Thai AirAsia has been giving more details of its plans for its new regional hub in Phuket, starting with direct flights to Hong Kong and Jakarta.
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Phuket’s Thaisarco bows to pressure, drops Congo ore suppliers
Phuket’s Thaisarco smelting company has bowed to pressure from action group Global Witness, announcing that it will no longer source ore from the violence-plagued Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read the rest of this entry »World’s biggest warship puts in to Phuket
Question: What covers 10 rai (4½ acres or 1.8 hectares) and floats? Answer: the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the world’s largest warship.
Read the rest of this entry »Something funny going on at the Holiday Inn
Did you hear the one about the cannibal who thought the comedian tasted funny? Luckily there are (at least, as far as we know) no cannibals in Patong.
Read the rest of this entry »Phuket International Academy opens day school
Phuket International Academy (PIA) now has its day school up and running, with 52 students having started lessons on September 2.
Read the rest of this entry »Phuket Writers Bloc at it again
The Phuket Writers Bloc will meet again this Saturday (September 19) at 7:30 pm at the Underwood Art Factory on the bypass road.
Read the rest of this entry »Phuket to get hydrofoil services
EXCLUSIVE: Phuket is to get three hydrofoils to whisk passengers out to Phi Phi, Krabi, Lanta or the Similans.
Read the rest of this entry »Restaurant with a view… of Underwood Art Factory
There are plenty of restaurants in Phuket with views. But a restaurant with a view of a factory? Would we recommend this?
Read the rest of this entry »Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival – bizarre but unmissable
Unique, bizarre, yet strangely compelling, the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival is almost upon us.
Read the rest of this entry »Time travel in Phuket
Marty McFly, take note: It’s now possible to travel Back to the Future in Phuket.
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