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Bangkok's hotel supply<br />
continues to see double-digit<br />
growth, a CBRE report reveals...<br />
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The latest environmental news,<br />
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Legal challenge blocks<br />
American Airlines merger<br />
US Department of Justice claims tie-up would be bad for consumers...<br />
The planned merger between<br />
American Airlines and US<br />
Airways has been challenged<br />
by the US Department of Justice<br />
(DOJ).<br />
The government unit, along with<br />
six US states and the District of<br />
Columbia, has fi led a lawsuit aimed<br />
at preventing the deal, saying the<br />
merger would lead to "higher fares,<br />
higher fees and... less service" for<br />
the American consumer.<br />
Texas-based American and<br />
Arizona-based US Airways are<br />
planning to form the world's biggest<br />
airline group, operating more than<br />
6,700 daily fl ights and carrying an<br />
estimated 190 million passengers<br />
per year. But this, according to<br />
the DOJ, would be unfair on the<br />
customer, leaving the US with just<br />
three main carriers, following the<br />
recent mergers of Delta and United<br />
with Northwest and Continental<br />
respectively.<br />
"If this merger were to go<br />
forward, consumers will lose the<br />
benefi t of head-to-head competition<br />
between US Airways and American<br />
on thousands of airline routes<br />
across the country – in cities big and<br />
small," the DOJ said. "They will pay<br />
more for less service because the<br />
remaining three legacy carriers –<br />
United, Delta and the new American<br />
– will have very little incentive to<br />
compete on price."<br />
American and US Airways said<br />
they "intend to mount a vigorous<br />
and strong defence" to the lawsuit.<br />
"We believe that the DOJ<br />
is wrong in its assessment of<br />
our merger. Integrating the<br />
complementary networks of<br />
American and US Airways to benefi t<br />
passengers is the motivation for<br />
US businessman unveils supersonic<br />
'Hyperloop'<br />
businessman in the US has<br />
A unveiled plans for a new<br />
method of supersonic transport,<br />
the Hyperloop. The brainchild<br />
of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla<br />
Motors and Space Exploration<br />
Technologies, the Hyperloop would<br />
transport passengers at speeds<br />
of up to 1,300kph inside a pair of<br />
tubes. Reported by Bloomberg<br />
Businessweek, the tubes would<br />
appear like a "double-barrelled<br />
shotgun", mounted on columns and<br />
running side-by-side for most of<br />
the journey before looping at either<br />
end. Passengers would be carried<br />
in pods within the tubes. Designed<br />
to connect cities less than 1,000<br />
miles (1,609km) apart, Musk said<br />
the Hyperloop would be suitable for<br />
routes such as Los Angeles-San<br />
Francisco and New York-Boston.<br />
bringing these airlines together.<br />
Blocking this pro-competitive<br />
merger will deny customers<br />
access to a broader airline network<br />
that gives them more choices,"<br />
American said in a statement.<br />
But following this legal challenge,<br />
it is now unlikely that the merger will<br />
close in the third quarter of 2013, as<br />
initially planned. Click here for full<br />
story <br />
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Bangkok hotel supply<br />
continues to grow<br />
CBRE reports double-digit growth in Thai capital's inventory...<br />
The number of hotels in<br />
central Bangkok continued<br />
to increase rapidly in the fi rst<br />
half of the year.<br />
According to the latest survey<br />
by property consultant CBRE<br />
Thailand, hotel supply in the Thai<br />
capital expanded 12.1% year-onyear,<br />
following the completion of six<br />
new hotels in the fi rst six months<br />
of 2013. That means there are<br />
now 37,500 hotel rooms in central<br />
Bangkok.<br />
In addition, approximately 2,250<br />
new rooms are expected to come<br />
online in the second half of 2013,<br />
spread across a range of market<br />
segments, including luxury (13%),<br />
upscale (8%), midscale (46%) and<br />
economy (33%).<br />
CBRE noted that "almost all"<br />
of the new hotels are in high-rise<br />
buildings, with the Sukhumvit area<br />
being most popular, accounting<br />
for 65% of the total hotel supply<br />
and four out of six of the new hotel<br />
openings. The Silom/Sathorn area<br />
accounted for 21% of the total hotel<br />
stock while the riverside area has<br />
14% of supply.<br />
PIA launches<br />
Kashgar flights<br />
Pakistan International Airlines<br />
(PIA) has launched flights to the<br />
ancient Chinese city of Kashgar. The<br />
national carrier landed in the city, in<br />
far western China, yesterday, and<br />
will now operate the service once<br />
a week direct from the Pakistani<br />
capital Islamabad, using an Airbus<br />
A310 aircraft. Kashgar, in the region<br />
of Xinjiang, becomes PIA's second<br />
destination in China following Beijing.<br />
DID YOU<br />
KNOW??<br />
The Northern Mariana<br />
Islands consists of 15<br />
main islands, yet 90%<br />
of the population lives<br />
on just one island -<br />
Saipan<br />
And according to James Pitchon,<br />
Executive Director of CBRE<br />
Research & Consulting Thailand,<br />
the increase in supply in Bangkok<br />
was likely to be offset by a sharp<br />
rise in demand.<br />
“The big challenge for hotel<br />
owners is to raise the room rates<br />
which have not grown significantly<br />
for the last five years,” Pitchton<br />
said. “[But] the second half of<br />
2013 may finally see the growth<br />
in visitor arrivals outpacing new<br />
supply allowing owners to raise<br />
rates.”<br />
A further 4,400 additional rooms<br />
expected to be added to central<br />
Bangkok’s inventory the end of<br />
2015, bringing the city's total to<br />
almost 42,000 rooms - an 11.9%<br />
increase on current fi gures. Click<br />
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Cambodia Airlines launch postponed<br />
The launch of a new airline in<br />
Cambodia has been delayed.<br />
Philippine Airlines and Cambodia's<br />
Royal Group had planned to jointly<br />
form Cambodia Airlines last month,<br />
but PAL was reported saying this<br />
week that the creation of the new<br />
venture had been put back until<br />
October.<br />
In a statement to the Philippine<br />
Stock Exchange, PAL's Assistant<br />
Corporate Secretary, Cecilia L<br />
Pesayco, said the closing date “for<br />
China's Home Inns opens 100 hotels<br />
Chinese budget hotel chain,<br />
Home Inns, launched 100<br />
new hotels in the second quarter<br />
of the year. The company, which<br />
operates the Home Inns, Motel<br />
168 and Yitel brands, boosted<br />
its total portfolio to 1,953 hotels<br />
across 271 Chinese cities. And this<br />
growth is expected to continue;<br />
Home Inns has 206 properties in<br />
the pipeline. For the quarter ending<br />
30 June 2013, Home Inns reported<br />
Photo by Pipop Boosarakumwadi<br />
completion of PAL’s joint venture<br />
with Inter Logistics (Cambodia) Co.<br />
Ltd has been moved to October 15,<br />
2013”.<br />
PAL is expected to take a 49%<br />
stake in the new venture, with Inter<br />
Logistics, which is controlled by<br />
Royal Group, taking the remaining<br />
51%. The new venture will compete<br />
with Vietnam Airlines-backed<br />
Cambodia Angkor Air, offering<br />
domestic and regional services from<br />
Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.<br />
an average occupancy rate of<br />
87.0%, slightly down on the 89.2%<br />
it achieved in the same period last<br />
year. Average daily rates remained<br />
unchanged at CNY167 (US$27),<br />
while revenue per available room<br />
(revPAR) dipped from CNY149 to<br />
CNY145.<br />
In total, Home Inns plans to<br />
open 400 new hotels this year,<br />
under a mix of management and<br />
franchise contracts.<br />
Onyx signs first<br />
Ozo hotel in<br />
Malaysia<br />
Ozo Penang will<br />
open in 2016<br />
Onyx Hospitality Group has signed<br />
its first Ozo-branded hotel in<br />
Malaysia. The new Ozo Penang<br />
midscale hotel is expected to open its<br />
doors in the centre of Georgetown in<br />
2016. It will offer 132 guest rooms, plus<br />
meetings rooms, an 'O2Go' snack bar,<br />
restaurant and fitness centre.<br />
"Our entry into Malaysia with<br />
Ozo Penang marks a key step in our<br />
development for the OZO brand, and<br />
indeed the overall ONYX expansion,"<br />
said Onyx's President & CEO,<br />
Peter Henley. "As a Thai company<br />
we are excited to be launching our<br />
first property in Malaysia, our direct<br />
neighbour. We acknowledge the<br />
importance of expansion within the<br />
AEC region and we look forward to<br />
developing further ONYX branded<br />
projects in Malaysia in the very near<br />
future," he added.<br />
Onyx opened its first Ozo property<br />
opened in Hong Kong in May 2013,<br />
and has firm plans to bring the concept<br />
to Thailand and Sri Lanka. Click here<br />
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Tourism Australia launches<br />
Chinese website<br />
GREEN<br />
Tourism Australia has launched a<br />
new Chinese consumer website,<br />
Australia.cn. The new site is the<br />
first dedicated overseas portal to<br />
be offered by Tourism Australia and<br />
comes amid a sharp rise in Chinese<br />
arrivals to Australia. And the tourism<br />
board's Managing Director, Andrew<br />
McEvoy, said the launch of the site<br />
marked a significant strategic step<br />
in the country's Chinese marketing<br />
strategy.<br />
"This is the first time Tourism<br />
Australia has developed and hosted<br />
a consumer website in any overseas<br />
market and it is an essential step<br />
in Australia staying ahead of the<br />
competition in China, a market<br />
estimated to be worth over AU$9<br />
billion (US$8.3bn) to Australian<br />
tourism by 2020," McEvoy said.<br />
"Research has shown that Chinese<br />
travellers are interested in an<br />
Australian holiday for its food and<br />
wine, city lifestyle, natural wonders<br />
and beautiful coastal areas - and<br />
we have tailored the content on the<br />
website to inspire Chinese consumers<br />
to help turn their holiday aspirations<br />
into reality."<br />
As well as highlighting these<br />
market segments, the new site<br />
is integrated with Chinese social<br />
media platforms such as Sina<br />
Weibo and Kaixin, and includes a<br />
section where Chinese celebrities<br />
and bloggers share their own views<br />
of Australia. There is also a travel<br />
planning area with fl ight and visa<br />
information.<br />
China is Australia's fastest growing<br />
inbound tourism market, with 685,000<br />
Chinese visiting Australia in the year<br />
ending June 2013, an increase of<br />
17.4% on the previous year. Click<br />
here for full story <br />
New China-Vietnam highway opens<br />
new highway has opened<br />
A connecting China and Vietnam.<br />
The 400km transnational highway<br />
launched last week, connecting the<br />
city of Chongzuo, in southern China's<br />
Guangxi Zhuang region, with the<br />
Vietnamese tourist destination of<br />
Halong Bay. China's People's <strong>Daily</strong><br />
newspaper reported the highway's<br />
operator, Guangxi Yunde Group, as<br />
saying the road would "contribute to<br />
the future development of the tourist<br />
industries in China and Vietnam". The<br />
highway will shorten the bus journey<br />
times between Chongzuo and Halong<br />
Bay to approximately 7.5 hours.<br />
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Ayana Bali's new hotel plants trees<br />
Rimba Jimbaran, the new resort<br />
in Bali, has planted 50,000 trees.<br />
The luxury resort, which is the<br />
Ayana Resort & Spa's sister<br />
property, is already located in a<br />
forest setting. But it has added<br />
to this natural backdrop by<br />
planting thousands more trees in<br />
its 77 hectares of grounds.<br />
"Five years ago, when the 'seeds were planted' for the idea of a new<br />
hotel at Ayana, our farmers planted 40,000 fast-growing albesia 'silk'<br />
trees at Ayana's farm in central Bali," said Rimba's Project Director,<br />
Wayan Widhiada. "Now, some of those trees have been used at<br />
Rimba, and we have replanted at the farm to replace them, as part<br />
of our commitment to a greener Bali. In addition, we have planted<br />
10,000 trees around Rimba's grounds to help further offset our<br />
carbon footprint."<br />
Aside from albesia trees, which will grow to full maturity within fi ve<br />
years, the resort's farm also produces pineapples and oranges and<br />
coffee beans, which are offered on the resort menus.<br />
Six Senses hires sustainable<br />
tourism expert<br />
Sustainable tourism expert Costas Christ<br />
will join Six Senses as the company's new<br />
Sustainability Ambassador. A pioneer of<br />
ecotourism, Christ helped to offi cially defi ne<br />
the term as a founding member and former<br />
Chairman of the International Ecotourism<br />
Society. He will now serve as an advisor<br />
to Six Senses' recently-appointed the Vice<br />
President Sustainability, Amber Marie Beard,<br />
and represent the company as its global<br />
spokesperson on sustainable tourism.<br />
“We are at a new turning point as more travel businesses and<br />
destinations adopt sustainable tourism principles to help safeguard<br />
our planet and deliver tangible benefi ts to local communities,”<br />
commented Costas. “I look forward to supporting Six Senses in their<br />
commitment to advance these efforts.”<br />
As former Senior Director for Conservation International, Costas<br />
supervised sustainable tourism projects supporting poverty alleviation<br />
and the protection of biodiversity across the globe. He was also<br />
appointed during the Clinton Administration to serve as Peace Corps<br />
Country Director in Uganda.<br />
Centara cleans up Pattaya beach<br />
Staff at the new Centara<br />
Grand Phratamnak Resort<br />
& Spa recently undertook a<br />
major beach cleaning exercise<br />
in Pattaya. The soon-to-beopened<br />
hotel's GM, Dominique<br />
Ronge, led more than 80 of his<br />
staff on the exercise, joining<br />
forces with local beach vendors<br />
to help remove litter from the entrance to the hotel's beachfront,<br />
known as ‘Cosy Beach’. Centara Grand Phratamnak Resort & Spa is<br />
due to open in October 2013.<br />
United boosts Mariana Islands<br />
New fl ights have been launched<br />
connecting Guam with Rota,<br />
in the Northern Mariana Islands.<br />
Operated by Cape Air on behalf<br />
of United Express, fl ights between<br />
Guam and Rota will now operate<br />
daily, along with a Cape’s daily<br />
service between Rota and Saipan.<br />
Rota's Mayor, Melchor Mendiola,<br />
said the new fl ights would<br />
“contribute to the economic growth<br />
of the island”.<br />
“In our quest for reliable air<br />
service transportation, I am<br />
heightened by Cape Air's approval<br />
to provide daily fl ights serving Rota,”<br />
said Mendiola. “I extend my support<br />
and appreciation to all involved in<br />
this essential air service.”<br />
Together with Guam, the<br />
Northern Mariana Islands comprise<br />
the Marianas archipelago,<br />
which lies in the Pacifi c Ocean,<br />
approximately 2,600km east of the<br />
Philippines.<br />
The new daily flights to Rota can be<br />
booked via the United Airlines website.<br />
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Hertz offers BMWs in New Zealand<br />
Hertz has introduced<br />
the latest BMW<br />
3 Series to its New<br />
Zealand fleet. The BMW<br />
320i will initially be<br />
available at two rental<br />
locations in Auckland,<br />
the international airport<br />
and Victoria Street, in<br />
the centre of the city.<br />
The move also marks<br />
the arrival of the Hertz<br />
Prestige Collection to New<br />
Zealand, which offers a range of<br />
high-end vehicles.<br />
"We are pleased to now offer<br />
customers the chance to drive<br />
the BMW 3 Series sedan," said<br />
Michel Taride, Hertz's Group<br />
President. "The extension of<br />
the Prestige Collection into<br />
New Zealand builds on our<br />
huge success of this range of<br />
sophisticated, luxurious vehicles<br />
in the US and Europe."<br />
Hertz currently has 43 car<br />
rental locations in New Zealand,<br />
offering a range of cars, minivans<br />
and four-wheel drive vehicles.<br />
Click here for full story <br />
Singapore's Carlton City Hotel joins<br />
Worldhotels<br />
Worldhotels has welcomed<br />
another member to its<br />
Asian collection - the Carlton City<br />
Hotel Singapore. Located close<br />
to the Chinatown area of the city,<br />
the Carlton City offers 386 guest<br />
rooms plus a 28th fl oor club lounge,<br />
restaurant, swimming pool, coffee<br />
shop, sky bar and two function<br />
rooms. Part of the First Class<br />
Collection, Carlton City becomes<br />
Worldhotels' fi fth property in<br />
Singapore.<br />
More capacity<br />
for Medan<br />
airport rail link<br />
T<br />
he passenger rail link between<br />
Medan and the new Kuala<br />
Namu International Airport will be<br />
expanded next month, following<br />
the delivery of new train carriages.<br />
The Antara news agency reported<br />
that eight more carriages will be<br />
put into operation in September,<br />
doubling total seat capacity to<br />
172,000. Eight railway carriages<br />
have been operating on the line<br />
since the new Indonesian airport<br />
opened on 25 July.<br />
Singaporean low-cost carrier<br />
Scoot has taken advantage<br />
of the upcoming Australian<br />
election with a new promotional ad<br />
campaign. The airline has rolled<br />
out a series of outdoor poster<br />
New villa<br />
booking site<br />
launches<br />
new booking website has<br />
A been launched catering<br />
exclusively to the villa market.<br />
Developed by entrepreneur<br />
couple Alastair Loxton and<br />
Sara O' Shea, the Ministry of<br />
Villas website went live on the<br />
31 July 2013 and will showcase<br />
a range of luxury villa resorts,<br />
initially focused on Bali. The<br />
ministryofvillas.com will feature a<br />
collection of 300 luxury villas in<br />
Bali, all bookable directly online.<br />
Scoot ads target<br />
Aussie election<br />
ads in Australia playing on the<br />
names of the two prime ministerial<br />
candidates, Kevin Rudd and Tony<br />
Abbott. Scoot currently flies to<br />
Singapore from both Sydney and<br />
the Gold Coast.<br />
BA to fly A380 to Johannesburg<br />
British Airways has announced<br />
plans to fl y its brand new Airbus<br />
A380 to Johannesburg. Commencing<br />
on 12 February 2014,<br />
the UK fl ag carrier will initially<br />
operate three weekly fl ights between<br />
London Heathrow Airport<br />
and the South African city's OR<br />
Tambo International Airport, using its 469-seat A380. Flights will<br />
depart London every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Then from 10<br />
March 2014, BA will increase the service to six times a week, with<br />
extra fl ights on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.<br />
Company offers<br />
Nelson Mandela tours<br />
A company in South Africa has<br />
launched a new tour itinerary dedicated<br />
to Nelson Mandela. Samara Private<br />
Game Reserve in South Africa Eastern<br />
Cape has unveiled details of a sevenday<br />
tour that it says will "celebrate the<br />
life and origins" of the country's former<br />
president. Designed and managed by<br />
Edge World Tours, the trip includes<br />
visits to locations which played a part<br />
the life of Mr Mandela, including the<br />
Transkei region where he was born, and<br />
Fort Hare, the site of his alma mater<br />
university.<br />
Kenya Airways traffic climbs<br />
Kenya Airways experienced a<br />
sharp rise in passenger traffic<br />
in the fi rst quarter of its fi nancial<br />
year. For the three months ending<br />
30 June 2013, the Nairobibased<br />
airline carried a total of<br />
932,912 passengers - 10.9% up<br />
year-on-year. Measured in revenue<br />
passenger kilometres (RPK), traffic increased 5.8%, ahead of<br />
a 3.0% expansion of available seat capacity. This included a 12.8%<br />
jump in capacity on Asian routes, and allowed Kenya Airways' average<br />
cabin load factors to rise 1.8 percentage points to 67.3%.<br />
Air Seychelles expands<br />
airberlin codeshare<br />
Air Seychelles has expanded<br />
its codeshare arrangement with<br />
airberlin to cover the Seychelles'<br />
second largest island<br />
Praslin and two new destinations<br />
in Europe, Stockholm and<br />
Copenhagen. The new deal<br />
will see Air Seychelles place<br />
its ‘HM’ code on six weekly airberlin flights between Berlin and<br />
Stockholm, and seven per week between Berlin and Copenhagen.<br />
In return, airberlin will place its ‘AB’ code on eight weekly Air<br />
Seychelles flights between Mahé and Praslin. Both airlines are<br />
part-owned by Etihad Airways.<br />
New attraction showcases<br />
South African wines<br />
A new tourist destination has<br />
been launched in the South<br />
Africa's Cape wine region. South<br />
African winemaker Charles Back<br />
has opened his new Spice Route<br />
farm, offering guests the chance<br />
to sample the region's wine and<br />
local produce. The farm includes<br />
an underground wine-tasting room and a restaurant showcasing<br />
South African cuisine. The terrace offers views all the way to Table<br />
Mountain on a clear day. As well as wine, Spice Route farm also<br />
showcases the region's chocolate, coffee and beer.<br />
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<strong>THE</strong> DAY<br />
IN NUMBERS<br />
1<br />
Onyx has signed<br />
its fi rst property in<br />
Malaysia<br />
2<br />
Pakistan International<br />
Airports has launched<br />
fl ights to Kashgar, its<br />
second destination in<br />
China<br />
400<br />
A new 400km<br />
highway has opened<br />
connecting the<br />
Chinese city of<br />
Chongzuo with Halong<br />
Bay<br />
37,500<br />
There are now 37,500<br />
hotel rooms in central<br />
Bangkok…<br />
42,000<br />
… but this is expected<br />
to rise to 42,000 by<br />
2015<br />
Emirates expands in Pakistan<br />
The Sialkot Clock Tower<br />
Emirates is launching fl ights to<br />
a fi fth destination in Pakistan -<br />
Sialkot, in the province of Punjab.<br />
Commencing on 5 November<br />
2013, the new service will operate<br />
four times a week (Tuesdays,<br />
Thursdays, Saturdays and<br />
Sundays) using a wide-body<br />
Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 54<br />
seats in business class and 183 in<br />
economy.<br />
AirAsia invites<br />
passengers to<br />
paint plane<br />
AirAsia has launched a new<br />
campaign inviting passengers<br />
to design the livery of one of its<br />
aircraft. Running until the end of<br />
this month, the airline's customers<br />
will be asked to paint an Airbus<br />
A330-300 to be operated by<br />
AirAsia X. Participants will have<br />
to design five separate sections<br />
parts of the aircraft, with the<br />
winning artist being given the<br />
chance to visit the Airbus paint<br />
factory in Toulouse. For more<br />
details of the contest, visit: blog.<br />
airasia.com.<br />
Sialkot International Airport,<br />
which opened in 2007, boasts<br />
the longest runway in Pakistan.<br />
It will join Karachi, Islamabad,<br />
Lahore and Peshawar in Emirates'<br />
Pakistani network.<br />
Flights will depart Dubai at 0415<br />
and arrive in Sialkot at 0820. The<br />
return fl ight will leave Sialkot at<br />
0945, arriving back into Dubai at<br />
1235. Click here for full story <br />
Six Senses Con<br />
Dao offers air<br />
bookings<br />
Six Senses Con Dao, the luxury<br />
island resort in Vietnam, has<br />
entered into an agreement with<br />
Vietnam Air Service Company<br />
(VASCO) to offer air bookings services<br />
at the property. The resort's reservation<br />
team can now reserve and issue<br />
tickets for VASCO's domestic flights<br />
from Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Can<br />
Tho, operated by Vietnam Airlines. It<br />
will also offer VIP pick-up services,<br />
luggage handling and transfers<br />
between domestic and international<br />
terminals, plus the use of business<br />
lounges can also be arranged.<br />
Madame Tussauds Sydney kicks<br />
off Bruce Lee exhibit<br />
South Korea to<br />
ease visa rules<br />
South Korea will start to ease<br />
visa regulations for visitors<br />
from China and Southeast Asia,<br />
as it bids to boost regional tourism.<br />
The country's government said that<br />
starting next month, South Korea<br />
will offer multiple entry visas to<br />
Chinese nationals with families,<br />
those in higher income brackets<br />
and students from more than 100<br />
designated colleges. Tourists from<br />
Southeast Asia will be rewarded for<br />
multiple visits to Korea, with threeyear<br />
visas for tourists visiting the<br />
country more than twice.<br />
QUOTE<br />
OF <strong>THE</strong> DAY<br />
“The second half of<br />
2013 may finally see<br />
the growth in visitor<br />
arrivals outpacing<br />
new supply allowing<br />
owners to raise rates.”<br />
James Pitchon,<br />
Executive Director of<br />
CBRE Research &<br />
Consulting Thailand,<br />
comments on the<br />
demand for hotels in<br />
Bangkok<br />
M<br />
adame Tussauds Sydney<br />
has kicked off a new exhibit<br />
in style, inviting young martial arts<br />
enthusiasts to unveil its new Bruce<br />
Lee waxwork. Dressed in his<br />
classic yellow and black jumpsuit,<br />
the American-born kung fu star<br />
was unveiled to audiences this<br />
week. And young kung fu students<br />
from the Sydney Self Defence<br />
Centre were given the fi rst glimpse<br />
of the fi gure, taking part on a<br />
martial arts class in Sydney's<br />
Chinese Garden of Friendship.<br />
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