Key operators
Kuoni
Brochure: Worldwide.
Features: Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi, Phi Phi, Maiton Island, Hua Hin, Cha-Am, and Pattaya plus resorts in northern Thailand and round-trip cruises from Phuket to Singapore on the SuperStar Gemini and from Bangkok on Star Clippers tall ship, Star Flyer.
Sovereign
Brochure: Sovereign Worldwide.
Features: Bangkok, Phuket, Hua Hin, Cha-Am, Koh Samui, Krabi and, new for 2000, Phi Phi Island as well as the northern city of Chiang Mai. Also included is the Eastern and Oriental Express train journey between Thailand and Singapore.
Cresta
Brochure: Worldwide.
Features: a total of 30 hotels in the major resorts, including Bangkok. Five new upmarket properties in Phuket and Krabi have been added to the Worldwide programme for 2000.
Tradewinds
Brochure: Worldwide Holidays.
Features: Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi, Phi Phi, Hua Hin, Cha-Am and Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.
Distant Dreams
Brochure: Worldwide Holidays.
Features: Phuket, Koh Samui, Krabi, Hua Hin and northern Thailand plus a choice of two round-trip cruises; one to Vietnam from Bangkok and one to Singapore from Phuket.
Goldenjoy
Brochure: Middle East, Far East and Caribbean.
Features: Phuket, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Pattaya and Hua Hin plus round-trip cruises from Phuket to Singapore on the SuperStar Gemini.
Travel 2
Brochure: Discover the Far East.
Features: Bangkok, Phuket, Phi Phi, Krabi, Koh Samui, Pattaya and Chiang Mai plus self-drive tours, Star Clipper cruises and Star Cruises’ itinerary on the SuperStar Europe.
Premier Holidays
Brochure: Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Features: Phuket, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phi Phi, Krabi, Koh Samui. Extensions to northern Thailand are available, as are Bangkok city stays and 15-day tours of the country.
Silverbird
Brochure: Oriental Variations.
Features: Ko Samui, Hua Hin, Cha-Am, Phuket, Phi Phi, Krabi and Pattaya. Also, city stays in Bangkok, tours of northern Thailand and the Eastern and Oriental Express.
Magic of the Orient
Brochure: Magic of the Orient.
Features: Bangkok, Phuket, Cha Am, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Krabi and the islands of Phang Nga and Phi Phi, as well as holidays to northern Thailand, flydrives, river cruises and a new six-day cruise from Phuket to Trang Province.
Thomson
Brochure: Faraway Shores.
Features: Phuket, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai and tours of northern Thailand.
Contact: The Tourism Authority of Thailand. Telephone 020-7499 7679. E-mail: info@tat-uk.demon.co.uk
Web site: www.tourismthailand.org