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Korea Night builds travel industry relationships
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The Korea Tourism Organization of Thailand on September 21 in cooperation
with Asian China Airline and Sun Moon Tour and Travel staged Korea Night
2006 at the Dusit Resort Pattaya, an evening designed to build contacts and
relationships within the travel industry.
 Kim
Il Jung, deputy director of the Korea Tourism Organization impresses people
at the event with his Thai welcome speech.
Kim Il Jung, deputy director of the Korea Tourism Organization welcomed
guests and gave a speech in Thai.
The organization’s marketing manager, Punmate na Ranong, said that in
addition to independent travelers, incentives groups and education visits
were proving to be important sectors of the industry.
Punmate said that Korea has many joint venture interests in Thailand, with a
heavy concentration of Korean businesses and expatriates along the Eastern
Seaboard. He also said that Korea’s many festivals and large number of
industrial and trade shows were increasingly attractive to Thai visitors.
Currently, around 60,000 to 70,000 Thai tourists visit Korea each year.
Sikhs present dinner and donation to elderly at Ban Banglamung
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The Thai Sikh Pattaya Association, represented by Prithipal S Chawla, Satpal S
Chawla, Harprit Singh Grover, Manjit Singh, Gurcharnjit Singh and Satnam S Bedi
on September 22 offered dinner to senior citizens at the Ban Banglamung Social
Welfare Development Center for the Elderly, and in addition made a donation of
funds.
 A
Ban Banglamung representative presents a gift to say thank you for the dinner.
Ban Banglamung currently takes care of 303 elderly people, consisting of 125 men
and 178 women. The seniors are given guidance and support in using their time
productively, ensuring that they remain alert and active. Much of their time is
devoted to producing handicrafts and homemade goods such as hand towels, pillows
and cushions, and artificial flowers. Thai herbal products are also prepared
there.
Satnam S Bedi said that the Thai Sikh Pattaya Association was established to
help society and each month visits one of the city’s support homes, such as the
recent visit to the Banglamung Home for Boys.
The association donated 21,150 baht to Ban Banglamung, and presented each of the
seniors with a gift of 50 baht, together with preparing the dinner.
The Ban Banglamung Social Welfare Development Center for the Elderly is located
at 40 Moo 4, Sukhumvit Road, Banglamung sub-district, tel. 0 3824 1121, 0 3824
1759, fax 0 3824 1759. Website address is www. banglamunghome.org
Bishop leads confirmation ceremony for 30 children at St Niklaus Church
Three big events took place at St
Niklaus Church September 10, with the annual church day, the official opening of
the exhibition hall with sacral pictures and statuettes (shown here), and the
confirmation of 30 young children performed by Bishop Lawrence Thienchai.
Elfi Seitz
September 10 saw three big events at St Niklaus Church, with the annual church
day, the official opening of the exhibition hall with sacral pictures and
statuettes, and the confirmation of 30 young children performed by Bishop
Lawrence Thienchai.
First the exhibition hall was blessed by the bishop with Father Paiboon and many
other clerics attending. After the bishop celebrated Mass, 30 children, dressed
in pure white and with the girls wearing flowers in their hair received his
blessings, and he took their confirmation oath to be good members of the
Catholic Church.
Food was brought food in baskets to be blessed and a group of little girls from
the orphanage strewed flowers around the altar.
After the ceremonies everyone gathered in the garden to enjoy a hearty meal and
spend a joyful time together.
Latin lovers party as Salsa
celebrates 1st birthday
Close friends and students pose
for a photo to mark the occasion.
Narisa Nitikarn
The Salsa Amante Latin Dance Studio & Cantina celebrated its first anniversary
on September 24, with Nick Verbeek and Jitrapun (Sam) Moore welcoming guests,
students and close friends.
All of the students seemed to be of one mind, saying that Sam and Nick are very
good dance instructors and that their classes are fun and easy to understand.
Sam and Nick jointly blew out the candles on the birthday cake.
In addition to the salsa, other dance styles such as the merengue and bachata
are taught. There is a basic class where anyone can come, in groups or alone,
and learn to dance.
For more information call 0 3872 6982 or go to www. salsaamante.com
Jomtien bartender wins best in the east
Sriracha lass wins Miss Bartender 2006
Winners and sponsors pose for
posterity.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
A young bartender from Jomtien won the Best Eastern Bartender of 2006 award, and
will further participate in the “Asian Bartender Championship of 2006” at the
end of this year. A young lass from Sriracha won 1st place in the Miss Bartender
2006 contest.
 Chalisa
Piewkhao from City Sriracha Hotel won top honors with her flashy dance routine
and bright pink, blue and purple costume.
The Eastern Bartender and Miss Bartender 2006 contests took place on September
13 at the Dusit Resort Hotel in Pattaya. 20 teams took part in the competition,
which was held to encourage people in the hotel industry to improve their skills
and create a new drink. The drink will be featured in Pattaya tourism
promotions.
The judges, meanwhile, had the onerous task of tasting all the new cocktails
(hic), and judging the contestants on their performances. When all was done,
Pithek Taschanda from Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel won the Eastern bartender
contest. He received 100,000 baht and a trophy.
Hard Rock Hotel finished in 2nd, whilst hosts Dusit Resort placed 3rd.
In the Miss Bartender contest, Chalisa Piewkhao from City Sriracha Hotel won top
honors with her flashy dance routine and bright pink, blue and purple Rio
Carnival-like costume.
 Pithek
Taschanda from Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel won the Eastern bartender contest.
Woodland Resort finished in 2nd place, and in 3rd place was the Dusit Resort
Hotel in Pattaya.
The winner of the other competitions were as follows: Dusit Resort Pattaya won
the canapé contest and the vegetable and fruit carving contest; Montien Hotel
Pattaya won the wedding cake decoration contest; Jomtien Palm Beach Hotel won
the table skirting contest (teams of 2 people) and the buffet table contest
(teams of 2 people); and Long Beach Garden Hotel & Spa won the flower decoration
contest.
The Thai Hotel Association Eastern Seaboard organized the event in cooperation
with Pattaya Business and Tourism Association, Pattaya Hotel Club, and Eastern
Food and Beverage Club.
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