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
Thai Airways will Internet anbieten (E)
Bangkok, 04.09.2013 – Thai Airways International (THAI) plans to make WiFi internet available on flights as the national carrier prepares to apply for a licence with the national telecom regulator. Jesada Sivaraks, secretary to the vice-chairman of the National Broadcasting … Continue reading Thai Airways will Internet anbieten (E)
Thailand Nok Air Flies to Myanmar
Bangkok – Thailand’s Nok Air flew from the Thai border town of Mae Sot in Tak Province to Mawlamyain in Myanmar’s Mon State for the first time on Sunday. The Governor of Tak Province, Suriya Prasartbundit, was aboard the inaugural flight, which … Continue reading Thailand Nok Air Flies to Myanmar