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www.travelweekly-asia.com | 23 GLOBAL WRAP Celebrity Cruises Half Page Magazine ad 152H x 244Wmm FA.indd 1 27/6/19 10:10 AM Earlier this year, Patong tuk- tuk and taxi drivers were given an "attitude adjustment" briefing by the local transport authority. extension complex, and is situated above Tung Chung MTR station, and a five-minute drive from Hong Kong International Airport and AsiaWorld- Expo. Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit signing ceremony. The Silveri Hong Kong – MGallery Garden Terrace. SILVER LINING FOR ACCOR'S LATEST MGALLERY The Silveri Hong Kong – MGallery, situated next to Novotel Citygate in Tung Chung, will be the brand's first hotel in Hong Kong when it opens towards the end of 2019. The hotel's name references the silver mine resources in east Lantau. Silver is used as a design element throughout the hotel. The Silveri Hong Kong – MGallery is part of Citygate's mixed-use Cambodia is keen to promote its noodles. PHOTO CREDIT: SEVENDEMAN/ GETTYIMAGES CAN NOODLES SPARK CAMBODIA TOURISM BOOM? Cambodia wants Khmer noodles listed on Unesco's cultural heritage list. "We must push for it – to have it registered in the cultural heritage list," Tourism Minister Thong Khon said during countrywide noodle parties. "We all know that Khmer noodles are one of the products of the country's identity. I believe we can do it." Khon said that Khmer noodles could attract travellers and food enthusiasts from around the world. MYANMAR WELCOMES SIX MORE COUNTRIES WITH VoA Myanmar is rolling out the red carpet for citizens of six more countries, effective October 1, 2019. The six countries to be granted visa-on-arrival are Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and Australia. Visitors will be allowed to enter through three international airports - Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw, and designated border gates. WORLDHOTELS ADDS BANGKOK TO ITS NETWORK Luxury hotel management company WorldHotels has added Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit to its Asia Pacific portfolio as it steers ahead under the newly-minted BWH Hotel Group. The Frankfurt-based luxury hotel management company, which manages 300 properties globally, was acquired by midscale hotel chain Best Western Hotels & Resorts in February. The latest addition of Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit joins WorldHotels' growing list of properties in Asia Pacific, which comprises 80 independent hotel and resort properties.

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