TRAVEL UPDATE
- Published: 12/07/2009 at 12:00 AM
- Newspaper section: Brunch
NEW HOTEL
The Kantary Group has added another property to its range of hotels and serviced apartments - the Kantary Hotel, Ayutthaya.
Only a few minutes drive from Ayutthaya Historical Park, the new hotel allows visitors more time to explore the province's ancient ruins and temples without having to rush back to Bangkok at the end of the day.
Since guest rooms are designed for long-term stays, they are relatively large. Even the studio rooms are equipped with a pantry and all standard utensils, chinaware, refrigerator, cabinet, microwave oven and a toaster.
From now until Oct 31, the hotel is offering a 25% discount on all rooms. For more information and even more special deals, visit http://www.kantarygroup.com/kantaryhotel-ayutthaya/index.html or call 03-533-7177 and 03-522-9955.
WORLD'S BEST
The Four Seasons Resort in Chiang Mai has been ranked No1 in the Service Overall 2008 category by readers of Travel+Leisure magazine in its 2009 annual survey, published in the June issue.
"We are deeply grateful to the readers of Travel+Leisure for the confidence they have shown in the Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai," said Rainer Stampfer, regional vice-president and general manager of Four Seasons Hotels Thailand.
Located on Mae Rim-Samoeng Old Road, the hotel has 64 pavilions and 17 resort residences with one, two or three bedrooms. Each has an outdoor veranda. It also has terraced rice paddies with buffalos working in the field. Visit http://www.fourseasons.com for more information.
BOXING AND RELAXING
The Anantara Hua Hin Resort and Spa introduces its Fight For Beauty programme, featuring muay Thai and a spa.
The programme starts with an hour's lesson in muay Thai to boost physical strength and instruct guests in the use of different parts of their bodies as weapons. Then follows a spa service featuring a 30-minute detoxification in a Thai herbal steam, a body scrub and a 60-minute massage. The package costs 5,500++ baht per person and is available until August 2009.
TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Pong lang, the traditional folk music of Northeast Thailand, will be featured at the Siam Society in a concert by the Mu Pong-Lang Band on July 22. The band was formed in 2001 by Ajarn Sanong Klangphasri of Mahidol University's College of Music.
It features a vertical xylophone consisting of 12 to 15 wooden bars of varying sizes, a khen (mouth reed organ), drums and other percussion instruments. Pong lang music is mainly derived from observations of the sounds of nature. The concert begins at 7pm at the Siam Society, Sukhumvit Road Soi 21. There is no admission charge.
For booking, call 02-661-6470 - 7 or visit http://www.siam-society.org.
