Katy Rawlings November 14th, 2008
There has been a buzz of excitement around the office this week with the launch of the new Southeast Asia brochure being the main topic of conversation. With the company’s roots lying in this area of the world (our very first tour took place in Vietnam in 1996) it’s always exciting to be able to highlight all of our new discoveries in this region as well as presenting some old favourites in a new way!
With the Southeast Asia team spending the last 12 months researching the area, there’s a lot to see in the new brochure. Discoveries include eco-lodges such as the Kingfisher Ecolodgein Champasak and La Folie Lodgein Don Daeng, cruises including Komodo Private Boats in Indonesia and the R/V Orient Pandaw in Borneo, as well as HaGiang in Vietnam and Isaan in Thailand amongst the new places to explore.
To order a new Southeast Asia brochure click here »
To view the brochure online click here »
Loic Robertson November 12th, 2008
Collecting Audley’s Friends of Thailand 2008 Award
We were thrilled to win the “Friends of Thailand” Award for Top Tour Operator 2008. These were the seventh Thailand Tourism Awards and the ceremony was held in Bangkok on 27th September 2008. Our Regional Manager for Thailand, Kate Dicks, went to collect the award. More »
Kate Dicks November 12th, 2008
Audley raises £10,000 to help open new school in Burma
A very big thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets and purchased photographs from our online exhibition. We managed to raise over £10,000 towards the school building in Burma, well over our £8,000 target, which means that as well as building the school itself we were able to buy school furniture and some stationery. More »
Loic Robertson September 22nd, 2008
As you may have seen, Audley is raising funds to help with the re-build of the primary school at Paya Ngoto (North) Village which was completely destroyed by cyclone Nargis.
If you would like to help with our fundraising efforts please purchase a ticket for entry into our prize draw. There are some fabulous prizes to win all kindly donated by some of our suppliers and the families and friends of Audley staff. The prize draw takes place on the 15th October 2008.
Prize draw tickets can be purchased by downloading the Order Form or calling 01993 838 105.
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Tags: burma, fund raising
Loic Robertson September 22nd, 2008
Buy your prints at the Audley Burma Gallery
As part of our fund-raising efforts to support the children of the primary school at Paya Ngoto (North) Village which was completely destroyed by cyclone Nargis, we have launched the Burma Gallery - an online photography exhibition where you can purchase professional quality prints with the money raised going towards the £8,000 target needed to help rebuild the school. More »
Kate Dicks September 22nd, 2008
The wrecked school and the floodwaters
Following our initial fundraising efforts for the victims of cyclone Nargis, it has always been our intention to source a project that Audley could directly support that would provide long-term gain for a community.
Whilst it has proved considerably more difficult than we had initially thought to find a suitable project (our first attempt unfortunately fell through to another donor), we are now moving ahead at a pace with the rebuilding of a primary school at Paya Ngoto (North) Village.
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Kate Dicks May 23rd, 2008
Yesterday our series of fundraising events got underway with a lunchtime of fun activities including a Hog Roast and BBQ as well as a cake sale. I never realised you could get into a bidding war over a cake! Just as well both parties did, as it helped to make lots of money. More »
Tags: Burma Appeal, fundraising, Southeast Asia
Kate Dicks May 16th, 2008
You may have read about the fantastic fundraising efforts that the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company are carrying out in the Delta in cooperation with Merlin, a UK based aid agency (update on our blog). Two of the Pandaw fleet are now navigating the Delta taking supplies to those in need, as well as acting as floating hospitals. We have donated $2,000 to the fund, knowing that this money will bring immediate relief to the Burmese people affected by this terrible catastrophe. More »
Tags: burma, cyclone nargis, fundraising
Loic Robertson May 14th, 2008
Today, we received the following pictures which have been taken by Mr Khin Zaw Nichols, Managing Director of our ground agent in Burma, Tour Mandalay. He and a team from the Yangon office have been in the Syriam area handing over water filters as well as food, medical and building supplies to the local monastery and orphanage.
Monasteries are for many villages in Burma the focal point of a community and from here aid has been distributed to many families and individuals in need. The children of the orphanage have been provided with wholesome meals whilst the villagers have been educated on how to use the water filters donated by an American company. More »
Tags: Burma Appeal, photos
Loic Robertson May 12th, 2008
As you will have seen from news reports, the chief problem is overseas aid getting through to people on the ground rather than the aid being available.
Our local agent in Burma (who sent us the photos below) has been working in the Syriam area near Yangon getting food, medical supplies, water filters and building materials through to an orphanage and monastery there. From here, aid has also been distributed to the wider community. More »
Tags: Burma Appeal, fund raising
