Senator Sutham Phanthusak (left)
presents a congratulatory gift to Peter Malhotra.
Staff Reporters
Pattaya Mail celebrated our 20th anniversary with a staff party at the
Moon River Pub.
Managing Director Peter Malhotra hosted the July 20 affair for more than 100
staffers and guests. They offered congratulations to a company that now includes
the German-language Pattaya Blatt, Chiang Mai Mail and Pattaya Mail on TV.
Volume 1, No. 1 of the Pattaya Mail hit the newsstands on July 23, 1993. The
paper was Malhotra’s first venture into media; he’d arrived in Pattaya in 1975
to open a tailoring shop. But the idea for the paper came out of a sense that
the foreign community in Pattaya needed an English-language “voice.”
A plethora of guests turned up for the anniversary party, which was just the
latest effort to show appreciation to the staff that have put out the paper
weekly for 20 years. Staffers played games, took part in a raffle that offered a
huge supply of great gifts from sponsors and enjoyed a performance from the
Children’s Protection and Development Center.
Sponsors of gifts included the Dusit Thani Pattaya, Holiday Inn Pattaya, Thai
Garden Resort Pattaya, ScanAsia, Human Help Network, Mata Hari, 87 Print and the
YWCA Bangkok Pattaya Chapter. The grand raffle prize was a 40” flat screen TV
donated by long-time friend Jan Olav Aamlid,
The guest list included all the contributors that were able to attend, along
with our friends and family from the Chiang Mai Mail and Pattaya Blatt.
The Moon River Pub must be commended for putting on a great buffet. The new
house band, the Cross Colors Band, inspired many guests to get up out of their
seats and take to the dance floor.
Looking forward, Malhotra said the company will adopt new technology to improve
the publishing and broadcast of news to its communities, expanding its online
and social-media presence to serve not only the local audience, but fans of
Pattaya and Thailand abroad.
Peter greets Shana Kongmun,
managing editor of the Chiang Mai Mail, who flew down from Chiang Mai to
celebrate the 20th Anniversary.
Thepporn Donvithai (center) from
the accounting department wins the night’s grand prize, a 40” flat screen TV
donated by Jan Olav Aamlid (2nd left).
Dan Dorothy (left) and Martin
Bilsborrow wait for the lines to dwindle before attacking the delicious buffet.
Son Prince Malhotra (left) poses
for a photo with his proud father Peter.
Tony and Rungratree Malhotra hold
court in their corner of the party.
Yan ‘Life at 33 1/3’ Friis (3rd
right) and Jan Olav Aamlid (centre), along with their families gather for a
group photo with Peter Malhotra.
Der gemütliche Pattaya Blatt
Stammtisch. (l-r) Peter ‘Loong’ Nordhues, Executive editor Elfi Seitz, Horst
Müller, Margret and Otmar Deter, president of the Rotary Club of Phoenix
Pattaya.
Dr. Iain Corness and his lovely
wife Som (right) take time out from their busy schedule to sample a glass of
wine with executive editor Dan Dorothy.
(l-r) Nat and May from the
marketing department along with Noi and Aunty Taew from the accounting
department show off their prizes for performing well in the night’s first game.
Peter (center) thanks the
children from CPDC after their magical performance.
Aunty Toy (right) and children
from the CPDC center present flowers to Peter.
Peter Malhotra, MD of Pattaya
Mail Media Group, waxes lyrical about the history of our company.
Peter presents a raffle
prize gift voucher to Executive editor Dan Dorothy.
Nopniwat Krailerg (left) news
editor of our 3 newspapers with Korn Kitcha-Amorn and Pattaya Mail reporter
Warunya Thongrod.
Sue (left) presents a raffle prize
BBQ to Poo.
The marketing department (from
left to right) Nut, May, Poo and Yui show off their gifts.
Chiang Mai Mail was well
represented at the party, as well they should be.
The night began with games to
build team work and harmony within the company.
Peter Malhotra presents a ‘much
needed’ battery to Boonlua Chatree, the longest tenured reporter at Pattaya
Mail.
The graphic’s department attacks
the food before anyone else.
It’s not what it looks like! Korn
and Manus take part in the fun and games.
Senator Sutham Phanthusak (6th
left) poses for a group photo with some of the Pattaya Mail Media Group staff
Korn Kitcha-Amorn (centre) keeps
a watchful eye over his team to make sure they imbibed moderately.
It was a super fun night thanks
to Thanawat Suansuk ‘King’ and Pawinee Kaewkert ‘Ae’.
