IN BRIEF

Bus reservations at post offices

Thailand Post has joined with Thai Ticketmaster.com and The Transport Co Ltd to launch a new service today to allow people to reserve air-conditioned bus seats in advance at 50 post offices in Bangkok.

The service is aimed at reducing serious congestion at bus terminals prior to long weekends such as the Songkran festival and New Year's.

Parisa Pananond, corporate and marketing communications manager of Thailand Post, said this second phase extended reservations to all main routes. It began last year with only 16 routes.

She added that the new service would allow people to reserve tickets up to 60 days before their journey.

Clients can inform counter service about the type of ticket they want, for which they will be charged a Bt20 service fee.

New Samet GM

The Samed Resorts group has announced the appointment of Dymphna Brennan as general manager of the 40-villa luxury Paradee resort on Koh Samet.

The 54-year-old Brennan joins the Paradee after serving as resident manager at the Grand Sukhumvit and Grand Mercure hotels in Bangkok.

Prior to that she served in senior executive positions at Novotel, Shangri-La, Regent and Mandarin hotel properties in Thailand, Burma, the Philippines, Hong Kong and China.

She has also been regional manager for the Eastern & Oriental Express train, which links Singapore to Thailand.

The Nation
Thu, February 1, 2007