Advertise Here Phuket authorities have implemented a series of new detection and safety precautions in the Thalang district situated towards the north of the island. The popular resort island has experienced a number of small tremors over the past 10 days after an 8.6 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. [...]
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The resort island of Phuket was shaken by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred off the coast of Sumatra. The quake rattled the island at roughly 5pm local time with seismologists saying that its epicentre was situated at around the same location in the Indian Ocean as the one that occurred last week. Phuket was shaken [...]
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Tourists have returned to the beaches of southern Thailand less than a week after a major tsunami scare throughout the region. An earthquake underneath the Indian Ocean measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale sent panic throughout many popular Thai resorts situated on the coast of the Andaman Sea. The warning brought back memories of the [...]
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Tsunami warning for Thailand’s coastal provinces has been lifted. Phuket Airport expected to re-open at 8am today. Fears of a tsunami spread throughout the coastal southern provinces of Thailand yesterday after a large earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. With the horror of the December 26, 2004 tsunami fresh on the [...]
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Thailand’s National Disaster Warning Centre has lifted a tsunami alert following the 8.6 magnitude earthquake that took place off the coast of Sumatra. Centre Director, Somsak Khaosuwan, said that he was confident that there would be no tsunami in the six provinces on the western coastline of Thailand. A map detailing the location of the [...]
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The Courtyard by Marriott at Kamala Beach in Phuket was rebranded as the Swissotel Resort Phuket on April 1, 2012. The name and management sees the beachfront resort become Swissotel’s first Phuket-based hotel and third property in Thailand Rooms are luxuriously appointed at the new Swissotel Resort Phuket. Swissotel operate two hotels in Bangkok, the [...]
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Pride Week 2012 is coming to Phuket later this month, as local organisation, Phuket Loves You (PLU) has been named to produce this year’s event. Organisers of this year’s event, Phuket Pride, have said that this year’s goal was to create a sense of community between both Thai and foreigners within the gay community as [...]
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Treat your family to a relaxing break for the Songkran Festival at the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach. On offer is a special Songkran Promotion, which includes a Deluxe Garden View Room with daily buffet breakfast and complimentary internet for guests staying between April 12 and April 16. The most fun part is [...]
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Zeavola Resort, a romantic rustic resort on the tropical island of Phi Phi Island, invites you to plunge into the Andaman Sea with “Zaan Zanook Diving Package”. For 60,800 baht (approximately US$2000), the rate includes five-nights’ accommodation in one of the resort’s Garden Suites Situated in the Andaman Sea, Phi Phi Island offers the chance [...]
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The search is on for a missing Australian woman who vanished from a yacht off the coast of Thailand. Carmel Brookes, 60, went missing from her yacht in the Andaman Sea last Thursday morning. An international investigation is underway for the Queensland woman, Carmel Brookes, 60, who was last seen aboard her yacht, Moondancer 2, [...]
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