Artikel tagged “entertainment”

  • Top 10 things the internet has replaced, or destroyed

    Top 10 things the internet has replaced, or destroyed

    The internet continues to change everything, for better or for worse. Whilst it’s creating entire new industries it’s also putting a lot of people out of work and killing older business models. Add this to the rise and rise of smartphones as a source of just about everything, and you have a completely disruptive situation.

  • New Disneyland ‘Star Wars’ park opens May 31

    New Disneyland ‘Star Wars’ park opens May 31

    May the forward sales be with you. Fans have raced to be the first to experience the new Disneyland Star Wars theme park, based on the iconic film series

  • Thailand event round up – May

    Thailand event round up – May

    with The Sponsorship Experts Those with a love for shopping should head to Pattaya for the Thailand One Stop Shopping Expo Pattaya , on until May 5.

  • BTS match long-standing Beatles’ record and reach the Top 6 in 26 countries with new album

    BTS match long-standing Beatles’ record and reach the Top 6 in 26 countries with new album

    South Korean band BTS is making waves across music charts around the world. Their new album ‘Map of the Soul – Persona’ has matched a long-standing Beatles record of having three number one albums on the US Billboard chart in one year. The all-male band comprises RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, all aged between 22 and 27 years old.

  • BTS conclude their record-breaking Love Yourself world tour in Bangkok

    BTS conclude their record-breaking Love Yourself world tour in Bangkok

    Seven young South Koreans came to Bangkok over the weekend to complete a sell-out world tour and the finish of a year that saw them rise from a K-Pop anomaly to a global pop sensation. BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan – Bulletproof Boyscouts) have toured the world with their ‘Love Yourself’ tour in an eventful year that has seen them break through the ‘bamboo barrier’ into mainstream pop music – no mean feat when your songs are mostly sung in Korean! Just getting to the Rajamangala stadium in Bangkok last night was an event.

  • Bangkok’s bye bye to Boyzone and hello to BTS

    Bangkok’s bye bye to Boyzone and hello to BTS

    by Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul and Tim Newton In a stark reflection in the massive changes in musical tastes, music business models and the spread of world music in the last 20 years, Bangkok has witnessed the passing of one boyband icon and welcomes the next frenzy, all within 10 days.

  • Come into my world. Tribhum is now open.

    Come into my world. Tribhum is now open.

    “Tribhum – The Mystical Three Worlds” is Phuket’s newest tourist attraction situated in the new Central Floresta. It’s a 3D walkthrough adventure theme park in which visitors are transported into a mystical realm of Siamese legend and fantasy.

  • Patong’s beach road closed for an hour for new year celebrations

    Patong’s beach road closed for an hour for new year celebrations

    The Patong beach road will officially close for an hour as Patong revelers celebrate New Year 2019 at the island’s most famous beach. Thaweewong Road (Beach Road) will close from 11.30pm-12.30am. The closure is meant to be a safety measure to stop the volume of tourists and new year revelers from being run over.

  • From condoms to condos – Southeast Asia’s sex tourism journey

    From condoms to condos – Southeast Asia’s sex tourism journey

    by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com “One thing I can assure them is that business will never be the same. Never.” This is a story that has all the epic elements of military power, big oil, sleaze, real estate, greed and ultimately transformation.

  • BTS sweeps first night of Asian Music Awards

    BTS sweeps first night of Asian Music Awards

    BTS did not attend the first night of the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards, but the group’s presence was still felt, as its team swept four awards at the event. The AMAs are being spread across three events in three countries this year. Held Monday at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, the first part of the three-day event saw awards being presented to rookie artists who had debuted recently, which was why BTS did not attend.