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The Dusit Thani Pattaya recently held a Wine Dinner at its Bay Italian Restaurant Terrace, with antipasti and some fine wines from the Lake Garda region. Posing for a souvenir shot are Anuchit Sang-On (left), channel manager (Horeca); Joao Vale Carlos (2nd left), Cesari export manager; Jakrapong Vitayasirikul (right), hotel director of food and beverage; executive chef Flemming Schulthess (2nd right) and Italian chef Claudio Mendini (3rd right).


 

Representatives of Travel Agencies from New Zealand were welcomed by the Royal Cliff Beach Resort general manager, Alexander Haeusler (back row, second left) and deputy director of sales and marketing, Michael Swart (back row, third left). The group visited Thailand to attend an education and training seminar for the promotion of Thailand tourism.


Somsak Tanruengsri (second right), general manager of Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa, and Asanee Intaring (left), marketing communications manager, welcome Vee Marr (right), sr. director of advertising and public relations, and Pattharapol Puengboonpra (second left), MD of Hi! Magazine, at their visit to the resort.


Chan Seck Fun (second right), area manager of Thailand & Cambodia, and Chanipa Parnsingha (first left), senior corporate sales executive from Qatar Airways, pay a friendly business visit to Massic Travel on Pattaya 2nd Road. They are warmly welcomed by Marlowe (second left) and his son Vikrom Malhotra (first right), owners of Massic Travel.


British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT) hosted a luncheon with guest speaker Suranand Vejjajiva, TV and radio talk show host, and political commentator last weekend at Grand Millennium Sukhumvit. Pictured are from left: Stephen Frost, BCCT board director, Bangkok International Associates; Bruce Darrington, BCCT board director, Mazars Double Impact Ltd.; Suranand Vejjajiva; and Rodney Bain, BCCT chairman, Market-Edge Asia Ltd.


The fan club of the German national team soared to victory at a charity football tournament held recently at the Pattaya Orphanage. The event was the official inauguration of the new football pitch at the Pattaya Orphanage, financed by Gerrit Niehaus (far left), owner of Thai Garden Resort.


Local TV celebrity Sanya “Doo” Khunakorn (second left), original host of “Jor-Jai”, stayed at Ravindra Beach Resort and Spa with a few friends to shoot scenes for the popular show.