Archive for November, 2007

Bumrungrad expects profit gain next year (Bangkok Post)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Thailand’s top private hospital, Bumrungrad Hospital Plc (BH), projects brighter prospects next year, boosted by an expected increase in post-election spending and a stable global and local economic outlook.

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AoT profits plummet 90% (Bangkok Post)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) saw its net profit for the financial year to Sept 30 nosedive 90% year-on-year to 1.09 billion baht, the lowest in five years, due mainly to the negative effects of Suvarnabhumi Airport.

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Temple becomes a tourist attraction (Bangkok Post)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

A huge statue of the revered Luang Pu Thuat, the former abbot of Wat Chang Hai in Pattani, has helped put a previously unheard of temple on the list of tourist attractions in the resort town of Hua Hin. Devout followers of the late monk no longer need to travel to the temple in Pattani to pay their respects to one of Thailand’s most revered monks in the last century, after Wat Huay Mongkol in …

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Foreign Ministry denies Russian arrested in Thailand had drugs (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry denied on Friday media reports that a Russian tourist arrested in Thailand was carrying illegal drugs.

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Hotel Washington’s sign changing to W Hotel (BizJournals)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

After more than a year of rumors, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. officially announced Friday it is transforming the Hotel Washington into a W Hotel. (HOT)

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Hotel Washington’s sign changing to W Hotel (Washington Business Journal)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

After more than a year of rumors, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. officially announced Friday it is transforming the Hotel Washington into a W Hotel.

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Defending sex workers (The Daily Iowan)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Iowa City native and City High graduate Sue Simon argued for increased rights and an end to negative stereotyping for sex workers around the world Thursday afternoon at the Congregational United Church of Christ in an Iowa City Foreign Relations Council-sponsored event.

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Government Reconsidering Passport-free Weekend Visits At Border (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))

Friday, November 30th, 2007

WANG KELIAN, Nov 30 (Bernama) — The government may do away with the passport-free weekend visits by Malaysians and Thais to the border markets here and in Wang Prachan in Thailand for security reasons.

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Global Account (BBC News)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Angus Stickler travels into the disputed “Red Zone” of Southern Thailand to discover the victims of a brutal and under-reported war.

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PassionAsia.com Launches New Feature of Instant Confirmation for All Asia Pacific Hotels (PRWeb)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

To minimize the hassle of travel planning for Asian vacations PassionAsia.com (www.Passionasia.com) is now offers an instantaneous Hotel Reservation service with instant confirmation of over 3,500 Asia Pacific Destinations. (PRWeb Nov 30, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/TᰘZS1TaW5nLUNyYXMtSˏycЛUaGlyLVplcm8=

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