Artikel posted in 2012

  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease under control in Phuket

    Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease under control in Phuket

    PHUKET: Following the outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Thailand which caused the death of a

  • British Ambassador calls for ‘safety first’ when travelling

    British Ambassador calls for ‘safety first’ when travelling

    PHUKET: British Ambassador to Thailand Asif Ahamd has repeated his call for UK nationals to exercise caution when travelling to Thailand and to make sure they have adequate insurance coverage when they do visit.

  • Phuket Architect & Engineering Exhibition 2012 underway

    Phuket Architect & Engineering Exhibition 2012 underway

    PHUKET: Good news for the island’s builders, designers and property owners: the Architect & Engineering Exhibition 2012 is now underway on the second floor of the Royal Phuket City Hotel. The event runs daily from 11am to 8pm though Sunday, featuring a number of exhibitions and booths showcasing products from more than 100 manufactures and importers.

  • AirAsia bookings offline this weekend

    AirAsia bookings offline this weekend

    PHUKET: Thai AirAsia this weekend will temporarily suspend its online booking facility for all flights to and from Bangkok after October 1. The news comes as the budget carrier prepares to move its operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. Starting at 10pm on Friday, technicians will be reprogramming airport codes to reflect the change from Suvarnabhumi International Airport (SVB) to Don Mueang Airport (DMK), where the airline will resume operations on October 1.

  • British tourist, 47, drowns at Patong Beach

    British tourist, 47, drowns at Patong Beach

    PHUKET: An English tourist who ignored warnings by lifeguards at Patong Beach yesterday became the latest monsoon-season drowning victim in Phuket. Patong Police received a report of the incident at 8:15am

  • Phuket AMCHAM puts ‘Best Green Tourism Practices’ on the agenda

    Phuket AMCHAM puts ‘Best Green Tourism Practices’ on the agenda

    PHUKET: The American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Greater Phuket Chapter is co-ordinating with local environmental welfare group SEEK to hold a seminar focusing on Best Green Tourism Practices in Phuket. The seminar, to be held at the Holiday Inn Patong on August 24, will highlight how sustainable green programs, ranging from recycling, energy and water savings and more, can help the island. “Whether you work in a hotel, the tourism industry, property development or run a business here [in Phuket], this practical seminar by leading experts from the hospitality sector is set to help you take the first step toward contributing something back to Phuket,” the organizers say.

  • Project to reverse Patong traffic flow hits a speed bump

    Project to reverse Patong traffic flow hits a speed bump

    PHUKET: A long-awaited plan to reverse the direction of one-way traffic flow in Patong was expected to

  • Truck driver charged after Phuket woman crushed in rush hour

    Truck driver charged after Phuket woman crushed in rush hour

    PHUKET: The driver of a six-wheeled truck with a dual-axle trailer in tow has been charged with reckless driving causing death after his trailer clipped a 58-year-old woman riding a motorbike to work this morning. The woman, Prapha Charoensiri, fell on to the road and died instantly after she was crushed under the wheels of the juggernaut. Maj Kittiphum Tinthalang of Phuket City Police said he received a report of the accident at about 9am.

  • Aussie tourist who cried ‚rape‘ in Phuket deported today

    Aussie tourist who cried ‚rape‘ in Phuket deported today

    PHUKET: Stevie Rochelle Bamford, the 21-year-old woman convicted of falsely reporting that she was raped in Patong, was deported to her native Australia today.

  • Outrigger to buy Phuket’s Laguna Beach Resort

    Outrigger to buy Phuket’s Laguna Beach Resort

    PHUKET: Outrigger Hotels and Resorts announced today in a press release that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the 254-room Laguna Beach Resort, located on Bang Tao Bay on the northwest coast of Phuket. The transaction is scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2013. The press release did not stipulate how much the resort was being sold for.