Category: Bangkok

  • Point Yamu by COMO – A New Resort for Phuket Designed by Paola Navone – Opening November 2013

    Resort will be first in Thailand for COMO Hotels and Resorts outside Bangkok Point Yamu by COMO, the new resort from COMO Hotels and Resorts designed by Paola Navone, will open in November this year. Point Yamu is located on Cape Yamu, a peaceful peninsula on the east side of Phuket. The resort overlooks the…

  • Hands-On volunteer travel project deals around the world!

    Hands-On Time Travel Dig into history with volunteer projects all over the world VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, February 26, 2012 – Help to unravel some of the world’s mysteries by assisting on archaeological sites where Roman soldiers, Mongolian warriors, and Rapanui sculptors once resided. Volunteers step back in time in spectacular locations whilst being guided by…

  • Thirty-One Days of Wellness.

    Thirty-One Days of Wellness Join our leading wellness experts at Metropolitan by COMO, Bangkok during ‘Wellness Month’ in March February 8, 2013 (Bangkok, TH) – Experts in ‘raw food,’ massage therapy and yoga will be on hand at COMO Shambhala Urban Escape throughout March as part of a dedicated ‘Wellness Month’ at Metropolitan by COMO,…

  • COMO Hotels and Resorts, in collaboration with MasterCard, invites guests to ‘Purchase with Purpose™’

    COMO Hotels and Resorts, in collaboration with MasterCard, invites guests to ‘Purchase with Purpose™’ Tuesday, September 11, 2012. (Singapore) – For the third year running, COMO Hotels and Resorts is teaming up with MasterCard to support development projects and charities across the globe. From October 1 to December 31, 2012, COMO guests can help local…

  • COMO Hotels and Resorts to open a new property in Phuket, Thailand in 2012

    COMO Hotels and Resorts to open a new property in Phuket, Thailand in 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2010. (Singapore)-COMO Hotels and Resorts, the award-winning five-star hotel group based in Singapore, is to develop and manage a new property on the Yamu peninsula of Phuket in Thailand. Located in Phang Nga Bay on the…

  • Celebrate the Winter Holiday Bhutanese Style at Uma Paro

    Celebrate the Winter Holiday Bhutanese Style at Uma Paro October 18, 2010. (Paro, Bhutan) – Bhutan’s festival calendar is regularly marked by Tshechu. Meaning ‘Tenth Day’, this celebratory event occurs on the start of the tenth day of each month in the Buddhist lunar calendar. It is an opportunity for local people to come together…

  • Koichiro Ikebuchi Designs nahm Restaurant at the Metropolitan Bangkok

    Koichiro Ikebuchi Designs nahm Restaurant at the Metropolitan Bangkok  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7th, 2010. (Bangkok, TH) – nahm Bangkok, the latest venture from award-winning Australian chef David Thompson, occupies a dramatic, newly designed space at the Metropolitan Bangkok. The result is a tour-de-force in intelligent, intimate restaurant design created by award-winning, Japanese interior architect,…

  • THE MIGHTY ARROW, Soca King of the World, dies at 60.

    The Mighty Arrow, Soca King of the World, dies at 60. OLVESTON, Montserrat (Sept 15, 2010) – The Soca King of the World, Alphonsus “The Mighty Arrow” Cassell, died at his residence on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat today at the age of 60.  The international recording artiste was diagnosed with cerebral cancer in…

  • David Thompson opens a Thai restaurant in the city that first inspired him

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    David Thompson opens a Thai restaurant in the city that first inspired him April 5, 2010. (Bangkok, TH) – In July, David Thompson—the Australian-born chef of nahm at The Halkin hotel in London—opens his first restaurant in Bangkok. He will be working alongside his long-term partner of 20 years, Thai-born Tanongsak Yordwai, who helped Thompson…