BANGKOK: Formula for success

The hotel’s ballroom can hold up to 800 guests for a cocktail party and 400 guests for banquet style lunch or dinner. A special meeting package at Bt1,200 per person for a half day meeting package and Bt 1,400 per person for a full day meeting package is now being offered. Call (02) 683 4888 or e-mail: [email protected]. Visit www.HolidayInn.com/bangkok22.

 

Weekend wonders

Northgate Ratchayothin is offering a “Stay 2 Weekend Nights & Save 20 per cent” package from now until December 31. Guests staying from Friday to Sunday night will enjoy 20-per-cent off the hotel’s best available rate when booking a Studio Room for 2 nights or more at Bt 1,760 for two persons. The rate is inclusive of in-room WiFi throughout the stay. Call (02) 939 7949 or e-mail: [email protected]. Visit www.NorthgateBangkok.com.

 

Riverside getaways

Travellers can enjoy a relaxing weekend riverside getaway at Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok with the “Weekend Getaway” package. The package is available for a minimum of two nights in a Deluxe River View or Deluxe Balcony Room starting at Bt6,500 per room per night until December 15. The offer is valid for guests checking in on Friday or Saturday only and includes daily buffet breakfast, BTS Skytrain tickets valued at Bt 200 per stay, Wi-Fi and 10 per cent discount on food and beverages. Call (66 2) 206-8788 or e-mail: [email protected]. Book on-line at www.ShangriLa.com/bangkok.

 

HUA HIN

See how they Shine

Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa celebrates the opening of Shine Spa by offering special 25-per-cent discounts on a selection of treatments. The exclusions are “In your elements by Terraka”,  “Relaxing Journey”, from Head to Toe and Waxing Service, and Hair Treatment by Paul Mitchell. Call: (032) 708 000 extension 6201.

 

MACAO

Getting cosy with the ‘gang’

The arrival of the DreamWorks characters represents an exciting first for Macao. Guests and visitors will see and interact with well-known DreamWorks franchise characters, among them Po from “Kung Fu Panda”; Shrek, Fiona and Puss in Boots from “Shrek”; Alex the lion, King Julien and the penguins from “Madagascar”, and Toothless and Hiccup from “How to Train Your Dragon”. Sheraton Macao Hotel and Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central are now offerin themed DreamWorks Experience packages for stays until September 30, starting at HK$1,498 (Bt6,100). Holiday Inn DreamWorks Experience packages include Shrekfast with the DreamWorks Gang!, and guests staying at Sheraton Macao Hotel on a breakfast inclusive package can upgrade their morning meal to Shrekfast for HK$100 per person. 

 

SRI LANKA

Sri Lankan delights

The newly opened Centara Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka has launched a summer package that along with half-board accommodation includes return flights from Colombo’s Rathmalana Airport to Trincomalee or Batticaloa airports, and roundtrip airport transfers between the resort and the domestic airport. The Meet Sri Lanka package, which is valid from now until October 31, also includes 20-per-cent discounts on other dining options in the restaurants, and on selected spa treatments. The package price for a Superior room is US$359 (Bt11,000) per person for two nights. Minimum requirement is for a two-night stay, with three, four and seven nights also available under the package. Book online at http://www.CentaraHotelsResorts.com/Meet-Sri-Lanka or e-mail: [email protected]