The luxurious Chedi Chiang Mai Hotel has released an exclusive package for golf lovers.
Starting at 50,100 baht per person, golf lovers can stay four nights in a Deluxe room or Chedi Club Suite and play at any one of the three preferable golf courses. Guests can also choose to extend their stay to 6 nights [...]
Thai Airways International is discounting fares by nearly 50% on 11 domestic routes in a stepped-up competition with budget carriers.
The ”Explorer CorrectThailand Fares” campaign, for travel up to to Sept 30, is meant to drum up sales during the low season and to woo back passengers from budget carriers including Thai AirAsia, One-Two-Go Airlines and [...]
Chiang Mai _ Duentemduang na Chiang Mai won the Chiang Mai mayoral election by a landslide with 24,204 votes, unofficial results showed yesterday.
Her arch-rival and former mayor Boonlert Buranupakorn, No.1 on the ballot paper, came second with 17,570 votes, while Pornchai Jittanavasathien, a former aide of Mr Boonlert and No.3 on the ballot paper, [...]
An earthquake of 4.5 scale struck Mae Rim, the northern district of Chiang Mai around noon on Tuesday, causing panic among those in staying high rise buildings.
The quake took place at 12.06pm, according to the Meteorological Department but noone is reporteted to have been hurt.
Today’s quake followed a tremor that took place on Monday in [...]
Asia has emerged as a solid market for no-frills carriers, partly because most of the demographic requisites were already in place, a regional travel industry leader says. Growing regional travel demand, rising disposable income, a high population base and open skies policies are driving low-cost carriers (LCC), which have been spurring additional air travel, said [...]
The New Zealand tennis players Simon Rea and Michael Venus have scored first round wins at the US$10,000 Futures at Chiangmai in Thailand.
Third seed Rea who was a finalist at the previous weeks Futures in Thailand beat Korean Hyung-Kwon Kim 6-1 6-2 and will play American qualifier Justin Diao Natale in the second round.
Venus accounted [...]
The government has set aside about 150 million baht to improve 25 old hydropower plants in villages to supply electricity to the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) grid to strengthen supply stability. Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand said that 1,500 megawatts of electricity could be generated from the plants, which had been abandoned after the villages [...]
If someone you know takes a moment longer than usual to answer the phone, perhaps they’re being mindful. Try and share the peace
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s recent five-day mindfulness retreat in Chiang Mai was a chance for Thais – virtually all of them Theravada Buddhists – to stroll down the religion’s other avenue. [...]
Travelspeak staff review of “The Belle Villa Resort” in Chiang Mai
We stayed here with family and found the resort to be a real pleasure to stay in. The landscape is breathtaking and it’s relative remoteness simply adds yet another reason to stay here.
We have stayed and visited many hotels in this area and have found [...]
Value-added tax refunds to foreign tourists are projected to increase steadily in line with growth in inbound tourism and efforts to facilitate procedures for claiming tax refunds, according to the Fiscal Policy Office.
Foreign tourists are eligible to claim refunds of the 7% value-added tax for goods purchased at registered retailers. They can claim the [...]
