President Andrew J. Wood of Skål International Bangkok
recently invited all tourism industry executives to join a Skål networking
lunch at the Dusit Thani Hotel. Peter Semone, senior advisor for the
Mekong Tourism Office was the guest speaker on the topic of ‘Visit Mekong
Year: Planned Marketing Initiatives’. (L to R) Robert J. Lee, CEO of
Anglo-Afro-Thai Tourism & Marketing and executive secretary Skål Bangkok,
Danny McCafferty, GM of Dusit Thani Hotel, Somsak Kiratipanich, MD of SV
Consulting Company and vice president Skål Bangkok, Brinley Waddell,
director business development of Genares Asia and programme director Skål
Bangkok, Andrew J. Wood, Peter Semone, Anton Knecht, business development
manager of Kuoni Travel and director Skål Bangkok, Brian Sinclair-Thompson,
regional manager of Swiss International Air Lines, and immediate past
president Skål Bangkok and Malai Sakolviphak, senior executive director of
Pacific Leisure (Thailand) Limited and secretariat of Skål Bangkok.
Staff and management of the Thai Garden Resort have
great fun at their annual staff party on May 12; seen here is GM Rene
Pisters distributing certificates and gifts for employees who have been
working at the hotel for the past 7 years. The longest serving employee was
rewarded for 20 years of diligent service.
Woodlands Hotel & Resort’s staff and management, led
by general manager, Stephan Bringer recently visited the Ban Jing Jai
orphanage in Nongprue, which is home to 55 children whose parents are either
deceased or unable to care for them. A lunch and games organized by
Woodlands took place plus consumer goods, food and toys collected among the
hotel’s employees were being donated to the all the kids.
Dr. Sumate Yamnoon, secretary-general of the Commission on
Higher Education, hosted a welcome dinner at Siam City Hotel, Bangkok
for the delegation of Bavarian Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) under
the program ‘Bavarian-Thai Academic Cooperation Centre (BTACC)’. The
delegation comprises 12 presidents and 3 vice presidents of the German
universities, led by Dr. Chumpol Thiengtham, vice chairman KMUTNB Council,
King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB). Picture
shows seated from left are, Prof. Dr. Erwim Blum, president, Landshut UAS;
Prof. Dr. Wilfred Diwischek, president, Aschaffenburg UAS; Dr. Sumate
Yamnoon, secretary-general, Commission on Higher Education; Dr. Chumpol
Thiengtham, vice chairman KMUTNB Council, King Mongkut’s University of
Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB); Dr. Chantavit Sujatanond, deputy
secretary-general, Commission on Higher Education; Prof. Dr. Uta Maria
Feser, president, Neu-Ulm UAS and Prof. Dr. Gunter Schweiger, president,
Ingolstadt UAS.
