Thailand kämpft gegen Hochwasser (E)
Bangkok, 01.10.2013 – Twenty-three people were confirmed dead in the floods now affecting 25 Thai provinces, the Disaster Prevention and and Mitigation Department reported on Tuesday. A total of 11,158 villages in 225 districts of these provinces have been hit … Continue reading Thailand kämpft gegen Hochwasser (E)
Singapore Airlines: Online mit der Telekom (E)
Bonn/Singapore, 30.09.2013 – Deutsche Telekom announced the start of their high-speed Internet service on selected Singapore Airlines intercontinental flights. This is the 11th airline to have chosen Deutsche Telekom as their broadband connectivity provider, and the third in the Asian … Continue reading Singapore Airlines: Online mit der Telekom (E)
FilmOn: Deutsche Welle in 4 Sprachen empfangen (E)
Bonn/Beverly Hills, 29.09.2013 – Internet TV platform FilmOn.com has signed a deal with Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW). Under the agreement, DW’s international news and current affairs channel DW-TV will become available in four different languages via the FilmOn.com platform … Continue reading FilmOn: Deutsche Welle in 4 Sprachen empfangen (E)
Chinesen fürchten gefälschte Eintrittskarten (E)
Beijing, 28.09.2013 – As well as the usual concerns about flights and accommodation, Chinese tourists heading abroad during the National Day holiday week face another worry — fake tickets for attractions. This follows reports in France that Chinese tourists tried … Continue reading Chinesen fürchten gefälschte Eintrittskarten (E)
Bangkoks Geheimtipp: das Rembrandt Hotel (E)
Bangkok, 25.09.2013 – Bangkok is busy around the clock and has just been named as the best tourist city in the world, beating London and Paris. It usually is not easy to choose a hotel in which you feel comfortable … Continue reading Bangkoks Geheimtipp: das Rembrandt Hotel (E)
Singapore Airline and TATA Start New Airline Service in India
New Delhi/Singapore – Tata Sons will establish a full service airline in India along with international carrier Singapore Airlines. The move comes barely five months after the Tata group got the nod from regulatory authorities to start a low cost airline … Continue reading Singapore Airline and TATA Start New Airline Service in India
New HotelQuickly BookingApp for Asia
Hong Kong – HotelQuickly has launched its last-minute hotel booking app in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, with the simple premise of offering its users cheap hotel rooms at the last second. Booking hotels in this fashion isn’t … Continue reading New HotelQuickly BookingApp for Asia
Taifun gefährdet Hongkong (E)
Hongkong, 20.09.2013 – The most powerful storm on Earth in 2013, was on Friday on course to make landfall just kilometers from Hong Kong, according to storm-track predictions. A warning issued late on Thursday by Hong Kong’s Observatory stated Super … Continue reading Taifun gefährdet Hongkong (E)
Thailand: Flughafen richtet Touristen-Gericht ein (E)
Bangkok, 14.09.2013 – In response to complaints about the poorly implemented evacuation of a Thai Airways International flight that skidded off the runway on September 8, resulting in 14 injuries, Airports of Thailand (AoT) chairman Sita Divari announced that Thailand … Continue reading Thailand: Flughafen richtet Touristen-Gericht ein (E)
Hohler Report: From Yangon to Mandalay
Yangon – Monsoon clouds were hanging low over Yangon, when I arrived there in mid-July to join the Pandaw 2 cruise ship, one of the ten luxury ships the company is presently running to explore the mighty rivers of mainland Southeast … Continue reading Hohler Report: From Yangon to Mandalay