Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Angkor Palace Resort & Spa named ‘Bridges’ Hotel partner


The International Peace Foundation has appointed Angkor Palace Resort & Spa as the official hotel partner in Siem Reap for the 3rd ASEAN event series "Bridges -Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace".

HSH Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the International Peace Foundation, will officially launch the ASEAN event on 28 April in Phnom Penh.
The event will consist of 50 major "Bridges", which will take place in Cambodia continuously from November 2009 to April 2010.

The ASEAN event has already received confirmation that Nobel Laureates for Economics, Peace, Physics, Chemistry and Medicine as well as with other eminent keynote speakers and artists including world-renowned pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and Prof. Lord Anthony Giddens from the London School of Economics will participate.

As the official "Bridges" partner hotel in Siem Reap, Angkor Palace Resort & Spa will host complimentary accommodation and breakfast for the estimated 10 Nobel Laureates and keynote speakers of the "Bridges" event series.

“We are truly honoured to be a hotel partner for this prestigious and noble event, and we look forward to welcoming the highly esteemed Nobel Laureate participants in the next few months to Siem Reap.

“Just as these luminaries have inspired the world with their talents, we are confident that our visitors will be equally overawed by our legendary temples,” comments Mr. Weng Aow, General Manager of Angkor Palace Resort & Spa.

The event will be jointly chaired by His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia (Honorary Chairman), and His Excellency Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (Chairman).

Sources: http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article.asp?id=61572&nav=1
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