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Tourism officials from South America visit Royal Cliff Beach Resort
Royal Cliff Beach Resort General Manager
Alexander Haeusler (second row, 3rd right) and Pattaya Exhibition and
Convention Hall (PEACH) Resident Manager Michael Goh (first row, 1st
left) pose for a photograph with the delegates from 18 member countries
of the Forum for East Asia - Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) and
officials from TAT.
A group of Tourism officials from South America recently visited the
multi award-winning Royal Cliff Beach Resort and the Pattaya Exhibition
and Convention Hall (PEACH), the world-class exhibition and convention
facility of the Resort, as part of a study tour organised by the Tourism
Authority of Thailand (TAT) in association with the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
The study tour was aimed at promoting Thailand as a premier destination
for Leisure and MICE industries. The group included 20 delegates from 18
member countries of the Forum for East Asia - Latin America Cooperation
(FEALAC) – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, United
Mexican States, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
The South American officials were welcomed by the Royal Cliff Beach
Resort General Manager Alexander Haeusler and PEACH Resident Manager
Michael Goh. The visitors attended a presentation titled Secrets of
Service Planning & Management of the Best Voted Resort in Asia lectured
by Alexander Haeusler. Later, they were taken on a study tour of the
resort and the convention centre.
Krabi Airport plans
further expansion
Krabi Airport is planning another phase of expansion that will include
renovation of the old passenger building into a domestic terminal and
addition of two more parking bays (aprons). Works are slated to start
early next year and will take two years to complete.
The airport’s old passenger building, being used currently by Thai
Airways International as its catering facility, will be renovated with
250-million baht (US$7.40 million) and will have one contact gate and a
walk-way bridge connecting with the current new terminal.
It will also spend another 180 million baht developing two more parking
bays, from the existing two which can hold large aircraft such as
Boeing747 and Boeing737 jets.
Despite the airport being completely expanded in 2006 with a new
terminal and longer runway, airport director, Atthaya Lapmakm, said it
was facing congestion problems especially during the high tourist
seasons - from November to March.
Last year, the airport handled 893,338 passengers. Atthaya said the
airport expected to see a slight increase on the number of passengers
for this year as some low-cost carriers had stopped flying through the
airport. However, he added charter flights from Northern Europe were
expected to increase to 10 flights from four per week. (TTG)
Kingfisher Airlines launches India - UK service
Kingfisher Airlines, one of only six five-star airlines in the world, has
announced that it will launch international services from India with the debut
of daily nonstop flights between Bangalore and London-Heathrow on September 3,
2008.
Kingfisher will be the first airline to operate between the UK and India with
industry-leading inflight entertainment including live TV channels such as BBC
World, CNN International, Bloomberg and Eurosport/ESPN via satellite at every
seat, as well as some 357 hours of programming on 36 channels.
Along with impeccable cuisine by London’s famed Chutney Mary’s restaurant,
Kingfisher offers guests innovative product offerings including mood lighting,
webchat and email, USB connectors and in-seat plug/chargers throughout the
aircraft. In Kingfisher First, pampered guests also enjoy in-seat massagers, a
bar and bartender, a jacket pressing service, and even spectacles cleaning.
Kingfisher commenced operations domestically in India in 2005 and has since
become the largest privately-owned airline in the country following its merger
with Air Deccan. The launch of the carrier’s London service marks a new
milestone for the company with service to additional international destinations
to be announced in the near future.
Kingfisher Airlines will operate an Airbus A330-200 on the new route with two
classes of service: with 30 seats in Kingfisher First and 187 seats in
Kingfisher Class. (eTN)
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