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Call for Interpol to track down California Wow boss

PHANG NGA: Canadian fitness club chain CEO Eric Levine made headlines three years ago when he sold his vast Villa Beyond at Natai Beach, Phang Nga, for a reported US$24 million (B720 million).

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New corporate job for Phuket's Anthony Lark

PHUKET: Leading Phuket hotel GM Anthony Lark has been bumped upstairs to a corporate role with the newly-formed Trisara parent company, Montara management, Bill Barnett reports in his thephuketinsider.com blog.

Global air traffic on rise

Global air-passenger traffic grew by 3.2 per cent in April, compared to a year ago, driven by travel in emerging markets, the global airline industry body said on Thursday (May 30).

Training, guides ‘badly needed'

PHUKET: The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) has identified two major challenges; the need for better trained staff and a workable strategy to divert tourists to new destinations.

TAT predicts B2tn from tourism next year

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 03:24PM

PHUKET: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is expecting to see at least B2 trillion revenue from tourism industry in 2013 – roughly equivalent to 18 per cent of gross domestic product.

Good news and bad for Thailand in surveys

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 03:21PM

It’s the time of year for surveys, and Thailand, as usual, scores well in some and really badly in others.

US judge orders trial for cinema massacre suspect

Phuket News / World

Friday 11 January 2013, 02:04PM

US: The alleged gunman in the Colorado cinema massacre of 12 people is due to be arraigned for trial Friday, after testimony this week gave harrowing new details of the slaughter.

Bloody day for Pakistan as blasts kill 114

Phuket News / World

Friday 11 January 2013, 01:59PM

PAKISTAN: A string of bombings in Pakistan including a twin suicide attack on a snooker hall used by Shiite Muslims has left 114 people dead, in one of the deadliest days to hit the nation in years.

Mexican grandfather locked grandson in box: official

Phuket News / World

Friday 11 January 2013, 01:59PM

MEXICO: A Mexican grandfather kept his seven-year-old grandson locked up in a wooden box with his feet tied in the southern state of Oaxaca, prosecutors said Thursday.

China's one-child policy makes kids risk-averse: study

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 11 January 2013, 01:55PM

CHINA: China's one-child policy has created a generation which is less trusting, more risk-averse and perhaps less likely to become entrepreneurs, according to new Australian research released Friday.

Thailand to deport 400 Rohingya migrants after raid

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 11 January 2013, 12:23PM

BANGKOK: Around 400 Rohingya migrants discovered in a raid on a camp hidden in a remote rubber plantation in southern Thailand will be deported back to Myanmar, Thai police said Friday.

Phuket Opinion: Comrades in arms

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:23PM

PHUKET: The story earlier this week about the conflict between Thai and Russian businesspeople on the island has raised many interesting points about Russian people living in Phuket.

Phuket policemen’s ball sparks complaints

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 11 January 2013, 12:03PM

PHUKET: A concert to raise money to develop the new Karon Police Station in Phuket may not go ahead after many local people complained that they had had their arms twisted to buy tickets for the event at B1,000 apiece.

Mother dolphin dies in Phuket, baby at risk

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 11 January 2013, 11:37AM

PHUKET: A female striped dolphin, rescued after she and her baby were found stranded on a beach in Phang Nga on January 4, has died.

Thai villagers win lead pollution court battle

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 11 January 2013, 08:55AM

BANGKOK: Ethnic minority villagers at the centre of a nine-year legal dispute over lead pollution from a mine in western Thailand won their fight for increased compensation on Thursday.

Passengers amazed as Australian snake clings to plane

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 11 January 2013, 08:54AM

AUSTRALIA: It was not quite a "Snakes on a Plane" scenario, but passengers on a Qantas jet watched in amazement as a three-metre (nine feet) python clung to the outside of their aircraft during a flight.

‘They started it’ say Catch brawl Russians

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 10 January 2013, 06:19PM

PHUKET: The two Russians involved in the brawl at Catch Beach Club at Surin Beach in the early hours of Tuesday (January 8) have denied starting the fight, and say there were injuries on their side, too.

Japan's Abe to visit SE Asia, gives up US visit

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 10 January 2013, 05:52PM

JAPAN: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit three Southeast Asian countries next week, the government said Thursday, after abandoning a plan to make Washington the first destination of his term.

Cambodia pledges clemency for Thai 'spies'

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 10 January 2013, 05:51PM

CAMBODIA: Cambodia said Thursday that it would grant clemency to two Thais convicted of spying in a disputed border area, to mark the cremation of its former king Norodom Sihanouk.

A day for Phuket’s children

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 10 January 2013, 04:34PM

PHUKET: Saturday (January 12) is the annual Children’s Day across Thailand, and plenty of organised activities are planned for Phuket and Phang Nga. Here are some of the major ones.

First high speed railway to be launched in Chiang Mai

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 10 January 2013, 04:02PM

BANGKOK: The Governor of Chiang Mai said the first high speed railway service in Thailand will be launched between Bangkok and Chiangmai; the project is expected to be completed in three years.

Phangan mourns slain Briton

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 10 January 2013, 02:57PM

SURAT THANI: Residents and business operators Wednesday held a mourning ceremony on Koh Phangan’s Haad Rin Beach for a British bystander who was shot to death during a brawl at a New Year's Eve party.

American arrested for hotel safe theft in Samui

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 10 January 2013, 02:53PM

SAMUI: An American was arrested Wednesday for allegedly breaking into safes at a popular Koh Samui hotel and stealing money and valuables worth more than two million baht.

Bangkok drug mules use intimate hiding place

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 10 January 2013, 02:37PM

BANGKOK: Two women have been arrested at Don Mueang Airport with over 3,000 methamphetamine pills hidden in their vaginas, according to police.

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