HEADLINES [click on headline to view story]: 

HRH Princess Ubolratana visits Bangkok Airways’ booth at ITB 2009

PEACH chosen as new venue for the 14th ASEAN related summit

Queen Mary sails in

---

HRH Princess Ubolratana visits Bangkok Airways’ booth at ITB 2009

(L to R) Chonlada Chevathakorn, Bangkok Airways’ senior sales director, Peter Wiesner, Bangkok Airways’ senior vice president for marketing, HRH Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Phannavadi, and Varong Israsena Na Ayudhya, Bangkok Airways’ assistant sales director - Europe.

HRH Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Phannavadi recently visited Bangkok Airways’ booth at the fairground of the ITB 2009 in Berlin where Peter Wiesner, Bangkok Airways’ senior vice president for marketing; Chonlada Chevathakorn, Bangkok Airways’ senior sales director and Varong Israsena Na Ayudhya, Bangkok Airways’ assistant sales director - Europe greeted Her Royal Highness .

PEACH chosen as new venue for the 14th ASEAN related summit

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya has announced that the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), a facility of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort is the new chosen venue for the 14th ASEAN Related Summit.
The summit, which will take place from April 10 - 12, will comprise of leaders of 10 ASEAN countries and their counterparts from 6 other countries, plus the ASEAN secretariat-general. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will represent Thailand. Thousands of delegates and media representatives from 16 countries will participate in this summit.
PEACH is a world-class, multipurpose stand alone convention centre that accommodates up to 8,000 delegates in theatre style seating under one column-free roof. In addition the ‘award winning’ Royal Cliff Beach Resort is a self-contained resort comprising four five-star hotels with 1,090 luxuriously appointed rooms and suites.
Royal Cliff is no stranger in hosting high profile events, and only last month it was the venue for the recent 3rd ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting.
Kasit said the government had settled on PEACH, due to security reasons as the venue is situated within the resort’s complex.
 

Queen Mary sails in

The Queen Mary 2 docks at Laem Chabang Port

Pramote Channgam
The spectacular sight of a luxurious slice of life sailed in to dock at the Laem Chabang Pier last week when the Queen Mary 2 luxury cruise ship called in for a brief visit to Thailand.

Veerasak Kowsurat (left), TAT chairman, presents a souvenir plaque to the QM2’s captain.
On March 12 at the pier in Chonburi, Veerasak Kowsurat, TAT chairman, welcomed the Queen Mary 2 and its passengers and crew for its first visit to our shores.
The huge floating hotel had sailed from Hong Kong on a cruise that will take it around the world. It stopped for only a day at Laem Chabang Port. On their shore leave the passengers had a chance to visit Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, Sriracha Tiger Zoo and Pattaya Beach.
The Queen Mary 2 is the largest British ship and the most luxurious of the Cunard Line. It is the world’s largest cruise ship with a gross tonnage of 151,400 tons, built at the cost of $US 800 million, and can carry 2,600 passengers and 1,300 crew members.

A luxury bedroom on the Queen Mary 2.
Regal International Travel Co. runs this luxurious cruise, which started in Florida on January 13 and leisurely sailed the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
Next stop is Singapore, then India, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, Spain and the UK. It will then travel back to the US on April 14 having been around the world in 90 days.
As one would expect, QM2’s facilities include luxurious accommodation, international restaurants and bars, swimming pools, a casino, a ballroom, a theatre, a gym, a book shop, a souvenir shop, a beauty salon, computer and internet services, and more. A trip costs approximately 700,000 baht.
Veerasak said TAT intends to expand the tourism market to include cruise ships and their rich passengers.

A romantic ballroom dance floor.

Thai dancers welcome guests to Thailand.

Guests receive a full Thai style welcome.

News | Business | Features | Columns | Mail Bag | Sports | Auto Mania
Our Children | Travel | Our Community | Dining Out & Entertainment
Social Scene | Classifieds | Community Happenings | Books Music Movies
Clubs in Pattaya | Sports Round-Up

E-mail: [email protected]
Pattaya Mail Publishing Co.Ltd.
62/284-286 Thepprasit Road, (Between Soi 6 & 8) Moo 12, Pattaya City
T. Nongprue, A. Banglamung,
Chonburi 20150 Thailand
Tel.66-38 411 240-1, 413 240-1, Fax:66-38 427 596

Copyright © 2004 Pattaya Mail. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.