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Chaophya Park Hotel
& Resorts unveils
new corporate logo
 Chaophya
Park Hotel & Resorts unveils its new corporate logo to reflect its
growing size with 6 properties in Bangkok and Koh Samui and 2 further
projects under development.
“We wanted the new signature to echo the sophisticated business of
hospitality and an energetic feel that reflects are various businesses
as we head into our 15th year,” says managing director of the Chaophya
Park Hotel & Resorts, Apinya Loychusak.
“We are in the age of technology that moves so fast we need to be ahead
to keep up with the latest trends and I believe this new logo projects
exactly that. In any fast moving business it is very important to always
re-evaluate your strengths and business objectives periodically. We wish
to develop and grow our unique service and facilities that our visitors
and guests have grown accustomed.”
The group’s M.D. added, “Our logo still very much reflects the very
essence of our Thai panache with a touch of Western flair in its use of
the hotel’s signature shade of green and modern font that is bold and
strong, yet also graceful in its lines and curves.”
Chaophya Park Hotel & Resorts operates 6 hotels and resorts in Bangkok
and Koh Samui including the group’s own spa brand, Bali Spa.
Thai operators launch
promotional packages
to win back Asian visitors
Watchiranont Thongtep, Bangkok
Thai tour operators have launched a series of promotional
packages, comprising accommodation, golf and spa, in the three Andaman
coastal provinces to boost businesses from the regional markets.
Targeting directly at travel agents in Asia such as South Korea, Japan,
China, India and Taiwan, the packages will offer up to 30 percent
discount on hotels, resorts, spas and golf courses in Phuket, Krabi and
Phang-nga.
The packages will be on sale from mid-October for stays within the month
of November.
Phuket Tourist Association vice-president, Mr Sarayuth Mallam, said
Bangkok’s political strife and the government’s declaration of state of
emergency for 12 days had resulted in a 30 percent drop in inbound
bookings for November.
He said even after the emergency decree was lifted on September 14,
bookings from Asian markets had yet to return to normalcy compared to
last year. Travel agents in Asia were reportedly keeping Thailand
brochures off their counters, he added.
The Tourism Council of Thailand yesterday predicted the country’s
tourism industry could face a loss of around 50 to 60 billion baht
should Bangkok’s political conflicts prolong until the end of the year.
BCCT and the Lighthouse Club fill Jameson’s
Cheery Dr. Iain Corness (left) and Paul Strachan
(right)
interview the sartorially splendiferous James Howard for Pattaya Mail on
TV.
(L to R) Kim Fletcher, Graham Macdonald and Joe
Grunwell
can network with the best of them.
(L to R) John Black, managing director of Realestate
Magazine Thailand;
Alan S. Verstein, managing director of Siam Gazette Co., Ltd.
and Dave Buckley discuss rising printing costs.
Mark Thomson (left), director of Northstar and
Robbie Loane (right),
pipe yard manager for Canadoil Pipe Ltd. are all smiles.
(L to R) Ron Keeley (left), managing director of The
World of Wine inspires Graham Macdonald (right), vice chairman of BCCT to “drink
well and do good”.
(L to R) Renita Bromley, committee member /
treasurer of the Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes and Deborah Lightley,
area manager for MBMG International Co., Ltd. raise the intelligence quotient at
the gathering, as well as the pulchritude.
Dr. Iain Corness
The British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT) joined forces with the
Lighthouse Club to have a networking night at Jameson’s Irish Pub. The
Belarus-Thai chamber was also supposed to have been there, but must have been
sitting very quietly. However, as always, no free offer is ever undersubscribed,
and 150 thirsty and hungry souls descended on Jameson’s last Friday evening.
The Lighthouse Club, which has become prominent over the past two months, had
many people there, including Mark Thomson (Northstar) and Big Kevin Fisher (the
crane-man). Mark told Pattaya Mail TV that the Lighthouse Club originated
in England many years ago, to look after the families of construction workers.
The Bangkok branch had been going for 12 years, and now, with all the
construction work in Pattaya, they had opened up a branch here. Thanks for
throwing some light on the subject, Mark, as many of us had previously been in
the dark!
The other sponsors included MLG Insurance with jovial Jack Levy asking everyone
to have a good time, or take out insurance if they weren’t; Ron Keeley from The
World of Wine (“Drink well and do good”) who kept on throwing in yet another
case of red bought and donated by Malcolm Scorer of AA Insurances after the
sponsored beer had run out and everyone’s favorite landlord Kim Fletcher who
kept up a never-ending supply of food while making sure that everyone was being
looked after in the proper Jameson’s fashion.
The largest group was from the Asian University, with Susan Joyce, Ray O’Reilly
and Dr Salam Hoshang (handing out his Relax magazine - Dr. S you’re working too
hard, you have to learn how to relax) representing the learned ones.
Some of the local ladies were seen chatting together, including Samantha Wilson
(who said she will keep her short hair-do after her charity tonsorial shaving),
Kavita Lamba and Jacqueline Wright, plus Judi Macnamara, who had just got off
the plane from Australia, was also seen tucking into a giant plate of Jameson’s
fish and chips. (No fish and chips in Brissie, Judi?)
The usual suspects were all there, including Peter Smith from AA Insurance
Brokers; Mark Butters, Graham Macdonald and Greg Watkins from the BCCT, Alain
Durwaerder and Brendan Richards from Katoen Natie and Jimmy Howard wearing the
most outlandish costume, which he said he won by being the oldest rugby football
player in the world, or some other excuse. I suggest he wore it for a bet,
whilst John L Hamilton (Waste Management Siam) and his lovely wife Mattye and
Maurice (GoIndustry) and Conchita Bromley helped swell the numbers (as if they
needed swelling).
It was certainly a successful evening if numbers are the important benchmark;
however, I still question the advisability of combining groups at networking
evenings. Two’s company, three’s a crowd!
Sponsors included MLG Insurance with jovial Jack
Levy (center)
inspiring everyone to have a good time.
Tourism Club proposes moving Travel Fair to Pattaya
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
Plans are being made to stage the Chonburi Travel Fair in Pattaya during
December, with the original venue having been changed due to the political
situation.
 Wasan
Temsiripong
A meeting of the organizing committee was held on September 17 at Pattaya City
Hall, with club vice president Wasan Temsiripong in the chair and Niti Kongkrut,
director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Pattaya Office amongst those
attending.
Wasan said that the previous meeting of the committee had passed a resolution to
stage the event at the Silom Complex in Bangkok at the end of November, but that
the subsequent political turmoil in Bangkok had convinced the club that the
objectives of the fair would not be met if that venue was adhered to.
The potential visitors to the fair are Thai and foreign tourists, and the number
of visitors to the capital fell sharply when the State of Emergency was
declared, and large numbers of advance hotel reservations for Bangkok have been
cancelled.
The club is therefore proposing to stage the fair during the period December 5
to 7, at the Central Festival Center in Pattaya, and on Pattaya Beach at the
beginning of Soi 4.
Even so, the committee still has to contact the operator of the Central Festival
Center to see if the rental of the space would be affordable, and then a
decision would be made to provide a budget for the project.
Wasan said that TAT Pattaya was supporting a budget, and that the intention is
to invite restaurants, hotels and spas to take part.
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