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NOVOTEL Bangkok on Siam Square is offering travel agents an additional 700 baht (US$22.34) supplement on top of contract rates for the sales of its newly-launched Premier Floor rooms and suites between September 15 and October 31.

THE NEW international terminal at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan will begin operations on October 21, heralding the start of improved air access to the Japanese capital.

SOME 161 flights will be added on regional routes by eight airlines to meet increased demand during the Lebaran (Hari Raya) holiday season in September.

JETSTAR makes it quick and easy for passengers with its in-town check-in at MTR Airport Express stations in Hong Kong and Kowloon.

FOREIGN arrivals in Myanmar between January and July shot up by 37 per cent, compared to the same period last year.

INDIA will, for the first time, head the list of international buyers at the Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Sub-region (TTM Plus), in Bangkok from September 8 to 10.

SIEM REAP International Airport will have two per cent more weekly flights in the coming October 2010-March 2011 winter timetable, mainly from regional destinations such as China, South Korea and Singapore.

Sing Buri, in the central region, is blessed with many Buddhist temples spread across 841 square metres of lush vegetation. One of the most revered is Wat Phikun Thong, where visitors can pay homage to both the Kingdom's largest sitting Buddha image, which is 23m wide and 42m tall, and the statue of Luang Pho Phae, a popular former abbot of the temple. It is housed in Tha Chang district's Tambon Wihan Khao, approximately 16km from Muang Sing Buri.

HOTEL Borobudur is offering residential meeting packages to boost slow business during the Ramadan and Lebaran (end of fasting month) seasons.

STRONG demand for Phuket has been driving Thailand's tourism revival. Passenger traffic through Phuket International Airport shot up by 28 per cent in the first half of 2010 as compared to 2009's figure.

SIEM REAP International Airport is pressing ahead with its improvement plan as traffic figures in the first seven months point to signs of recovery.

MYANMAR-BASED Air Bagan plans to introduce direct flights between Yangon and regional cities when it takes delivery of two Airbus A320 aircraft this October.

ACCOR will add 12 to 13 new hotels and more than 3,000 rooms to its portfolio of 42 hotels and 10,044 rooms in Thailand in the next few years. The chain is also clinching more management deals.

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THAILAND's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva addressed tourism industry members directly for the first time yesterday since the May political riots.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited’s (THAI) Technical Department and Societe Concessionaire De L’Aeroport (SCA), the airport operator of Cambodia, signed a four-year extension contract for aircraft maintenance services at Phnom Penh International Airport and Siem Reap International Airport. This is an extension of the previous agreement made in 2004 for handling such airlines as Asiana Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Airlines, and Silk Air.

Chongqing-based West Air, a private airline under HNA group, today took delivery of its first Airbus aircraft, an A319, at the Airbus Tianjin Delivery Centre (ATDC), the first Airbus delivery centre outside Europe.

Four leading shopping centres; Siam Paragon Siam Center, The Emporium and Siam Discovery are supporting a new initiative to boost domestic travel and shopping with “World @ Thai”, a new world class privilege card for Thai Airways International passengers.

SAHID Group's Indonesian Paradise Island will pump in US$70 million to transform the former Hotel Sahid Raya Kuta into Sahid Kuta Lifestyle Resort and develop a lifestyle hub called Beachwalk around it.

IN a show of confidence for Thailand, six international associations last month confirmed the destination as venue for their conventions despite two small bombing incidents in Bangkok in late July.