Crown Prince becomes King
The Kingdom has a new King after His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on Thursday accepted an invitation to ascend the throne from the National Legislative Assembly president. NLA president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai was granted an audience with the Crown Prince at Ambara Villa, Dusit Palace, the place where he was born, to invite him […]
Suvarnabhumi Airport prepares for tourist high season
Suvarnabhumi International Airport is preparing to welcome up to 173,000 travelers per day during the tourist high season. Airport Director Sirote Duangratana revealed that between October 30th of this year and March 25th of next year, the country will enter its usual tourist high season. An average of 965 flights are expected each day, a […]
Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry project hits first hurdle
CHON BURI – Pattaya City Council was told on Tuesday the Marine Department was being too hasty in launching the proposed ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin, because the docking facilities would not be ready in time. The opposition emerged a little more than two weeks after the department’s director-general Sorasak Sansombat announced approval […]
Flydubai alights in Bangkok
Flydubai commenced the first budget airline service between Bangkok and Dubai yesterday. The maiden flight from Dubai airport touched down at Suvarnabhumi to set in motion the Dubai-based carrier’s scheduled twice-daily service to Bangkok on board Boeing 737-800 jets. Bangkok was chosen for the airline’s Southeast Asia debut to provide a new travel option on […]
Lop Buri lays on annual monkey banquet
LOP BURI – It is a feast fit for a monkey king. On Sunday the central province of Lop Buri put on a five-star banquet for its hundreds of macaque inhabitants, sparking a mass simian food fight. Lop Buri has been laying on an annual feast — part merit-making tradition and part unabashed tourist attraction […]
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