Qatar Airways announces Chiang Mai as a new destination end-year

Source: Qatar Airways.

Qatar Airways has announced that it will expand its network to Chiang Mai in Thailand from 16 December 2016. There will be five five flights a week via Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, with an A330-200.

The largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, Chiang Mai will be the fourth city in the Asian country to be served by Qatar Airways, which currently flies to Bangkok and Phuket, and will commence flights to Krabi on 6 December. With the addition of Krabi and Chiang Mai to its network Qatar Airways will increase its flights to Thailand from 39 to 48 per week by the end of 2016.

Qatar Airways Senior Vice President East Asia & South West Pacific Marwan Koleilat said: “As we are constantly expanding our network in Southeast Asia, the popular tourist destination of Thailand is an obvious target for growth. We have seen increased travel demand for our services to Thailand and now with the introduction of our award-winning product to popular secondary cities such as Chiang Mai and Krabi, we provide overseas visitors and tour operators with greater flexibility and ease of travel when designing their Thailand holiday itineraries.”


Flight Schedule:

QR918 departs Doha (DOH) to Chiang Mai (CNX) at 2:30am and arrives 2:55pm
QR919 departs Chiang Mai (CNX) to Doha (DOH) at 4:45pm and arrives: 10:15pm.

The Airbus A330-200 has 24 seats in the Business Class cabin with a 2-2-2 configuration and 180-degree (fully-flat) bed. The Economy Class cabin features 236 seats in a 2-4-2 / 2-3-2 configuration, with a 32" seat pitch and 18.5" seat width. Qatar Airways currently has 15 A330-200s in its fleet of 185 aircraft and has been operating this aircraft type since 2002.
The launch of flights to Chiang Mai comes at a time when Qatar Airways is rapidly expanding its network. The airline will inaugurate 14 new destinations on its route map throughout 2016 and into early 2017. Other new destination launches in Asia Pacific include Auckland on 6 February 2017.

BHM Asia launches new booking website for its X2 and Away villa brands in Chiang Mai

Source: www.VillasChiangMai.com

Asia-Pacific hotel management, development and consulting group Bespoke Hospitality Management Asia (BHMAsia) has launched a new website for holiday villa rental that lists all villa properties in Chiang Mai under its X2 (CrossTo) and Away brands. 

According to BHMAsia, a Chiang Mai holiday villa means more space than a hotel room, with separate bedrooms and social living spaces accommodating up to 14 people in some cases. Each villa is served by a dedicated villa manager, who can arrange breakfast and traditional Thai buffets or arrange sightseeing and travel itineraries. 

The X2 Chiang Mai - Nimman, for instance, is located in the trendy Nimmanhaemin area of Chiang Mai, and will launch in July 2015. The villa’s modern retro design reflects the hipness of the area. Spread out over 580 sq m, the X2 Chiang Mai - Nimman townhouse villa offers accommodation for 14 guests with seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms.

The X2 Chiang Mai - Nimman features a living room, fully equipped kitchen, games room with snooker table, rooftop BBQ and sundeck.

The website provides full information about the villas, availability, latest deals with instant confirmation of bookings. There are choices of three, five and six bedroom villas including X2 Chiang Mai-North Gate, X2 Chiang Mai-South Gate, and Away Phucome Chiang Mai.