German tourist dies after falling from Pattaya hotel
A GERMAN man holidaying in Pattaya fell to his death from the 33rd floor of a luxury hotel last night (June 5) with this being the fourth such death in a month at this seaside city, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. At 10 p.m. last night Pol. Maj. Thanya Utthong, an inspector at […]
Read MoreAmerican, Russian men die in fall from Pattaya hotel, condo
AN AMERICAN man fell to his death from the seventh floor of a hotel in Pattaya early this morning (June 4) while a Russian man plunged to his death from the 29th floor of a 35-storey condo at noon yesterday, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. At 6 a.m. Pol. Maj. Wutinan Kongdee, […]
Read More150 Malaysian tourists scammed – left without hotel rooms in Hat Yai
AS MANY AS 150 Malaysian tourists arrived at a hotel in Hat Yai last evening (Apr. 12) to only discover that no booking had been made for 64 hotel rooms they had paid for to a Malaysian agent who in turn transferred the money to a Thai tour guide who pocketed it, Amarin TV […]
Read MoreMinimum wage for hotel, resort employees raised to 400 baht daily
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MINIMUM WAGE for all employees at hotels and resort places in Bangkok and nine provinces will be increased to 400 baht daily, beginning in the middle of next month, confirmed a senior government official today (Mar. 26). The Wage Committee chaired by the Ministry of Labour’s undersecretary Pairot Chotikasathian […]
Read MoreAnother hotel in Poipet catches fire but no casualties
FOLLOWING the huge blaze a Cambodian hotel-cum-casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, last December killing 22 employees and gamblers, another hotel in this border town caught fire at 10 p.m. last night (Sep. 15) but fortunately there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper said today. Just as […]
Read MoreHusband says dead Japanese woman was depressed
AFTER a young Japanese woman was found dead in a Chiang Mai hotel room this morning (July 31) her distraught husband told police that she was depressed and had previously tried to strangle herself with a hair dryer cord but he managed to save her life, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon. The unidentified […]
Read More4 workers injured after gas cylinder explodes at hotel
A GAS CYLINDER exploded at a two-storey Ratchaburi hotel this morning (June 20) injuring two cooks and two other workers with the large building made of lightweight bricks having collapsed, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 9.30 a.m. Pol. Capt. Pipat Panghom, deputy inspector at Mueang Ratchaburi police station, was alerted of The Canal Ratchaburi […]
Read MorePolice raid Indian casino at Pattaya hotel amid claims of a big bribe being paid
SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol. […]
Read MoreKhmer soldiers seal off gutted casino-hotel complex near Thai border
CAMBODIAN soldiers took full control of the fire-gutted casino-hotel complex at Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, this afternoon (Dec. 31) after ordering Thai rescuers to withdraw at 6 p.m. yesterday, Naewna newspaper said. Cambodia’s Military Region 5 sent troops to block off the three buildings of the Grand Diamond […]
Read More22 employees, gamblers dead in Cambodian casino-hotel inferno
THE HUGE FIRE at the three-building casino-hotel complex in Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has killed 22 employees and gamblers so far with 53 injured and eight still missing, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 30). Eyewitnesses said the blaze at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino which […]
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