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Welcome to Travography, the website for Australian travel journalist and broadcaster, Roderick Eime.

This is a new location for this website, thanks to a massive and catastrophic security breach at my previous web hosting provider, HOSTFAST (aka 3iX), so I am in the process of relocating everything here. It may appear a bit untidy for a while.

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What does a CIA spy carry on them every day?

Travelling in dangerous places

Let's be honest, at some point we've always fantasised about what it would be like to be a spy for a day. While I've done some minor subterfuge in my time, nothing that would have ever got me shot or locked up. I don't think.

Thailand Hotels

Rod has been travelling through Thailand for more than 20 years. In that time, he has experienced hotels at every price point, and is often called upon to write on these properties and the people behind these brands for both consumer and trade outlets. Here are some examples:

Thailand Hotel and Resorts Media results This update: June 2026

(not including published media releases or TripAdvisor, Google, Facebook etc)

THE RETREAT KOH CHANG

• https://thailandjingjing.blogspot.com/2026/05/koh-changs-best-kept-secret-stylish.html

• https://thaitraveltales.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-retreat-koh-chang-quiet-luxury-on.html

• https://www.travlar.com/2026/05/koh-changs-secret-garden-how-islands.html

• https://www.travlar.com/2026/05/island-calm-boutique-thai-luxury-at.html

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2026/05/20/koh-chang-luxury-retreat-captures-boutique-travel-boom/

• Gourmet on the Road

• Luxury Travel

• Amazing Thailand

BEST WESTERN BRANDS

• https://thailandjingjing.blogspot.com/2026/04/where-to-stay-in-sathorn-practical.html

• https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2026/04/22/exclusive-midscale-momentum-why-flexibility-is-winning-in-bangkoks-hotel-market/

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2026/03/30/carlton-bangkok-sukhumvits-quiet-luxury-standout/

DUSIT THANI BANGKOK

• https://www.luxurytravelmag.com.au/accommodations/dusit-thani-bangkok-review

• https://thailandjingjing.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-stay-at-new-dusit-thani-bangkok.html

• https://thaitraveltales.blogspot.com/2025/12/hotel-snapshot-dusit-thani-bangkok.html

THE SLATE PHUKET

• https://www.firstclassmagazine.co/the-slate-luxury-hotel-review-phuket-thailand/

• https://thaitraveltales.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-slate-phuket-industrial-chic-luxury.html

MOXY BANGKOK

• https://amazingthailand.com.au/hotel-review-moxy-bangkok-ratchaprasong/

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2025/05/31/moxy-bangkok-where-marriott-mixes-mischief-massaman-millennials/

• https://www.gourmetontheroad.com/2025/04/moxy-bounces-impressively-into-bangkok.html

ICON SIAM

• https://amazingthailand.com.au/exploring-iconsiam-bangkoks-newest-megamall/

• https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2023/01/thailands-giant-iconsiam-is-worlds-most.html

PIMALAI

• https://www.firstclassmagazine.co/koh-lanta-thailand-pimalai-hotel-resort/

• https://oceanmagazine.com.au/patch-of-heaven/

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2023/01/21/pimalai-resort-spa-elegance-and-seclusion-on-koh-lanta/

• https://alphamen.asia/pimalai-perfection/

LET’S SEA

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2025/05/05/lets-sea-hua-hin-where-thai-flavour-meets-barefoot-glamour/

• https://thailandjingjing.blogspot.com/2025/04/barefoot-luxury-at-lets-sea-hua-hin-al.html

DEVASOM

• https://westernweekender.com.au/2025/05/how-a-hobby-for-vintage-vinyl-and-retro-hifi-influenced-a-luxury-hotel-brand/

• https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2025/05/how-hobby-for-vintage-vinyl-and-retro.html

ONYX (Oriental Residence, Shama, Amari)

• https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2025/04/09/exclusive-onyx-hospitality-strives-for-quality-over-quantity-in-south-east-asia-market/

• https://www.signatureluxurytravel.com.au/oriental-residence-bangkok-hotel-review/

MELIA

• https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2024/01/08/a-melia-mi-amor-innside-by-melia-bangkok-sukhumvit/

• https://www.gourmetontheroad.com/2024/10/going-spanish-on-bangkok-rooftop.html 

LEGEND CHIANG RAI

• https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2023/08/15/gm-qa-eric-hallin-the-legend-chiang-rai-boutique-river-resort-and-spa/

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2023/01/09/hotel-gm-eric-hallin-quality-never-goes-out-of-style/

SIAM@SIAM

• https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2022/09/13/no-boundaries-the-reinvention-of-siamsiam/

• https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2022/09/bangkoks-siamsiam-design-hotel.html

• https://thaitraveltales.blogspot.com/2022/09/no-boundaries-reinvention-of-siamsiam.html 

FURAMA

https://eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/2022/08/20/furama-its-all-about-location/

EASTERN GRAND PALACE

https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2023/11/eastern-grand-palace-hotel-pattaya-full.html

BAIYOKE SKY HOTEL

https://www.gourmetontheroad.com/2022/06/bangkoks-towering-hotel-is-out-of-this.html

137 PILLARS

• https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2013/07/03/leading-in-chiang-mai/

• https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2018/10/10/hm-exclusive-137-pillars-on-the-move/

• https://www.vacationstravel.com/bangkoks-new-luxury-pillar/

• https://issuu.com/rodeime/docs/robbreportau_137pillars_spring19__2_

AMATARA

• https://www.vacationstravel.com/amatara-wellness-resort-phuket/

• https://avidcruiser.com/2017/04/hotels-phuket-amatara-resort-wellness/

• https://www.travlar.com/2017/03/phuket-hotels-amatara-resort-and.html

AVANI

https://www.vacationstravel.com/avani-riverside-bangkok-hotel-thailand/

HANSAR

https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2011/06/24/bangkoks-hansar-rises-straight-to-the-top/

REMBRANDT

https://thaitraveltales.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-best-indian-in-thailand.html

SO BANGKOK

https://thailandjingjing.blogspot.com/2022/08/so-sofitel-bangkok-like-nothing-youve.html

BANYAN TREE

https://issuu.com/rodeime/docs/vacations_109_cruise-_true_north-_b/12

SUNDRY OLDER STUFF / MIXED BRANDS

Two Ways to Phuket

https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2013/12/two-ways-to-phuket.html

Accor Goes Chic in Bangkok

https://www.hotelmanagement.com.au/2013/01/18/accor-goes-chic-in-bangkok/

Bangkok’s Top Hotels
https://issuu.com/rodeime/docs/let_s_travel_febmar2019_full_lr_bkk

Thai-riffic Resorts

https://issuu.com/rodeime/docs/22-29_thailand_resorts

ABC Radio

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/travel-thailand/13958330

Phuket

https://issuu.com/rodeime/docs/lt49_phuket

The 2024 Buzzsaw Hall of Shame

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Egypt with Intrepid

 

https://www.travel-news-photos-stories.com/2025/05/egypt-raise-sail-on-nile.html

AI VOICE READING

https://www.westernweekender.com.au/2025/07/a-journey-down-the-magnificent-nile/

Flickr image album

El Alamein:

STORY www.travlar.com/2025/10/visiting-el-alamein-war-cemetery-..

Palau and Peleliu

STORY www.travlar.com/2024/09/discover-palau.html

STORY https://issuu.com/rodeime/docs/pacific-island-living-issue-38_-_palau

IMAGES www.flickr.com/photos/rodeime/albums/72177720317930574

Previously 2012

IMAGES https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodeime/albums/72157631681046798/

12 Do's and Don'ts of Pitching Freelance Travel Journalists

 This is something I've been meaning to write myself, but this blogger has done a fine job, so I'll share it here instead. 

Lavanya’s Media Newsletter

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"Travel writers have many responsibilities these days: writing, editing, marketing, invoicing, acquiring images, and keeping track of constantly shifting mastheads. But if our work days are in constant flux, one thing remains constant: Our inboxes are always overflowing with press releases and pitches."

A related story I wrote may apply:

So you want to host a travel journalist