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Amari announces
appointments
 Christophe
Meylan
Kurt Rufli, Managing Director of Amari Hotels and
Resorts has announced the appointment of Christophe Meylan as the
Executive Assistant Manager of Amari Coral Beach Resort, and Marco Maggio
as the Chef at La Gritta Restaurant on Sukhumvit Soi 19.
Mr. Meylan, a Swiss national, joins the group from
Ecole Hotelier de Lausanne in Switzerland, where he has just completed a
Bachelor Degree in International Hospitality Management. He has previously
worked as a Food and Beverage Management Trainee at the Amari Airport
Hotel in Bangkok and at the Swissotel ‘Le Plaza’.
Marco
Maggio
Mr. Maggio was previously the Sous Chef in charge of
the Italian restaurant at the Sheraton Club Des Pins and Towers in
Algeria. Prior to this he worked as the Italian Specialty Chef at the
Sheraton Bahrain Hotel.
Golf course tax confuses
country clubs
New collection process making it harder to
avoid paying taxes
Golf course taxes supporting local schools and area
improvements were collected by the district level of government for 68
years until 1998, when the Ministry of Interior turned the tax collection
responsibility over to the Sub-district Administration Organization
nationwide.
The district level of government was viewed as
understaffed to efficiently collect the taxes. Many golf courses avoided
the tax or did not pay their appropriate shares, and the SAO, considered
to be better manned, took over the tax collection process. Since the SAO
has taken over collection, it is becoming much more difficult for golf
courses to avoid paying their taxes.
Golf courses were taxed on their land area at 40-50
baht per rai prior to the transfer of collection responsibilities, and the
tax collection transfer to the SAO brought about new regulations, taxing
clubhouses and any hotels on the property.
The taxable amount depended on rates charged for
services with a 12.5% tax levy on the number of golfers paying to play on
a yearly basis. The taxes paid by different golf courses vary according to
the fees and the type of businesses on the property.
In Chonburi, the golf courses paying the highest taxes
are Khao Kheow, Natural Park and Bangpra. They contribute 450,000 baht
annually, which is considered a minimal amount compared to each course’s
monthly profits.
Many golf courses are against the new procedures,
claiming that the SAO is too strict. There is much concern amongst the
golf courses that have been avoiding taxes or paying minimal amounts in
the past.
However, the SAO considers the stricter controls will
equally share the responsibilities amongst all golf courses.
A group of 20 golf courses in the eastern region feel
they are paying too many other taxes as it is, and are discussing methods
to standardize the taxes in a more equitable manner.
Further talks between golf course owners and the SAO
are expected before any new changes take effect.
Avery Dennison holds
Grand Opening
 Christian
Simcic, Group Vice President, Fasson Roll Worldwide of Avery Dennison
(Thailand) Ltd. presided over the Grand Opening Ceremony for the
company’s new factory at the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate
(Rayong), developed by Hemaraj Land and Development PLC. The 100% US
company’s new factory will produce Pressure Sensitive Paper, 30% for
domestic use and 70% for export.
Giummarra to lease
mini-factory
Giummarra International Ltd. recently signed an
agreement to lease a mini-factory at Hemaraj’s Eastern Seaboard
Industrial Estate in Rayong. The factory will produce HDPE plastic bags
with a capacity of 2,000 kilograms per hour.
 Giummarra
Giusepe, Director of Giummarra International Ltd. and David Nardone,
President of Hemaraj Land and Development PLC shakes hands over the
agreement.
GTS launches new B2B
portal
GTS Consultants P. Ltd., a New Delhi based consulting
company has launched a New B2B Portal. It is a unique website bringing the
benefits of technology to companies of all sizes in all industries. GTS
Consultants is a consulting organisation working in the areas of
technology transfers and international business development. It is a
member of several international networks run by international
organisations such as the EU and the UNIDO.
The website is at http://www.globaltechnoscan.com. The
company used to bring out a fortnightly newsletter of the same name since
1991 and was subscribed by most major companies, leading govt and
university research laboratories. The website is targeted towards
corporate decision makers all over the world and almost 90% of its
visitors are international visitors.
The website has several different areas such as:
Weekly magazine on technology developments. GTS
monitors new technology developments from thousands of laboratories,
universities and the corporate sector, and selects the most important
developments which they present in a weekly magazine. All articles can be
accessed in industry wise archives also.
Business Opportunities. GTS has over 500 international
business and technology transfer opportunities from all over the world.
This section is updated & new opportunities are added regularly.
Venture Capital & Financing contains useful
articles and links to almost 1000 VCs operating all over the world, with
details of investment preferences, size and stage, etc...
Intellectual Property and Patents. Useful articles on
intellectual property protection, patents, resources available on the
internet and the websites of various patent offices, with links to 50
national patent offices.
Trade Fairs & Conferences relevant to the visitor
profile of the website. The focus is on technology related events. A
calendar of events up to 2001 is provided on the site.
Directory and Links. GTS has a very large directory
section with links to conference and trade fairs, patents & IP links
including patent offices, valuation experts, lawyers, venture capital and
investment bankers, university and corporate R&D laboratories, science
& technology parks, tech transfer offices, tech transfer
intermediaries, industrial and professional associations, etc...
Other areas include science and technology policy, and
research & development management. Several new areas will be added
shortly. GTS is also currently in the process of adding several new
industry specific portals.
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