This serene Lanna-style boutique property has bundled stays in their luxurious suites for two with perks like free airport transfers, savings at their spa (20%) and Ruen Tamarind restaurant (15%), plus a 75 minute massage treatment of your choice for two. Priced at B6,500++, the package also includes buffet breakfast for two (minimum stay 2… [more]

Up in Korat, the gateway to the northeast, twelve days of parades and performances in the provincial city of the same name will mark the memory of Thao Suranaree, the wife of a local deputy governor who became an unlikely folk hero when she rallied citizens against Laotian invaders back in the early 1800s. The… [more]

Koh Phangan island’s most upscale hideaway is offering Thai residents rate starting from just B 5,800++ per night, inclusive of breakfast for two. Stay here three nights or more and you’ll also receive return shared car and speedboat transfers between Koh Samui airport and the resort. All its 64 private pool suites and pool villas… [more]

The Ibis Hua Hin, a brand new 200-room hotel near Khao Takiab beach, is located a ten minute drive north of Hua Hin proper. To celebrate its opening they’re offering rates for a standard room starting at B1,080++ per night, and family rooms for B1,580++ per night. For a budget hotel the facilities are surprisingly… [more]

Pattaya’s Hard Rock hotel is celebrating its recent makeover with something called the Rock Star Life Package. No, they’re not offering you the chance to hang out with Keith Richards for one dissolute weekend, rather a chance to stay in their revamped premium rooms and suites, up on the exclusive Kings Club floor, for a… [more]

Up in the lush hills of the North’s Nan province, the pink blossoms of the Chompoo Phu Kha – one of the world’s rarest plants – are in full bloom until the end of March. They grow wild, along with several other notable species, in Doi Phu Kha National Park, which is in the provincial… [more]

The Centara Hotel up in the Northeastern city of Udon Thani is offering one free night’s accommodation to guests staying for two consecutive nights. Breakfast is included in the offer, which is based on two people sharing twin accommodation, and with up to two children under the age of 12 sharing their parents’ room and… [more]

Abounding in first class restaurants, Koh Samui has evolved into one of Southeast Asia’s most prestigious dining destinations in recent years. This new festival is a chance for the foodies among you to sample sixteen of the best of them, as through March each one will be serving a special 7-course menu. In addition, there… [more]

The Shangri-La Hotel Chiang Mai has a special offer for Thais and expatriates who work here: deluxe rooms from B 3,500 net per night for single or double occupancy. The exclusive offer includes complimentary buffet breakfast for two and Wi-Fi access. A good reason to head up to the Rose of the North now is… [more]

Over 300 Muay Thai boxers from 30 countries will flock to the ancient capital, Ayutthaya, to pay respect to their masters and Muay Thai folk hero, Nai Khanom Tom. More importantly, you’ll be able to watch them pummel each other in their quest to win cash prizes and a belt, not to mention learn about… [more]

The newly-opened Centara Pattaya Hotel is offering introductory rates for each of its room categories until 31 March, with breakfast included. Rates based on two people sharing, begin at B 2,450 for a deluxe room with family studio. Two children under the age of 12 and sharing their parents’ room and bedding are included at… [more]

The grapes are ripe for picking at Monsoon Valley’s Hua Hin Hills Vineyard (1 Moo 9 Baan Khork Chang Patana, Huahin), and to mark the occasion they’re laying on a host of harvest activities each weekend until March 18. You’ll be able to help relieve the vines of their swollen bounty, stomp them in the… [more]

To honour the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Germany, the dusitD2 Baraquda hotel in Pattaya (pattaya 2 road, pattaya city: 038-769-999) has teamed up with the Goethe-Institut to offer visitors a different kind of entertainment to the kind the city is notorious for. Each Friday evening through March a different contemporary German… [more]

Unique to the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, this annual Buddhist ritual entails draping holy cloth, known as phra bot, around a stupa located within the grounds of the town’s Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan temple. A form of communal merit-making designed to strengthen community spirit, the custom forms part of Makha Bucha celebrations (an important… [more]