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Thai Garden Resort receives
prestigious Travelife Gold Award
Rene E.H. Pisters
The Thai Garden Resort is pleased to announce that for the second
time it has received the prestigious Travelife Gold Award which is valid for
the years 2013-2015.
The Travelife Awards are presented to those hotels which have shown a
significant commitment towards sustainable tourism and preserving the
environment while improving local community relationships.
The awards come in Bronze, Silver and Gold and the Thai Garden Resort has
achieved the Gold Award.
In order to qualify for the award an audit of the hotel is conducted by the
Travelife team and proof of policies and procedures needs to be presented to
the inspectors.
The hotel has to show that it is committed to preserving the environment.
The Thai Garden Resort has implemented tools like solar panels to produce
hot water for the guest rooms, installed water saving devices, and uses heat
exchangers whereby the hot air from freezers and walk-in refrigerators is
not blown into the outside air, but being re-routed to be used to produce
warm water. Grey water is being re-cycled and being used to water the
gardens. Purchase of food items is being done in bulk in order to avoid
plastic packaging. Glass bottles for drinking water are used in the hotel
rooms instead of plastic one-way bottles, and the list goes on.
Guests are encouraged to play an active role in saving the environment by
re-using towels and bed linen if they wish to do so and reducing the usage
of electricity without having to compromise on comfort.
However the award also covers the hotel’s social commitments towards the
local community.
The resort donates items which are no longer used in the hotel, such as
furniture and linen, to local communities, it supports local charities
through the Toy For Joy project which collects goods and monetary funds for
the orphanages in Pattaya, invites underprivileged children to use the
hotel’s swimming pool, and creates training programs for orphans to teach
them all aspects of the hotel operations.
The award is highly respected by European Tour Operators, such as TUI and
Thomas Cook, since they want to ensure that their guests are staying in
hotels which not only care for the environment, but also contribute towards
the local community as well.
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Thai Airways International helps
sponsor Prince Mahidol Award 2012
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, as the representative of
His Majesty the King, presided over the Presentation Ceremony of the Prince
Mahidol Award 2012 at the Chakri Throne Hall, the Grand Palace.
Thai Airways International (THAI) was a proud sponsor of this prestigious
occasion recently, bringing award selection committee members and award
recipients to the Kingdom of Thailand.
Apiporn Pasawat (third from left), THAI member of the Board of Directors,
and Dr. Sorajak Kasemsuvan (sixth from left), THAI president, congratulated
Sir Michael David Rawlins (fifth from left), from England, a pioneer in
bringing approaches and practices of scientific and clinical-based evidence
to evaluate the efficiency and worthiness of drugs, instruments and medical
procedures, and Dr. Uche Veronica Amazigo (fourth from left), from Nigeria,
a leading figure in the introduction and application of community-directed
treatment and control of important diseases in the field of Medicine and
Public Health.
The Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, of which Her Royal Highness Princess
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is the President, was established on January 1st,
1992 to commemorate the centennial birthday of His Royal Highness Prince
Mahidol of Songkla. The Prince Mahidol Award is conferred annually to
individual(s) or institution(s), firstly, “in the field of medicine for
mankind,” and secondly “for outstanding contribution in the field of public
health for the sake of well-being of the people.” Award recipients are
presented with a medal and certificate of achievement, along with USD
100,000.
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THAI to launch more routes to attract 25 million travelers
Thai Airways International (THAI), Thailand’s national flag carrier, will
launch more routes to attract 25 million more travelers as part of its
collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
THAI President Sorajak Kasemsuvan said the airline has held discussions with
TAT, and this year’s target is to attract 25 million travelers to the
country.
More flights to such destinations as Japan’s Sapporo will be added, from
five to seven flights/week during Thailand’s cool season.
More routes from and to India and Russia also will be operated, for a high
percentage of tourists from both countries visit Thailand, as well as routes
from and to China and Myanmar.
THAI will soon open Bangkok-Mandalay-Bangkok flights, believing such a route
will attract about an 80 percent of passenger load per flight on average.
(MCOT)
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