Tag: Bangkok

Kunming-Singapore High Speed Rail Planned For 2020

Local media reports that construction of the Kunming to Singapore high speed railway is expected to start in April 2011 and to to be completed in 2020. Following the completion of the line, it will take only ten hours to travel by rail between the two destinations.

Thailand Becomes Top Tourist Source Country For Yunnan

Yunnan, the most southwesterly province in China, received around 27,000 tourists from Thailand, making the Southeast Asian country the top tourist source country for Yunnan: according to Yu Dingcheng, director of Yunnan Provincial Tourism Bureau.

Jackson Appointed GM Of Mandarin Oriental Sanya

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced the appointment of Paul Jackson as general manager of Mandarin Oriental, Sanya. Jackson has more than 24 years experience in the hospitality industry, and began his career with Mandarin Oriental in 2006 as the executive assistant manager for food and beverage at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. He was then […]

Managing Kempinski With Conviction And Passion

Stephan Interthal, the general manager of Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, is in charge of the major renovation and repositioning of the hotel. A 30-year veteran of the hospitality industry, he has managed some of Kempinski's finest properties including the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest, Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten Munich and, most recently, the Hotel Adlon Kempinski […]

HRS Speeds Up Expansion In China

After launching a new Chinese website in the first half of 2009, Germany-based Hotel Reservation Service recently announced that it would set up offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Chengdu.

Jetstar Asia To Open Singapore-Shantou Route

The Shantou government and Jetstar Asia Airways have announced that the airline will launch a direct air route from Singapore to Shantou, making it the first outbound airline to launch flights in Shantou Airport.