Amari Thailand Hotel Chains are doing honeymoon package promotion available from June 15 to October 31 2007 at Amari Hotels .

The honeymoon package starts from US$159++ and includes:

• 2 night’s accommodation in a superior room
• Daily American breakfast
• A romantic dinner for 2 with a bottle of wine
• Wine and flowers in room
• Welcome drink
• Heart of rose petals on bed
• Free round trip airport transfer at Amari Rincome Hotel, Chiang Mai

If you have always dream to come to Thailand now you can do it better. Get married first and you can enjoy this honeymoon package.

Check out Amari website directly and book online.

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4th Bangkok Jazz Festival 2006 will be held on December 15th, 16th, 17th

Musicians of the Select Group participating at Bangkok Jazz 2006, along with other notable World Class musicians will gather and share their talents together on Stage at Bangkok Jazz ‘ s final night.

This will be a true World Class Star Jam Sessions, with many musicians from different culture, and different nations all jamming together for the first time on stage with a message of ‘ Peace and Sharing ‘

Artist Line Up

Friday, December 15, 2006

• Hiromi
• Salena Jones
• Lee Ritenour
• Tower of Power

Saturday, December 16, 2006
Asia Beat Project with special guest :
1. Narongrit Tosa-nga (Ranad - Thai / Xylophone)

2. Vuthichai Jarungklin (Saw Duang / Thai Fiddle)

3. Wanmongkol Mangkornkrit (Khlui / Thai Fulte)
Jazz Kamikaze (European)
Lisa Ono
Yellowjackets

Sunday, December 17, 2006

• Jiraphan Angsawanon (Thai Band)
• A.S.G.P.: Aisan Super Guitar Project
• Dave Grusin
• World Star Jazz Jam featuring: Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, Bob Mintzer (yellowjackets), Alex Foster, Cresendo

Where: Sanam Sua pa, Dusit District Bangkok.

Tickets: 3,000 baht (3 days pass tickets), 1,000 baht (1 day ticket)

Ticket information: ThaiThicketMaster.com

Official Website: Bangkok Jazz Festival 2006

Technorati Tags: bangkok, jazz, festivals, thailand

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Videos are the next big thing on Internet, specially with the spread of broadband connection and the recent buy out of YouTube by Google for $1.65 billion on October 9, 2006.

YouTube are full with popular tv series, short funny clips, music videos and generally whatever people put and uploaded there, but one area that can be greatly benefit from video is travel.

People always want to see first the places they are going to go, the destinations that they plan to visit and the hotels they are going to stay.

Enter Travelistic, dubbed itself as “Videos for Travelers”, Travelistic is basically YouTube but for Travel Videos only.

There you can upload your videos, gives comment, rating etc.

You can embedd the videos to your blog or your website ala YouTube.

Other than user uploads travel videos they are also hosts professional content and tourist board videos.

So the next time you travel somewhere, create a video of the place (the new digital camera now all came with video recording function), upload it to Travelistic and put it on your blog so you don’t have to carry the bandwidth.

Here are direct links to some travel videos about Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China
Here are two embedded videos:

Bus & Taxi in Bangkok, Thailand

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ROYAL FLORA RATCHAPHRUEK 2006, the International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King will be held on 1 November 2006 - 31 January 2007 in Chiang Mai, Thailand to celebrate celebrate the most auspicious occasions of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th Anniversary or the Diamond Jubilee of His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne together with His Majesty’s 80th Birthday Anniversary.

The 3 months flower festival (92 days), a one-of-a-kind event, is being organized to present to the world the marvels of plants and breeds of over 2,200 species of tropical plants and flowers, in total of 2,500,000 plants.

Situated on 80 hectares of land at the Royal Agricultural Research Center in Mae Hia sub-district, Muang district, Chiang Mai Province in Northern Thailand, the royal festival will be joined by over 30 countries to participate in ‘Gardens for the King’ and expected to draw an audience of over 2 million visitors from around the world or approximately 20,000 to 50,000 visitors a day.

Highlights

“Gardens for the King” comprises of “International Gardens” and “Corporate Gardens” are the main attraction of the event, with other exhibitions competing for the visitors attentions mainly: Thai Tropical Garden, The Royal Pavilion and Orchid Pavilion

The area for International Gardens is allocated for exhibitions of national blossoms, blooms, and horticulture as well as the cultural arts and architecture of 30 countries, each garden will reflect a historic diplomatic, cultural and trade ties between nations, people or, where possible, royal families of the two countries.

Among the participating countries are:
Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, China, Brunei, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Mauritania, Kenya, Nigeria, Gabon, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Burundi, Qatar, Iran, Yemen, Trinidad & Tobago, Canada

Ratchaphruek Flower
‘Ratchaphruek’ — the Golden Shower Tree (Cassia Fistula L.), is considered to be an auspicious tree.

The dazzling yellow flowers signify two out of the three most important institutions of the Thai nation – the national religion, Buddhism, and His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej who was born on Monday. Yellow is the color associated with Monday.

The shape of the pollen resembles the Thai numeral for nine; another fascinating characteristic that is symbolic of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, the ninth ruler of the illustrious Chakri dynasty.

More information over at the official Website

• Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006

• Programs and Activities

• Visitor information

• International Conferences, Symposiums and Workshops

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In the night of 19 September 2006, the Royal Thai Army staged a coup against the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra started what now known as 2006 Thailand coup d’état.

More information about the coup and its progress can be read here [wikipedia]: 2006 Thailand coup d’état

What this coup means to the travel industry here in Thailand?

New York Times summed it up on this piece: Thailand Tourists: ‘Coup? What Coup?’

Basically saying that all are normal and work regulary as if there’s no coup in Thailand:

Coup? What coup? That seems to be the attitude among travelers and travel professionals as the recent political turmoil in Thailand appears to have had little or no effect on tourism there. After all, the embattled prime minister, who had led a grudgingly accepted social order campaign in 2001 that mandated a 1 a.m. closing time for most of Bangkok’s bars and nightclubs, was not very popular among the city’s residents.

In fact, when tanks rolled into Bangkok, Thais presented soldiers with flowers and candy, and many troops gladly posed for photographs with foreigners. In Phuket, unperturbed beachgoers sipped “coup cocktails” at beachside bars. And if the opening of a new international airport (Suvarnabhumi) outside Bangkok on is any indication, the provisional rulers seem intent on making sure that the tourism industry — which Thai officials say draws more than 11 million tourists a year — continues apace.

Complete article here: Thailand Tourists: ‘Coup? What Coup?’

Several pictures from flickr:

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For majority of people, Asia is just a big foreign continent. The Oriental, the Far East, but what exactly to go if you want to visit “Asia”?

Check out this list of 12 Destinations in Asia that make the continent what it is.

1. Guangzhou, China. To the British it was Canton. The city is over 2200 year old. It is littered with temples and pagodas - and with old markets and new shopping malls. If Shanghai is the Whore of the East, this is where she bought her dress.

2. Goa, India. On this former Portuguese colony, 75 miles of its coast line, over 50 miles of it, is beach.

3. Suzhou, China. Perhaps the most beautiful place in China. Suzhou. The city could remind a Westerner of Venice. Canals and street are interlaced.

4. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has become famous in recent years for its seven star hotel, perfect beaches, and relaxed atmosphere.

5. Beijing. Possibly the most visited city in Asia. Places to see in Beijing:

• The Confucius Temple
• The Summer Palaces
• Tiananmen Square
• The Ming Tombs
• The Western Qing Tombs
• The Great Wall

6. Xi’an, China. Six thousand year of history. And perhaps most famous for the Terracotta Warriors discovered there in 1974.

7. Henan Province, China. The cradle of Chinese civilization. The attractions in Henan are numerous. Among them:

• The Shaolin Temple
• Dengfeng and the Songshan Mountains
• The Longmen Grottoes
• Kaifeng: Memorial Temple of Lord Bao, the Iron Pagoda (Tie Ta) and Xiangguo Temple.
• Luoyang: Guanlin Temple, Ancient Tombs, and the White Horse Temple.

8. Tibet. The roof of Asia. Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, is a fascinating city of history and culture.

9. Bangkok, Thailand. Its reputation for fast living combine with traditional values and easy atmosphere has made it an exciting place to visit. The world comes here to wheel and deal, to shop and relax.

10. Angkor, Cambodia. The great temple-city complex of Cambodia is bigger in reality, the complex alone covers some 500 acres of land and is rich enough to spend much more than a single day at without actually wasting your time.

11. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Famous for slim young girls walking elegantly down the avenues in the white ao dai suits unique to Vietnam - pants with a knee length shirt that has a slit up to the belt line. Despite all the things to do, it is the people, the hospitality, and the street scenes that make this city an essential Asian experience.

12. Bali, Indonesia. The island is Asia in a capsule in many ways: Idyllic beaches and lofty mountains together in one package. Bali is a Hindu culture left over from the days before Indonesia because the world’s most populous Islamic country.

For more destinations and travel guide of Asia, check out this page from Wikitravel Asia.

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