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PHUKET: Blair Speers, founder of Phuket-based website HotelTravel.com, has sold his company to Indian OTA MakeMyTrip for US$25m – US$15m cash and US$10m in shares.

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:53AM

Filipina transgender Kevin Balot crowned 2012 Miss International Queen in Pattaya

PATTAYA: Congratulations to the beautiful, charming and talented Kevin Balot, the 21-year old transgender stunner who won the 2012 Miss International Queen crown in Pattaya, Thailand last Friday.

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:41AM

Woman dies in five-story Chevy plunge from parking lot

BANGKOK: A woman died when her white Chevrolet Cruze fell from the fifth floor parking lot of Rasa Tower in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district last week.

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:30AM

Over 2,000 march in Hong Kong's gay pride parade

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Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:19AM

HONG KONG: More than 2,000 people marched in Hong Kong's gay pride parade Saturday, as campaigners called for the enactment of laws to ban discrimination against homosexuals.

Phuket Remembrance Day memorial planned for Sunday

PHUKET: The British Business Association of Phuket (BBAP) will hold a memorial service for Remembrance Day at Karon Beach on Sunday (November 10), the anniversary of the end of World War 1.

Friday 9 November 2012, 04:58PM

Gov backs Phuket plan for 2,000 CCTV cams

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intasut yesterday (November 8) supported a police plan to buy and install an additional 2,000 CCTV cameras around Phuket during the current high season.

Friday 9 November 2012, 04:52PM

Phuket gets HonCon for Brazil

PHUKET: A celebratory party was held at Kata Beach Resort last night (November 8) to mark the appointment of Mrs Jiratha Thavornvongwong as Honorary Consul for Brazil in Phuket.

Friday 9 November 2012, 03:22PM

Phuket Opinion: Money matters

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:06PM

PHUKET: In these tough economic times, money can quite often be too tight to mention. Yet over the last week it has seemed to permeate the news more than usual.

Govt dusts off Kra landbridge project

THAILAND: New Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal has vowed to move ahead with plans to construct the southern landbridge or oil pipeline linking the Andaman Sea with the Gulf of Thailand, creating a shortcut that would avoid the journey through the Straits of Malacca and round Singapore.

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:04PM

‘Upgrades’ for Phuket tourism sites

PHUKET: Patong Beach, Phuket Town and Promthep Cape have all been earmarked for “upgrades” as part of a B1 billion government project to improve tourism sites.

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:03PM

Phuket's Dusit, Indigo, win travel ‘Oscars’

PHUKET: Phuket picked up three major gongs at the World Travel Awards 2012, held at the InterContinental Singapore.

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:01PM

New Kalima Resort opens in Phuket

PHUKET: The new five-star Kalima Resort & Spa has officially opened with a 220-degree view over Patong Bay.

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:00PM

Outrigger takes over property on Phi Phi

PHUKET: The Outrigger Phi Phi Island Resort and Spa officially opened at the weekend.

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:58PM

Sunseeker dealers heading for Phuket

PHUKET: Sunseeker, British manufacturer of sleek motor yachts, has chosen Phuket as the venue for this year’s annual International Distributor Conference, which will be held from November 14 to 18, at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa.

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:57PM

China's painful past displayed under political shadow

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Friday 9 November 2012, 01:39PM

ASIA: A group of museums commemorating China's violent Cultural Revolution is opening up normally tightly controlled discussion of the chaotic era -- but only up to a point.

‘Power tattoos’ and Thai teens

THAILAND: Police raided the home of a renowned tattooist after reports of several brawls involving his ‘disciples’, who wanted to test their ‘bullet proof’ tattoos, reports said.

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:35PM

Anti-violence protest in deep south

THAILAND: Thai Muslim villagers and students take part in an anti-violence protest a day after a car bomb planted by suspected separatist militants killed three and injured sixteen in the restive southern province of Narathiwat on November 5

Friday 9 November 2012, 01:34PM

Integrated centre ‘will solve Phuket land problems’

PHUKET: A meeting of a working group of more than 20 officials was held yesterday (November 8) as the first stage in setting up a Phuket Land Centre, which will be a central point to pull together all the government departments involved in land matters.

Friday 9 November 2012, 12:15PM

AB negative blood required for Phuket expat

PHUKET: Family and friends of a 68-year-old German man living in Phuket have made an urgent appeal for people with AB negative blood to donate.

Friday 9 November 2012, 10:17AM

Memorial service and football tourney to honour Phuket expat