Malaysia specialist travel agency, Malaysian Harmony Tour & Travel Sdn Bhd (MHTT) is offering exclusive travel packages for the world famous Western Australia in 2012.

MHTT’s Western Australia Ground Packages includes the following:

• Perth Optional Tours
• 4D3N Perth Hotel Free & Easy
• 4D3N Perth Apartment Free & Easy
• 4D3N Best Of Perth
• 4D3N Perth To Farm
• 5D4N Perth Highlight
• 5D4N Dolphin Coast
• 6D5N Perth Glory
• 6D5N Southwest Highlights

Perth, the capital of the largest Australian state of Western Australia, is one of the most popular travel destinations in the country. Today Perth is characterised by numerous waterways, green parks and a compact central business district.

Click HERE to view/download 6D5N Perth Glory Price & Itinerary.

The above packages are subject to specific terms and conditions. Please contact 12Fly customer support at 1-800-88-2011 or email to enquiry@12fly.com.my for more details.

About Malaysian Harmony Tour & Travel Sdn Bhd (MHTT) - 12Fly.com.my

12fly.com.my is Malaysia’s first ever interactive online international travel portal. Not only it’s providing the latest & hottest travel advice, but it also ease your planning with the easy-access online flight bookings, hotels & lodgings discounts and even attractive holiday packages and services. On top of that, there is a range of useful travel information which is presented in the most interactive layout for destinations worldwide, with interesting travel short clips to be uploaded from time to time, so that you will get the most reliable and latest travel guides to explore your options and plan everything ahead!

Please visit MHTT’s official website for more details at http://www.12fly.com.my

Contact Information

12Fly Sales Office:
No. 21, Jalan Tong Shin,
50200 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Booking Hotlines:
Available from Mon–Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-3pm
1-800-88-2011
1-800-88-0787

Email:
enquiry@12fly.com.my

Buy any Perth package and get extraordinary deals worth up to A$2000 in savings!

For a limited time only you can buy a Perth flight and or package at MATTA to get a Travel Deals Passport with savings worth up to A$2000 and an exclusive Western Australian Gift Pack*!

MATTA Dates: 16 – 18 March 2012
Location: Putra World Trade Centre
Booths: Hall 2, Booth no. 2124 – 2140

View package details here.

Perth offers a great outdoor lifestyle, open spaces, and friendly folk which are the perfect ingredients for an extraordinary family holiday. What’s more it is a little less than five hours away from Singapore.

Perth is the gateway to the extraordinary regions of Western Australia. Head up north to Australia’s Coral Coast where you’ll find beaches, exotic marine life, national reserves and the bluest ocean you’ll see anywhere in the world.

Travel to Australia’s South West; chosen by Lonely Planet as one of the world’s Top 10 Regions for 2010. This region offers some of the most varied travel experiences in Western Australia. Discover towering forests to whale watching, fine food and wine to world class surfing.

Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in the spirit of equality or exploitation.

“I like a job where I can show my ability and I love to wear beautiful suits,” said Phuntakarn Sringern, better known by her nickname Mew, embarking on Friday on the airline’s first commercial flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong.
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“This is just like my dream come true, and maybe this is a first step for transladies, transgenders, to have a good job in the future,” the 25-year-old said.

In their neat black uniform and fiery orange scarves, Mew and her colleagues ushered passengers to their seats, demonstrated safety features and filled coffee cups – offering little indication that they were any different from the other air hostesses on the flight.

Some passengers, perhaps having seen PC Air’s advertising, asked the transsexual cabin crew to pose for pictures with them, but many seemed unaware there was anything unusual about the flight attendants.

“Oh, I did not hear before about it,” said Bay, a Thai passenger. “They look really beautiful, and they are really nice … it’s pretty cool.”

Thailand has a culture of tolerance on issues of sexual orientation and gender, and “katoeys”, as transsexuals are known in the kingdom, are considered a “third sex” in their own right.

In spite of this, more conservative elements of society find it hard to accept, with some families sending their children to monasteries to be “re-educated” and transsexuals struggling to find work in many areas.

“In my heart, I always want to be a flight attendant but I was waiting for an opportunity,” said air hostess Chayathisa Nakmai, aged 24. But until now “every airline is open only for men and women, transgender is not accepted”.

PC Air’s initiative is being welcomed by some activists, who applaud its efforts to offer a chance of ordinary work to transgender people.

The company “helps promote a positive image of Thai transsexuals, beyond certain stereotypes”, said transgender advocate Prempreeda Pramoj Na Ayutthaya. But others are sceptical about the motives of the company, which has actively sought to publicise its recruitment drive.

“They use the zany, outrageous, bizarre side of transsexuals,” said Yollada Krerkkong Suanyot, president of Thailand’s TransFemale Association of Thailand.

“This emphasises the way that society has regarded these people as if they were strange, special, bizarre. Come see them, these are stewardesses!”.

Buddhist Thailand is spared from the “weight of the Judeo-Christian sexual repression”, but had in the past been influenced by some Western ideas that presented transsexuals as “mentally disordered”, said Sam Winter, a psychologist and gender specialist at the University of Hong Kong.

The result is “a practical and bureaucratic intolerance” towards a group of nearly 180,000 people, he says.

With few avenues for employment, growing numbers of Thai transsexuals are moving into sex work as a way to make money and for a “rare chance to affirm their identity as women”, said Winter.

Despite their sex change operation, the law does not recognise Mew, and her transsexual colleagues as women — a situation that forces PC Air to contact the destination country in advance, to avoid trouble at immigration gates.

PC Air has three planes and will operate charter flights from Bangkok to Hong Kong and other Asian destinations.

The company’s boss Peter Chan, who lent his initials to the airline, is proud of being a “pioneer”.

He denies any intention to use the transsexual crews as a marketing ploy and highlights reasons of the “heart” and “human rights” to justify the policy.

“It was never about money,” the eccentric 48-year-old said, before embarking on a rendition of My Way by Frank Sinatra as if to prove his point.

The slogan is also painted on the company’s aircraft: “I believe it’s ‘my way’”.

Mew, who had sex change surgery two years ago, is now hoping that others will follow in the company’s footsteps, in the air and elsewhere.

“Maybe in the future,” she said, “all transladies, all transgenders could get a job like a flight attendant or be prime minister.”

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/airlines-transsexual-flight-attendants-equality-or-gimmick-20120313-1uxus.html#ixzz1oyQ5TIb5

The travel agencies Malaysia offer their airline tickets most popularly online as many people prefer this means since it is very reliable. They also avail room reservation services to the client at their request. The rooms are located near hospitals or police stations just to ensure safety or fast emergency response in case of any danger.

For the first time travelers, some essential books are provided which show all the best joints from which some necessary services can be obtained. These services may include restaurants, places to stay and other details needed during the stay. In case the traveler is not well conversant with the local language, there is always a language translation dictionary provided by these people.

The individuals must, however, ensure that they have a valid visa so as not to brush shoulders with the officials. Other services travel agents help include changing of currencies, provision of communication gadgets which can be rented or bought, and car rental and collection for use during the stay.

They also offer confirmation of return tickets and room reservations. There are some other customized and long term deals for frequent travelers depending on the company one is dealing with.

It is always an advantage to have some rough knowledge of the local language and the intermediaries tend top provide some little orientation. Words like “ni hao” and “xie xie” which mean “hello” and “thank you” respectively are a-must-know so as to show some sense of membership. Corporate ticketing is offered by several tour agents using Computer Reservations System that has connections with all the major airlines and other related services like car renting and room reservations.

For a more valued customer, Limousine transfer services are provided thus enhancing a prestigious transportation to preferred locations. Visa application assistance is always provided with links to the respective embassies. Tickets and documents can be delivered to the client by the tour agents Malaysia to the location of the client increasing convenience.