Pattaya was witness to yet another milestone in the city’s history as
French conglomerate opened the new 800 million baht Carrefour Hyper market
on Wednesday December 3. The lavish opening ceremonies, complete with
marching band, kicked off as, CenCar Ltd managing director Luc Dayot and
senior management, warmly welcomed the French Ambassador H.E. Laurent Aublin
upon his arrival, guiding him to the second floor for the official opening
ceremonies.
(l-r)
Luc Dayot, MD of Carrefour Thailand, H.E. Laurent Aublin, the French
Ambassador, Mayor Pairat Suthithamrongsawat, Chanyuth Hengtrakul, advisor to
the minister of Science & Technology and Thonapon Tangkanapan, Director
of development of Carrefour at the Grand opening ceremonies.
Mr. Dayot said “This branch is the biggest and best in
Thailand at this time,” We are delighted to open our 19th location in
Thailand. Carrefour Pattaya will be a popular shopping destination for
residents and tourists in the area. We invite everyone to visit the new
store and realize our ambition to serve you the best in terms of price,
product lines, services, innovation, convenience and quality”.
Mayor
Pairat Suthithamrongsawat (center) assited by Thonapon Tangkanapan Director
of development of Carrefour and Pol. Col. Kamolchai Tianrungroj cut the
ribbon to declare the Bangkok Bank open.
Carrefour Thailand has a total 19 outlets with Chiangmai
and Pattaya currently the only two outside the greater Bangkok area. The
retail giant boasts 10,000 stores in 30 countries and employs over 7,000
people in Thailand as well as co-jointly operating with 1,200 local
producers to ensure high quality local products.
Khunawuth
Thamphromkul, MD of HomePro the biggest ‘one stop’ home products store
in Thailand.
With congratulatory speeches in French, English and Thai,
H.E. Laurent Aublin along with senior management and Mayor Pairat
Suthithamrongsawat cut the ribbon officially declaring Carrefour open. Staff
and management led the guests, members of the media and the public on a tour
of the store and a look at their impressive range of retail and consumer
goods on offer.
Shortly
thereafter, HomePro opened their doors for business. The French ambassador
and Carrefour’s managing director performed the ribbon cutting ceremony
for Pattaya’s largest and best one-stop home shopping center. HomePro’s
opening day featured special offers and unique product displays.
HomePro currently has 16 branches throughout Thailand and
has invested well over 75 million baht in the new Pattaya store. Extra
special discounts on many products are on offer during the opening period.
The Bangkok Bank also opened a new Micro Branch on the
second floor of Carrefour that same moning. Commencing at 9:49 a.m. Mayor
Pairat Suthithamrongsawat and Pol. Col Kamolchai Tiengrungroj presided over
the opening ceremonies. They joined staff and management the Bangkok Bank to
perform the ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
The new Micro Branch boasts the latest technological
advances in banking with highly trained staff to provide fast efficient
service and sound advice to customers.
Thitbuntoon Suebsaman, Bangkok Bank’s Pattaya branch
manager said in his opening speech, “The Bangkok Bank has been servicing
the Thai nation for 59 years and as of December 1, this year we have 618
branches around the country with 413 of them in outer provinces. The banking
institution has strived to be at the forefront of development and quality
services and has opened more than 80 micro branches in shopping centers and
educational campuses around the country.”
Visitors and customers of the new branch received gifts and tokens of
appreciation from staff and management as part of the opening ceremonies.
Children
carry a globe with the message that we do not want any one to be inflicted
with AIDS.
City
fathers joined in the parade to give a moral boost in the fight against
AIDS.