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Travel Blogger Match-up Part Seven While staying at the Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand, Michael Taylor has a wide-ranging interview with the hotel's affable General Manager, Eric Hallin. They move outdoors for a yummy lunch by the pool. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Eric Hallin has spent most of his life living abroad. He accompanied …
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Travel Blogger Match-up Part Five Michael Taylor flies to Bangkok to take part in the first ever Bloggers Matchup.. While staying at the Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok, the results of the Club Sandwich Index are released. Cities in Europe dominate the Hotels.com Club Sandwich Index (CSI), which measures the average price charged by hotels for a …
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Travel Blogger Match-up Part Four Michael Taylor flies to Bangkok to take part in the first ever Travel Bloggers Match-up organized by Digital Innovation Asia. While in the Big Mango, he spends five nights at the Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok. Bangkok, Thailand, is chock-a-block with excellent hotels at all price points. They tend to have great …
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Corporate Social Responsibility One thousand under priviledged children in Thailand will start the school year with new backpacks stuffed full of school supplies thanks to the generosity and creative thinking of officials at Boeing and Thai Airways International. The school supplies were sourced by Boeing. They will be flown to Thailand aboard a newly acquired …
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Travel Tips Fuel surcharges can camouflage the real cost of airline tickets, Michael Taylor discovers as he books a flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok to attend the Digital Innovation Asia Bloggers Match-up. When I search for an airline ticket to attend the Digital Innovation Asia Bloggers Match-up in Bangkok, Thailand, I do a flexible …
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Blogger Match-up Part Two Michael Taylor flies to Bangkok, Thailand, to participate in a blogger match-up organized by Digital Innovation Asia. He arrives well past midnight and heads straight for the Rembrandt Hotel. Travel bloggers and travel industry professionals from across the Asia Pacific have arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, for what organizers are calling the …
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Travel Blogger Match-up Part One Michael Taylor is about to embark on another adventure. This time he is headed to Bangkok, Thailand, where he will attend the first Travel Bloggers Match-up. Coming Monday night: the Digital Innovation Asia Awards. What do Tourism New Zealand, Tourism Malaysia, and Tourism Indonesia have in common? Their websites have …
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Movers and Shakers More and more hotels and resorts are exhibiting art in their public spaces, and 137 Pillars House in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is no exception. The stylish resort will showcase the works of talented Thai artist Nat Posila. The exbibtion will run from 14 June through 31 July 2013. “This is part of …
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If you think that traveling in the Third World is a boon to local economies, think again. According to estimates, only US$5 of the US$100 you spend on holiday in developing countries stays in the local economy. The rest heads overseas. Let's take those sybaritic spa treatments that we all love so much as an …
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Chaweng is popular with foreign tourists. It is the main drag in Koh Samui, Thailand. The city lacks a modern sewage system.