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Published on December 15, 2007

CHINA:

Fly to Shangri-La

THAI Airways 's Royal Orchid Holidays are offering a winter escape to Lijiang in China which includes a trip to Shangri-La district (yes, it really exists).

The two-night Great Escape package costs Bt35,000 per person and includes return air tickets between Bangkok and Lijiang and accommodation at the Banyan Tree Lijiang. Alternatively, the four-night Great Escape Lijiang & Zhongdian package - two nights at the Banyan Tree Lijiang and two more nights at the Banyan Tree Ringha - costs Bt56,030 per person. Both packages include breakfasts, one set dinner with bottle of wine and a 30-minute massage.

Tucked away in northern Yunnan province, Lijiang is an 800-year-old Unesco World Heritage town. Shangri-La, or new Zhongdian, promises unique Tibetan culture and breathtaking landscape. Call (02) 628 2456-7.

PHUKET

Dive into the Andaman 

Indigo Pearl Resort offers the Andaman Discovery package, a six-day/five-night scuba-diving holiday. The package includes 10 dives: a half-day excursion to Ko Waeo for two dives, a full-day trip to Phi Phi for three dives, another full day with three dives off legendary Similan Island and a half-day trip diving at either Shark Point or the King Cruiser wreck. Prices start at US$1,453 (Bt44,000) and include meals on all dive trips, a daily breakfast for two, a 20-per-cent discount on food and drinks, return airport transfers and late check out (4pm). The package is valid from now until March 31.

E-mail info@indigo-pearl.com or visit www.indigo-pearl.com.

KOH SAMED, RAYONG

Happy beaches

From now until March 2008, Samed Resorts is offering two-night "Happy Holiday" packages for all its five resorts on Koh Samet, namely Sai Kaew Beach Resort, Samed Club, Ao Prao Resort, Le Vimarn Cottages & Spa and Paradeerom. The package ranges from Bt6,600 net to Bt61,000 and includes two nights (single or double) accommodation, buffet breakfast, free parking at Seree Ban Phe Pier, round-trip shuttle boat transfer from Ban Phe to Koh Samet, welcome drink, a set lunch and dinner plus admission fee to Khao Laem Ya-Mu Koh Samet National Park.

Call (02) 438 9771- 2, e-mail rsv@samedresorts.com or sales@samedresorts.com, or visit www.samedresorts.com.

CHIANG MAI

Online benefit

The Filed Village, a boutique resort in Hang Dong district, offers a special promotion for pre-paid Internet customers. Check in for two nights and as well as a free pick-up and drop-off at the local airport, town or station, you will enjoy a 15-per-cent discount. Or, you could stay for four nights for the price of three. Up that count to seven nights, and you only pay for five. Room rates start at Bt2,500 and include breakfast for two. The promotion is valid from now until October 2008.

Call (053) 279 371 or (081) 796 3879.