The Baht Bonanza program is available throughout 2012, with the exception of certain holiday and seasonal dates as specified per individual hotel.

Participation in Baht Bonanza is completely free, with the money available for use in the hotel restaurants, spa, and other selected activities.

Hotels and resorts within the program are located in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Krabi, Samui, Koh Pha-Ngan, Trat, and Rayong.

Baht Bonanza works on a sliding scale. If a guest deposits 10,000 baht upon arrival, Centara adds free of charge the sum of 5,000 baht, giving the guest a total of 15,000 baht to enjoy during his or her stay. A 20,000 baht deposit will see 12,000 baht added by Centara, bringing the total to 32,000 baht. Other amounts deposited see an incremental increase in the amounts matched by Centara, up to a deposit of 100,000 baht being matched by a Centara contribution of 100,000 baht.

In this way, the scheme is attractive both to independent travelers and to families or groups, as it has the flexibility to be used by all categories of guest.

Baht Bonanza has to be agreed within the first 24 hours of stay, and no refunds are available for unspent residual value.

There is a top-up option, in which a new Bonanza package can be issued to the value of the guest’s choice upon the settling of the existing package.

Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s largest hotel and resort management company, with a total of 54 properties throughout Thailand and a growing overseas portfolio that includes the Maldives, Indian Himalayas, Vietnam, Philippines, Bali, and Mauritius.

City.Mobi

Also in Thailand today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Bangkok.

City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.

However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

Bangkok.mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

Most entries are also linked to websites where users can quickly access more detailed information if needed.

Other key features include information on accommodation, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and transport.

City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.