| D-Brief August 2010 |
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| D-Brief - our new monthly magazine! |
| This monthly online magazine features a different theme in each edition, and this month we focus on up-coming festivals around Asia until the end of 2010. Apart from festivals, you will find detailed visa info on Myanmar, a monthly recipe, and an article about the weather on Koh Samui in this issue. |
We are also creating a new festival listing on our website - to which we will introduce you within the next few weeks.
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| Unbeatable Special offers - 'PASSPORT' |
| Diethelm Travel is launching "Passport" - your essential document to maximize your client's travel experience with us. |
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"Passport" provides you with interesting tips on what is 'hot' at the moment and ideas of new ways to discover our wonderful destinations. |
| Exclusive value-added offers which we have negotiated on your behalf top "Passport" off. |
Click here to Read Passport online.
Click here to Download / Print a copy. | |
'Hot off the press'
Bangkok Voted World's Best City |
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| Travel & Leisure Magazine, which caters to the luxury travel market, has released its 2010 "World's Best" list, with Bangkok voted by readers as the top city in the world, followed by Chiang Mai. |
| This is the second time Bangkok has won this coveted Travel & Leisure readers award. |
| 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. |
| Rounding out the top 10 on the "World's Best City" list, after Bangkok and Chiang Mai, are Florence (Italy), San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), Rome (Italy), Sydney (Australia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Oaxaca (Mexico), Barcelona (Spain) and New York City (the United States). |
| Congratulations to Bangkok from us at Diethelm Travel Thailand. | |
| Book Online at Diethelm Travel Thailand |
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| As of 01 May 2010, you can book Hotels, Transfers, Excursion and Tour Packages on-line at Diethelm Travel Thailand. |
| Instant Confirmation, the latest room rates and prices, all on your desktop. |
| For an explanation on how it works - CLICK HERE |
| For a password, please write to sales@diethelmtravel.com. | |
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| Golf Brochure on China is out! |
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| With the launch of a new brochure on golf in China, Diethelm Golf expands it's reach further, now covering Bintan, Cambodia, China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. |
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| Elephant Gathering at Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka |
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| Every year during the months of August and September, one of the most awesome wildlife spectacles in the world takes place in Sri Lanka. Over three hundred wild elephants converge for the famous 'gathering'. |
| Now where else in the world will one find such a high concentration of wild Asian Elephants in only a few square kilometers. Matriarchs lead their clans to the lake, and it is very interesting to observe the social dynamics of Elephants – how the whole group takes care to safeguard the baby elephants which are always flanked by adults. |
| 'The Gathering' at Minneriya is a wonderful opportunity for Wildlife enthusiasts and is one of the most fantastic events in the international wildlife calendar. | |
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| We are sharing our own travel experiences, product updates, hotel reviews and give you handy tips and hints on what is hot. |
| In other words: join us on Facebook and we will make it worth your while! |
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And for our special friends we have prepared an image library on Flickr. |
| Working on advertisement material or your brochure? Need pictures? We have a host of pictures from all over Asia presented on Flickr. Just ask us for a guest pass at sales@diethelmtravel.com | |
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| New Corporate Brochure |
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| Proudly presenting the latest info on the Diethelm Travel Group. |
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| The Central Highlands named UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| The United Nations agency, tasked with preserving humanity's cultural heritage, added a selection of new sites situated in Sri Lanka to its World Heritage List after deciding that they were of outstanding universal value. The new sites recognized by the World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), include the Central Highlands in Sri Lanka. |
| Situated in the south-central part of Sri Lanka, the Central Highlands comprise the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation Forest. |
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The forests, where the land rises to 2,500 metres above sea-level, are home to an extraordinary range of flora and fauna, including several endangered species such as the western-purple-faced langur, the Horton Plains slender loris and the Sri Lankan leopard. The region is considered a super biodiversity hotspot.
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| The Horton Plains National Park and Knuckles Conservation Forest were added to the list of the existing 7 World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka. The other UNESCO world heritage sites include Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, The Golden Temple of Dambulla, Kandy, Galle and Sinharaja Rain Forest. | |
| Koh Kong - 4 Rivers Eco-Lodge |
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| Only accessible by boat, 4 Rivers Eco-Lodge is a boutique environmental friendly resort for the discerning traveler at the foot of the majestic Cardamon Mountains. This 3+star boutique resort has 18 luxurious and extra large Safari-like tents with panoramic views of the Tatai River and its surroundings and the spacious interiors are equipped with modern conveniences. |
| The resort also features a gourmet restaurant, a large swimming pool, gym & beauty therapy. Activities such as kayaking and nature walks to the nearby Tatai waterfall and mangrove forests or deeper into the Cardamon Mountains will surely satisfy the nature lovers. | |
| The Temple of Literature in Hanoi receives Unesco recognition |
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| The World Committee for Asia and Pacific (MOW-CAP) announced UNESCO's decision to recognize the stone stelae commemorating the laureates of royal court exams at Hanoi Temple of Literature as a "World Document Heritage". |
| The 82 stone stelea erected on stone turtles bear the names of 2,313 laureates of 82 royal court exams from the early- Le over the Mac to later- Le dynasties (1442 – 1779). | |
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