Thailand, Laos Travel News

Berhad chief executive officer Datuk Eu Hong Chew said the 25,000 sq ft wax museum is under construction and will open by early August.

Once upon a time, long before ASEAN , there was Indochina, comprised of Thailand, West Malaysia, Burma , Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

THE Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific announced it will begin direct flights from Manila to Phuket, Thailand, starting August 16, 2013.

The very exciting Freedom Riders Asia tv series is now almost here, with Episode 1 being telecast on STAR Sports on Sunday 19th May at 9 pm.

The spoon-billed sandpiper , seen here in Phetchaburi, Thailand, could be extinct within a decade.

The Best Summer Destination selections were drawn from the more than 60,000 places visited by more than 2.5 million registered Gogobot users, their friends and like-minded travellers in their network.

Crickets are some of the most commonly eaten insects in the world and are regarded as a solution for the malnutrition problem plaguing Laos.

Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have welcomed the expansion of the East-West Economic Corridor to boost mutual cooperation.

DOHA/BANGKOK: Qatar Airways yesterday announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand and the capital cities of neighbouring Cambodia and Myanmar, said a press statement.

Thailand is to invite Laos to sign up to a single-visa scheme for foreign tourists when the country's leaders meet at a summit in Chiang Mai on Sunday, a government source said.

Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi insists he will not apologise to opponents of the Asia-Pacific Summit who have accused him of insulting them.

Thailand was voted the most attractive nation in Southeast Asia for investment in the hospitality industry at the Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference, thanks to the country's strong infrastructure and ongoing tourism boom.

ITALY Successful and well known language school is situated between Milan and Turin, opened in 1972 is now for sale due to retirement.

Executives of major discount carriers Thai AirAsia and Nok Air say their operating costs are definitely lower than those of high-speed trains, which, according to the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, are estimated to be 2.50 baht per kilometre.

The number of dengue fever cases among people from Northern Ireland, England and Wales has almost tripled, with 141 "confirmed and probable cases" between January and April of this year.

Ayutthaya, Siam's former capital, opts for all things Persian this week, showcasing cultural shows and display of Iranian art and handicrafts, as part of the "From Persia to Thailand" festival.

PHUKET: The Navy League Phuket is pulling out all the stops in preparation for this year's American Independence Day weekend celebrations, with a family picnic, live music and the grandest of air-shows on the cards.

The morning flight departs Suvanabhumi Airport for Krabi at 9.25am, while the afternoon flight leaves Bangkok at 5.20pm. Both flights use the Airbus A320 accommodating up to 162 passengers.

The brazen hedonism of Bangkok agrees with Jerry Hopkins. The co-author of No One Here Gets Out Alive , the best-selling portrait of iconic Doors frontman Jim Morrison, Hopkins has been described as "the dean of pop biographers." He laughingly refers to himself as a free-spirited "bottom feeder" with good timing.

A Las Vegas doctor faces more than two years in prison after prosecutors say he evaded his taxes but still found money to travel to Thailand and Costa Rica.