Bangkok is excess in all of its unrestrained glory. Bigger, better, more: the city is insatiable, a monster that feeds on concrete, shopping malls and diesel exhaust. The city demands that you be in the present and in the moment, not necessarily for a religious epiphany, but because the city is self-absorbed and superficial, blissfully free of wrinkle-inducing self-reflection. Smiles and sà·nùk (the Thai word for ‘fun’) are the key passports into Bangkok society. A compliment here, a joke there – the demands of social lubrication in this megalopolis are …
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Leading Thai property developer Sansiri has turned to the extraordinarily popular social-networking sites Facebook and Twitter to strengthen its marketing allure.
The company has “jumped on to the bandwagon of social networking” in the hope of increasing its marketing tools and becoming a “virtual friend” to its customers by remaining in touch on the social networks.
Sansiri’s assistant vice president for marketing Samatcha Promsiri said the company believed social networking was a vital marketing tool to maintain a good relationship with its customers and to roll-out its campaigns and promotions in real …
Bangkok is considerably one of the most exhilarating cities in the world. Awarded by Conde Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice 2006 for Asia’s Top City, the cosmopolitan Bangkok boasts fascinating characteristics its worldwide admirers. Whether you are taking a glimpse tour of dazzling Bangkok temples, exercise your haggling expertise at Chatuchak Market and other Shopping Area having an hour foot massage for $5 or being stuck in a heavy traffic inside a magenta taxi, daily life here is never the same as elsewhere.
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proposal to set up a special police station inside the Suvarnabhumi airport has been approved in principle by a committee for solving problems at the airport and improving the service, deputy police chief Watcharapol Prasarnratchakij said on Friday.
Pol Gen Watcharapol announced this after a meeting of the committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban.
The proposal was made by Pol Gen Watcharapol and strongly supported by Mr Suthep at a previous meeting of the committee, set up to handle the problems of unlicensed taxi drivers and tour guides and other …
The City of Bangkok emerged from the total destruction of Ayutthaya City by the Burmese invaders in 1767. A city of over 1 million people was totally destroyed and those of its inhabitants who did not escape were killed or made slaves and taken back to Burma [ Myanmar ]. Accordingly war and invasion dominated the psyche of the Siamese people and all the new leaders were military men. Bangkok was chosen to be the new capital of Siam for strategic military reasons. The fortifications reflected more modern war fare …
Returning recently from a jaunt in Europe I was faced with a 12-hour stopover in Bangkok. Yes, it sounds like crap, and it was.
Hopping off the KLM tumbrel cart I had been strapped to for 13 hours, I slid through customs like a ghost – my head felt like someone had lined it with newspaper and replaced my brain with a ferret.
I had grand plans of hanging out at the airport. I figured that Suvarnabhumi in all its shiny newness must have something to entertain a weary wanderer for half …