announces ‘The World
is Just a Click Away’ online campaign
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced its new The World Is
Just a Click Away online campaign, where travelers will receive significant
travel incentives for purchasing tickets at KLM’s website: www.klm.co.th
The campaign includes any KLM ticket purchased online from
now through 31 March, with travel that must be completed by 30 April 2004.
Qualifying travel can include any KLM intercontinental destinations (i.e. Europe
and North America).
Travel incentives for The World Is Just a Click Away campaign
include: Nokia 6108 mobile phone for roundtrip tickets to Europe on KLM World
Business Class; Euro 100 tax-free shopping voucher for roundtrip to Europe on
KLM Economy Class. (Shopping voucher is valid for purchase of articles on board
KLM aircraft worldwide or at the Amsterdam Airport Shopping Center).
Ihab Sorial, KLM General Manager for SE Asia, said,
“Through campaigns like The World Is Just a Click Away, travelers are being
encouraged to use our expanding e-services, and experience just how fast, safe
and simple it is to book travel online with KLM.”
For more information on KLM’s The World Is Just a Click
Away packages, please visit www.klm.co.th ou.com or contact the KLM Reservations
Office at (66)2-679-1100.
First class cuisine for Thailand’s train passengers
In an effort to upgrade its services, travelers using the
First Class services of Thailand’s train network could soon dine on board in
style thanks to a policy shift by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
SRT Chief, Jitsanti Thanasophon, has expressed a wish to
upgrade the services offered to First Class passengers, in particular by
offering them food on par with that served in the dining rooms of the nation’s
leading hotels.
“These ‘hotels on wheels’ will be aimed at tourists and
civil servants, who form an extremely lucrative market for the state rail
service,” said Jitsanti. The SRT says that if the project proves successful,
it could also be extended to Second Class carriages. (TNA)
TTG Asia strikes Gold
PATA has awarded TTG Asia the 2004 PATA Gold Award in the
category of “Industry Business Article - Trade Publications” for its Booster
Kit for Travel Agents.
The Booster Kit was a special feature launched during the
SARS period, to inspire and bring up the spirits of the industry with messages
from world leaders including Singapore’s senior minister Lee Kuan Yew and Hong
Kong’s chief executive, Tung Chee Hwa. The kit gave real-life examples of
winners who had overcome crises or successfully filled new business gaps and
highlighted travel deals as a means to excite travel agents to sell again.
Managing director, Darren Ng, said, “We are delighted with
the award. This reinforces us as the region’s leading trade publication. We
continue to be committed to supporting the industry in both good times and
bad.” (TTG Asia)
Visitor numbers soar as agro-ecotourism booms
Agro-ecotourism is now booming in Thailand, with the number
of visitors to the nation’s agricultural projects rising by 40,000 each year,
according to secretary to the Department of Agriculture.
Pairot Suwanchinda said that the department’s program to
develop agricultural research and development facilities as tourism destinations
has proved hugely successful among both Thai and foreign visitors.
Visitor numbers to the department’s 15 centers are now
rising by around 40,000 each year, compared to an annual target figure of
15,000. The five most popular projects are all in the northern and north-eastern
regions of the country.
The department is now planning to open two new tourist
destinations in the southern province of Krabi and in the northern province of
Chiang Mai. Many of these projects are involved with high altitude crops
although the Krabi project concerns rubber, and the new Chiang Mai project looks
at rice farming. (TNA)
Ranjith Chandrasiri promoted to Deputy General Manager of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort
The Board of Directors of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort
announced the promotion of Ranjith Chandrasiri to the position of Deputy General
Manager of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort. Previously, Mr. Chandrasiri held the
position of Resident Manager, Royal Cliff Grand.
 Ranjith
Chandrasiri the new Deputy General Manager of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort.
Mr. Chandrasiri has been with the Royal Cliff Beach Resort
for 5 years and will now be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations
of one of the largest and most comprehensive hotel, convention and spa
facilities in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also the founder and president of
the Royal Cliff Wine Club - the best wine club in Thailand.
The multiple award-winning Royal Cliff Beach Resort comprises
four 5-star hotels, extensive convention and exhibition venues including the
multi-purpose Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), and two health
spas. The resort’s other facilities include 10 restaurants, 4 bars, 5 swimming
pools, 6 tennis courts, 2 squash courts, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, a
Thai culinary school, and a private catamaran.
Thailand and Nepal in aviation talks
Thailand is currently involved in aviation negotiations with
Nepal in a bid to see more tourists traveling between the two countries, Deputy
Transport Minister Vichet Kasemthongsri announced.
The talks form the latest in a series of ‘open skies’
aviation talks with countries both inside and outside the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) grouping, which Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra has asked the Department of Aviation Transport to conduct within the
next six months.
Noting that ‘open skies’ policies served to boost
tourism, generate foreign revenue and promote air cargo, Vichet said that the
talks with Nepal followed similar negotiations with China and India.
Under the terms of the Nepal deal, all Thai and Nepali
airports will be open to flights from both countries. The deal also means that
the number of weekly flights between the two countries will be increased to 22,
compared to only seven at present. (TNA)
Qantas receives Airline of the Year Award
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways, Geoff Dixon,
accepted the Air Transport World magazine Airline of the Year award at a
ceremony in Singapore on February 23.
The Awards, in their 30th year, recognize excellence in the
airline and commercial aerospace industries. Announcing Qantas as this year’s
overall winner, Air Transport World praised Qantas’ focus on excellence in the
air combined with leanness and flexibility on the ground.
Presenting the award, Air Transport World Senior Editor,
Geoff Thomas, said, “Any airline that can increase profits during the Asian
currency crisis and remain profitable after 9/11 and last year’s SARS outbreak
is certainly made of the right stuff. Throw in an unsurpassed record for safety
and technical excellence, a well-earned reputation for superb customer service,
a commitment to cost containment and a willingness to try new things and you
have this year’s Airline of the Year.”
Dixon said, “The success of Qantas is a team effort. Those of us in
leadership roles at Qantas are only too aware that we are custodians of an
Australian icon.”
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