Sirima Eamtako, Bangkok (2010-02-08)

BANGKOK-based tour operator, All Asia Exclusive (AAE), will launch its own line of border-crossing tour products at ITB Berlin.

Sales director Phaopan Anankamnee said the new products would allow AAE to provide a one-stop service for customers of its two main European accounts - Tischler and Tourasia - and other emerging accounts from Italy and Portugal to book combined tour programmes between Thailand and Cambodia, Laos or Myanmar.

Currently, partners book the Thailand portion with AAE while the border-crossing option is handled by local or regional tour operators.

AAE's new products will highlight the Thailand-Cambodia package with crossings from Thailand's Aranyaprathet through Cambodia's Poipet to Siem Reap. The Thailand-Laos tour will offer two crossing options - Chongmeg to Pakse or Nongkhai to Vientiane - and the Thailand-Myanmar programme will be from from Maesai to Tachileik.

AAE is also looking at ways to conduct its own programmes in Cambodia and Laos while partner AAE (Myanmar) will be the groundhandler for the Myanmar portion.