Tag: Hua Hin

South

August 1, 2011December 22, 2016

Thailand Names ‘Hua-Hin’ as its ‘LUXURY MICE’ Destination to the World

Bangkok/ Thailand – Successfully positioning the Thai MICE industry on the world stage, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, (TCEB), today announced “Hua Hin” as one of the five carefully selected luxurious destinations, in its latest MICE marketing initiative, especially designed for untapped niche markets. This is in parallel with the bureau’s ‘Connection Plus 2011’ […]

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Technology

July 28, 2011

AIS goes 3G in spite of legal jams

Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile operator, has started commercial 3G wireless broadband services as part of its 10-billion-baht network expansion this year. The 3G services – running on HSPA, Edge plus and WiFi systems – will be available initially in Bangkok and nine major areas: Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Hat Yai in Songkhla, […]

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News

July 19, 2011December 6, 2023

42 Thais and foreigners injured in Bangkok-Surat Thani train crash

Thailand train accident in Ratchaburi. Forty-two passengers, 19 Thais and 23 foreigners, were wounded when an express train hit a 10-wheel truck loaded with rubber wood at a railway crossing in Ratchaburi’s Pak Tho district on Tuesday, reports said. The Bangkok-Surat Thani express train taking a large number of Thai and foreign tourists, mostly destined […]

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Bangkok

March 24, 2011November 3, 2012

Solar Air opens ‘Bangkok – Hua Hin’ route

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, March 24 – Thai domestic airline Solar Air is opening a new route from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport to the seaside resort of Hua Hin in this southern province, according to managing director Jirathit Aungaree. He said the auspicious flight is set before the soon to come Thai new year, or ‘Songkran […]

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Technology

March 4, 2011

Thailand’s DTAC Finally Approved for 3G

It’s taken 3 years with lots of accusations thrown about resulting in hurt feelings all around but CAT has now approved DTAC’s request to go live with a commercial 3G service. Up until now, DTAC has been conducting limited 3G “testing” at 36 approved sites while AIS and True Move had already received approval from […]

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News

February 7, 2011December 6, 2023

Helicopter crashed in Cha-am. Two pilots survived

CHA-AM, 7 February 2011 (NNT) – A helicopter reportedly went down in the ocean off Thailand’s famous beach town of Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province where the two pilots came out alive with only minor injuries and are now recuperating in the hospital. Hua Hin police reported that the helicopter belonging to Bo Fai […]

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News

January 20, 2011December 6, 2023

Brit pensioners start murder fund in Thailand

British pensioners in Thailand have started a murder fund after a court released a Thai wife who allegedly commissioned the death of her London husband and then began to milk his bank accounts. In Hua Hin, 200 miles south west of Bangkok, pensioners Peter Rees, 71, and David Williams, 65, have put £11,000 into a […]

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News

December 15, 2010December 6, 2023

Elderly Swiss man murdered in Hua Hin

Hua Hin police were notified of the murder of a foreign national on December 13th. The discovery was made in a locked room at Prasopchok Guesthouse on Petchkasem Road, it appears the deceased had been there for at least a week. Mr Christopher Schnitzer, a 67 year old Swiss national was found with head and […]

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