Forget the Full Moon party: Thailand has other amazing festivals to rival Glastonbury Life&Style It’s 2am and 24 degrees in Pattaya, Thailand. In a field outside of the city, dozens of people are creating a terrible racket by making weird noises into loud hailers. The sound created could accurately be described as an infernal racket, and it’s being played on the speaker system to hundreds of people, who are [...]
The fabulously old school Bangkok hotel with proper Thai hospitality Life&Style Amari Bangkok hotel review: impressively fresh thinking from this Bangkok hotel entering its fifth decade Walking into the Amari Bangkok, you enter into a spectacular atrium where there is dozens of storey’s worth of space above your head. Here in the lobby, there are five staff to every guest and check-in – this is Thailand, [...]
Thailand gives green light to £1bn Formula 1 Grand Prix bid Sport Business Thailand has moved a step closer to realising an ambitious plan costing almost £1bn to stage a Formula 1 Grand Prix for the first time after its cabinet gave it the green light. The country wants to host a street race in Bangkok on an initial five-year contract beginning in 2028. Thailand is a fixture [...]
The White Lotus Season 3 finale sucked: Here’s why April 8, 2025 The White Lotus Season 3 is over. In this spoiler-heavy take, Steve Dinneen laments an ending that went awry. The final episode of The White Lotus Season 3 pulled off the dubious trick of ending with both a bang and a whimper. It’s been a rollercoaster: the season opened to a fairly tepid reaction – [...]
Thailand steps up bid to host Formula 1 Grand Prix March 18, 2025 Thailand’s bid to host a Formula 1 race took a step forward this week after the sport’s chief executive Stefano Domenicali stopped off in Bangkok for a meeting with the country’s prime minister. The season began last weekend in Australia and will continue on Sunday in China, which provided Domenicali an opportunity to look at [...]
UK signs trade pact with Thailand in bid to boost exports September 18, 2024 The UK has signed an enhanced trade pact with Thailand in an effort to boost British exports and drive investment. Trade minister Douglas Alexander inked the enhanced trade partnership (ETP) agreement with Thai commerce minister Pichai Naripthaphan in Bangkok this morning (Wednesday). It came during the Blair-era minister’s first visit to Asia after being re-elected [...]
Growth markets India and Thailand help Prudential keep up the momentum April 30, 2024 Prudential said these figures reflected the group's "strong momentum" despite strong comparators in the same period last year.