World's best golfers in Thailand Golf Championship 2011

Amata Spring Country Club, Thailand’s premier golf club and one of the finest jewels in Asia, will host the newest championship in the region where the event will be broadcast live over four days on the Asian Tour’s global television platform which reaches 200 countries and over 850 million homes.

The Thailand Golf Championship will take up the prestigious position as the Tour’s season-ending tournament offering US$ 1 million prize purse and is listed as the flagship full field event on the Asian Tour’s schedule. To help mark the inaugural Thailand Golf Championship.

This year’s US Open champion Rory McIlroy, British Open winner Darren Clarke and world number two Lee Westwood have committed to meet the golf fans in Thailand at Amata Spring Golf and Country Club in Chonburi from December 15-18, 2011.

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http://www.amataspring.co.th/web/worldClassTournamentDetail1.php?act=6&id=65
http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/sport/sport-detail-en.php?sid=1077

Mother's Day Dinner Package

The Mother’s Day in Thailand is on August 12^th. To celebrate the special occasion for all the mothers in Thailand this year, Siam Winery's Hua Hin Hills Vineyard is offering a Mother's Day dinner package on August 12.

The breathtaking scenery surrounding the vineyard is perfect for photo opportunities, or diners can enjoy a short elephant-back tour of the vineyard before dinner.

The package includes a special Thai set dinner paired with a selection of the vineyard's award-winning wines from Monsoon Valley, an array of desserts served in a buffet style, plus light entertainment provided by a live jazz band.

The Mother's Day dinner package includes round trip transfer service from downtown Hua Hin (Hua Hin Wine Cellar at Market Village) to the vineyard. Hua Hin Hills Vineyard also offers guests a chance to showcase their creativity and their own painted wine label to take home as a gift and a reminder of your memorable moments at the vineyard.

The Royal Barge Procession 2011 in Bangkok

Royal Thai Navy will be organizing a Royal Barge Procession on 22 October 2011 to commemorate the auspicious occasion of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 84th birthday anniversary.

The event is to mark the visit of His Majesty the King and members of the royal family to a royal temple to present offerings of saffron robes to the monks.

The Royal Thai Navy will conduct a total of eight rehearsals between August 26 through to October 7. Two full dress rehearsals are currently scheduled for October 13 and 18, prior to the actual Royal Kathin Barge Procession on October 22.

The water-borne royal procession on October 22 will consist of a flotilla of 52 traditional-style barges arranged in five columns, based on a battle formation from ancient times. This is made up of four major royal barges namely, Suphannahong, Narai Song Suban, Anantanagaraj, and Anekchatbhuchong, eight barges with animal figureheads, and 40 smaller ceremonial barges. A total of 2,098 navy officers from various units within the Royal Thai Navy will serve as oarsmen.

The royal barges of Thailand are the last of their kind in the world. The last time that a royal barge procession was organized was on 12 June 2006 for the diamond jubilee celebrations to mark the 60th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s Accession to the Throne.

BOI Fair : Thailand technology and innovation expo

The event will also highlight the achievements of the Thai industry the areas of technology and innovation, which will greatly improve your efficiency and competitiveness in the future and lead to new organic production. It will also be the occasion for members of the business community to meet, do business, and network.

Equally important, CI Fair 2011 will increase confidence in Thailand economy, while improving the country's image. Will be widely exposure to the commitment of industry in Thailand to serve the society and the preservation of natural environment.

BOI Fair will be held on 10 – 25 November 2011 at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok.

Bangkok, the world's best city 2011 by Travel+Leisure

Travel&Leisure Magazine, which caters to the luxury travel market, has released its 2011 "World's Best" list, with Bangkok voted by readers as the top city in the world, followed by Florence and Rome.

Bangkok was previously voted the "World's Best City" by the magazine's readers in 2010, over Chiang Mai and Florence.

Rounding out the top 10 on the "World's Best City" list, after Bangkok Florence and Rome, are New York City, Istanbul, Cape Town, Siem Reap (Cambodia), Sydney, Barcelona (Spain) and Paris.

The votes were based on: 1. Places for sightseeing, their beauty and greenery; 2. Arts and culture; 3. Food; 4. Shopping areas; 5. People's friendliness; 6. Value for money spent.

Bangkok will be honored at an awards ceremony that is scheduled for July 14th. The ceremony will be hosted by Travel + Leisure Editor-in-Chief Nancy Novogrod and VP/Publisher Jean-Paul Kryillos at the Mr. C Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles.

Thailand’s hotels did well too, with the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiang Mai (rank 7), Mandarin Oriental Bangkok (rank 23), The Peninsula Bangkok (rank 40) Four Season in Chiang Mai (rank 49), while Thai Airways was voted the world’s ninth best international airline.

Thailand with top traveling destination award winning

For 16 years, the world's leading travel magazine Travel + Leisure has searched and explored the cities, hotels, resorts spa and other tourist services around the world and to finalize a definitive list, as voted by its readers.

Browse through the list of finalists for the World's Best Awards this year of 2011 shows that Thailand has situated at good results, with Bangkok voted world's favorite city and several Thai-based properties listed in the top 10 in many categories.

At the top of the list of favorite cities, Bangkok has accumulated a score of 90.49, followed by Florence, Rome, New York and Istanbul.

The elegant design of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in ​​Chiang Mai seventh in the "best hotel" list and was the only hotel in Southeast Asia to be among the top ten, while its sister property in Bangkok, the Mandarin Oriental, finished eighth in the "best hotel spa" category.

Temple Fair at Wat Rai Khing

Wat Rai Khing Festival is held annually from 13 days of the crescent moon for the fourth day of the waning moon in the fifth lunar month. Many local goods sold in units of various government and farmers. The fair also includes competitions fruit and many kinds of entertainment at night.