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  Bespoke marketing platform, twisht, presented AVANI+ Luang Prabang with a 2018 Global Experience Award for achieving a guest satisfaction rating above 80%. twisht connects global Millennial travellers directly with hospitality providers, by focusing on the unique guest experience.    They do this by offering an integrated combination of social media exposure, business profiling, direct links, … Read more

  Khammouane’s Hinboun District could get a major adventure tourism boost, as Lao company, Intra Crop, is currently conducting a feasibility study to develop the Green World project based at Khoun Kong Leng Lake. Photo by Steven Schipani Khoun Kong Leng Lake is approximately 50 km north of Thakaek in the Phou Hin Pun foothills, … Read more

  “The aim is education more than cruising,” said Mr Thong, Managing Director of Luang Prabang-based Tanva Mekong Cruise. “And not just in Luang Prabang, but throughout Laos. Mr Thong and I sat aboard his vessel in dark silence with light coming from a lantern and Luang Prabang in the distance. The sun had set, … Read more

  Ock Pop Tok recently visited a group in its Village Weaver Project at Ban Phienghong Village in Xieng Khouang Province. The trip aimed to follow up on the original 2017 training program, bring raw materials, and introduce new product designs for future pieces. Ban Phienghong is one of the villages participating in the Village … Read more

  An Arkansas University visiting architecture student from Laos, Nout Keomany Phengmeuang, gave students a presentation, “Laos, A Paradise of adventure”, to create awareness in the country’s culture and traditions, lifestyle, food, and attractions on 27 March as part of the Holcombe Global Series. Read the entire story.     

  BikingMan needs solid local partners when organising unassisted ultracycling races in the middle of nowhere. They hit pay dirt in Laos with four strong supporters, in different fields, immediately stepping up to help . Sanctuary Luang Prabang Hotel is hosting the Race Village and serving as the start/finish line, while. Sanctuary Pakbeng Lodge’s role … Read more

  News keeps pouring in from Sanctuary Hotels & Resorts: Green Season deals, an addition to the Mekong Elephant Park, and sponsorship of BikingMan Laos ultracycling race.  Sanctuary is welcoming the Lao New Year with a slate of deals. Spend two nights at the Luang Prabang hotel and get a third night free. The Nam … Read more

  By Alex Robb-Millar, White Elephant Adventures As the sun was rising on a cool winter’s morning in the misty mountainous city of Luang Prabang, an unusual sight was developing before the eyes of local people eating their morning street-side bowl of steaming khao piek khao (rice congee). It’s not often roads are closed off … Read more

  In January, We Are Lao reported Bangkok Airway’s (PG) launch of direct flights between Luang Prabang and Chiang Mai.  In early March, the airline announced a new direct route from the northern Thai hub to the seaside resort, Krabi. PG already offers Bangkok-Luang Prabang flights that will kick off a Thai-Lao circuit that ends … Read more

  Adapted from Vientiane Times article by Siladda Souliyong Local residents have found about 60 ancient Buddha images in Tham Phapheenoy Cave near Khamphalaeng Village in Khammouane province, which authorities estimate to be hundreds of years old. An official at the Mahaxay District Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Kaikeo Bounmany, said the Buddha images were … Read more