Archive for July 12th, 2006
This year, Asian hotels account for almost a quarter of T&L Top 100 Overall so for the first time, they have expanded the Asia List to include the 50 highest-scoring properites. Among those of the top 50 - following hotels are featured in our website:
Rank No. 1 - The Peninsula Hotel (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rank No. 7 - The Oriental Hotel (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rank No. 9 - The Four Seasons Resort (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Rank No. 11 - Banyan Tree (Phuket, Thailand)
Rank No. 13 - Amanpuri (Phuket, Thailand)
Rank No. 19 - Ana Mandara Resort & Six Senses Spa (Nhatrang, Vietnam)
Rank No. 20 - The Sukhothai (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rank No. 27 - Shangri-La Hotel (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rank No. 29 - Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Rank No. 30 - JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa (Phuket, Thailand)
Rank No. 33 - Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Rank No. 36 - Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rank No. 40 - Hotel Sofitel Metropole (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Rank No. 41 - Raffles Hotel Le Royal (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Rank No. 42 - Grand Hyatt Erawan (Bangkok, Thailand)
Rank No. 46 - JW Marriott Hotel (Bangkok, Thailand)
To see the full list of its top 50 hotels in Asia - you can click into:
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2006/results.cfm?cat=hotelsasia
July 12th, 2006
Here is the list of the hotels featured in our website that received the World’s Best Awards for Top 100 Hotels:
Rank No. 4 - Peninsula Hotel, Bangkok (was ranked no. 6 in 2005)
Rank No. 9 - Oriental Hotel, Bangkok (was ranked no. 11 in 2005)
Rank No. 11 - The Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai (was ranked no. 4 in 2005)
Rank No. 33 - Banyan Tree, Phuket (was ranked no. 40 in 2005)
Rank No. 41 - Amanpuri, Phuket (was ranked no. 72 in 2005)
Rank No. 65 - Ana Mandara Resort & Six Senses Spa (was NOT ranked in Top 100 list
in 2005)
Rank No. 75 - The Sukhothai, Bangkok (was ranked no. 48 in 2005)
For those of you who would like to view the list of all Top 100 Hotels, please go to:
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2006/
Below, the list of the Top 100 Hotels and, above, links to the World’s Best of everything else
July 12th, 2006
Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can now travel within the region without visa starting next month.
A report from Philippines Daily Inquirer quoted Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar as saying that the 10-nation ASEAN will meet on July 23 2006 for their annual meeting and sign the agreement.
Some ASEAN members are already in place with biliteral agreements that allow their citizens limited travel without visas.
Laos and Myanmar are surprise signatories in the accord. The Laotian government requires all foreign visitors to secure a visa before entering their country. However, it has a visa-free travel arrangement with Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore.
While Myanmar does not allow any foreign national to visit the country without a visa. Vietnam has existing visa-free travel arrangement with most ASEAN members, except neighboring Cambodia and Myanmar.FAVE (Framework Agreement on Visa Excemption) is aimed at standardizing these bilaterlal agreements into a uniform pact that will allow citizens of ASEAN to visit member nations without a visa for a period of 2 weeks.
FAVE (Framework Agreement on Visa Excemption) is aimed at standardizing these bilaterlal agreements into a uniform pact that will allow citizens of ASEAN to visit member nations without a visa for a period of 2 weeks.ASEAN is comprised of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, Myanmar and Vietnam.Source: http://www.allheadlinesnews.com
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July 12th, 2006
