The proprietor of Bangkok’s legendary Cheap Charlie’s Bar has confirmed tomorrow will see the reopening of the facility in a new location. According to the bar’s Facebook page, the bar will officially rise from the ashes just eight months after it closed.
One of southern Phuket island’s most eagerly anticipated annual happenings will begin this weekend. The 31st King’s Cup Regatta will see 80 sailing boats cutting sleek wakes in the seas off the west coast of the Thai holiday island.
Thai AirAsia is increasing the number of flight connections to Phuket with the forthcoming launch of two new services. A four times weekly service from Khon Kaen to the southern Thai island will inaugurate on the 22 December.
Thai concert promoter BEC-Tero Entertainment has confirmed US songstress Katy Perry will be playing in Bangkok again. The pop icon will be live on stage at the Muang Thong Thani Impact Arena in Bangkok on the 10 April 2018.
The weekend saw the arrival of a pioneering freight train service from China at Yen Vien Station in Hanoi. In what could be the precursor of a passenger service from Nanchang, the 33-container long train arrived at the Hanoi suburban station on Saturday after an epic three-day journey.
The Thai Meteorological Department says heavy rains and storms will batter Thailand’s southern provinces over the next few days. The alert said the storms would bring downpours, strong winds and choppy seas which are expected to be sporadic through until Friday.
The management team at Phuket Airport say the facility’s revamped domestic building is scheduled to open this week. The southern part of the structure will reopen tomorrow, but manager Phet Chancharoen says renovation on the other half will not be completed until next April.
Global gourmet experience Dinner in the Sky is winging its way to Bangkok and is scheduled to open in time for the Christmas festive season. The hanging dinner table will be hoisted above the Emporium Mall on Sukhumvit Road and provide space for 22 diners to enjoy dinner with the twinkling lights of the city as a magical backdrop.
Pattaya authorities say hi-speed wireless internet is now available on the beach and the Beach Road esplanade. Municipal spokesperson Pinit Maneerat told media sources the service was being provided for free under the terms of an agreement reached with CAT Telecom.
Thailand’s Transport Ministry has deferred the opening of bids to build an extension to Bangkok’s suburban Purple Line tracks. The add-on in question is a 23km extension from the current southern terminus at Tao Poon Station to Rat Burana.
Hua Hin’s Vana Nava Waterpark Jungle is set to stage a six-week carnival featuring the characters of Japanese manga cartoon One Piece. The event will begin on Friday the 1 December and conclude on 16 January 2018.
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has issued an update on the new regulations for the purchase of SIM cards for mobile telephones. The rules will still be effective from the 15 December but will only apply to new cards and not old ones.
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has resumed services on the southbound route from Bangkok to Suratthani and Hat Yai. Train services were temporarily halted yesterday as floodwaters swamped the tracks near the seaside resort town of Hua Hin.
Senior Thai government ministers are currently debating whether to extend the opening days for the Royal Crematorium. The site of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s cremation was supposed to have been open until the end of this month and then demolished.
Residents and tourists say Hanoi’s later opening hours for nightlife have made the city a more exciting place. Under regulations passed late last year, pubs and cafés were allowed to apply to extend their opening hours from midnight until 02:00 at weekends.
Fields and hills bedecked in sunflowers in full blossom have attracted thousands of tourists to Mae Hong Son Province over the past week or so. The annual phenomenon is always a major draw card as the spectacle of the wild yellow Mexican blooms is almost surreal.
Thailand’s transport-minister says construction of a hi-speed rail link from Bangkok to Phitsanulok should kick off in 2019. Speaking to reporters at the weekend, Akhom Termpithayaphaisit said the final blueprints for the Thai-Japanese project were being draughted.
An interactive Harry Potter expo is heading for a central Bangkok shopping mall this Christmas festive season. Christmas in the Wizarding World will open at the Siam Paragon Mall on the 17 December and provide fans of the magic adventures with the opportunity of roaming some of the most famous scenes.
A two-year-old panda cub born at Malaysia’s national zoo was dispatched to her spiritual homeland of China on Tuesday. Zookeepers at Zoo Negara near Kuala Lumpur and Malaysian government officials wished Nuan Nuan all the best for the flight to her new home at a panda centre in Chengdu.
Pattaya will be switching on a new landmark water feature this weekend in honour of the ASEAN International Fleet Review. Dancing fountains located in the Bali Hai port zone will be strutting their stuff twice daily from then onwards.