Experience the world

Then visit Thailand Travel Mart Plus (TTM+) between June 6 and 8, and plot your journey. The annual travel trade fair returns to Impact Exhibition Centre Halls 5 & 6 teeming with tempting packages and hot deals. “Customise Your Experience” is a theme – where the travel agents, hoteliers and airliners will give your smart ideas and the deals to explore Thailand to your liking.

 

Airline with a Smile

Thai Airways International introduces “Thai Smile Air”, its sister airline, to the budget-minded market. Based at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the new airline operates with an all new fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft offering 174 seats in all economy configuration. The first service will operate from Bangkok to Macau with 14 flights weekly. Thai Smile plans to introduce many more routes to regional destinations. Visit www.ThaiSmileAir.com.

 

Japanese by design

Japanese hotelier, Okura Hotels & Resorts makes its debut in Thailand with the opening of The Okura Prestige Bangkok. Standing adjacent to Phloen Chit BTS station, the hotel houses 240 guestrooms and suites in designed in Japanese elegance. Beyond the guestrooms, Okura offers Japanese haute cuisine at Yamazato restaurant. Call (02) 687 9000 or visit www.OkuraBangkok.com.

 

Marathon round the laguna

The Laguna Phuket International Marathon returns to the island on June 10. This annual race will again feature a Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K Run, 91.5FM Phuket 5K Community Walk and a 2K Kids Run. The course is basically an out and back course with a loop for the last 10K. Marathon and Half Marathon runners follow the course out of Laguna and then head north through local villages and rubber plantations. Visit www.PhuketMarathon.com.