IN BRIEF
AVIATION: THAI is named best intercontinental airline
Thai Airways International has once again received the award for best intercontinental airline in the Norwegian Grand Travel Awards 2006.
It is the second time in a row that THAI has won the award, this time scoring 4.99 out of a maximum of 6.Somchainuk Engtrakul, THAI's acting president, said that the voting was performed by a travel trade jury combined with a random selection of 300 travel agents from all over Norway. - The Nation. ------------------------------------------ INDIAN TOURISM: Offices set for China, S Korea and Thailand India's Union Tourism Ministry is all set to open representative offices in China, South Korea and Thailand as part of its promotional activities in Asia. The ministry, with an enhanced budget of 8.3 billion rupees (Bt7.3 billion) for 2005-06, is focusing on various promotional and marketing activities overseas to attract foreign tourists, officials sources told the Press Trust of India yesterday. The ministry has already invited bids for its China office, and the process for South Korea and Thailand has also been initiated. - The Nation. ------------------------------------------ TELECOMS: BlackBerry handset introduced in Kingdom Research In Motion and Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) has announced the launch of the BlackBerry 8700g in Thailand. Operating on AIS's Edge network, the BlackBerry 8700g provides the solution for "push" e-mail, phone, text messaging, browser, organiser and access to corporate data applications. The 8700g features a completely re-engineered device platform with an Intel XScale cellular processor, 64MB flash memory and 16MB SDRAM to deliver dramatically faster Web browsing, application performance and attachment viewing in an all-in-one stylish device. - The Nation.
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