With nine hotels and more than 800 rooms, Aitken Spence Hotels ranks as the nation’s second-largest hotel owner after John Keells Hotels. It plans to build four additional hotels during the next few years that will result in a total 2,132 rooms.
* Motoring with Mohammed: Living La Vida Yemeni—The Nation
For one episode alone, this book will be treasured by anyone who–suffering from the temporary insanity induced by a civil war or stolen passport–has ever sought the counsel of a U.S. diplomatic mission.
* Thailand: Data suggests supply/demand mismatch—Hotel News Now
With hotel rates already eroding, Thailand—particularly Bangkok and Phuket—will soon host hundreds of new upscale hotels that won’t match the pocketbooks of the groups flying from Vladivostok and Beijing,
* How to visit the Thai market where a train drives through
After I saw this startling video of a Thai market ebbing and flowing over the tracks of a train, I had many questions. Where was the market? Can I go there? What is the history of this line? Mystery solved!
* Biking the wilds of Bangkok—Reader’s Digest Asia
Until two decades ago, most inhabitants of Bang Kra Jao were farmers. Around that time, some of the narrow canals were covered with elevated concrete pathways. Now the pathways total more than 20 kilometres, enabling people to commute to the urban jungle