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Royal Cliff damage reaches 14 million baht

Jamroon Wisawachaipan re-elected as president of PBTA

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Royal Cliff damage reaches 14 million baht

Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The Royal Cliff Beach Resort announced that 14.4 million baht in damage was caused by red shirt protesters during the ASEAN Summit when they took over and vandalized its Pattaya Exhibition And Convention Hall (PEACH).

Panga Vathanakul, managing director of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort in Pattaya, files a claim for damages resulting from the protest.

Hotel Managing Director Panga Vathanakul said on April 24 that the hotel’s legal section had gathered all data before filing claims for damage against the people involved in the violent protest.
Panga said that the incident was “a bad dream.”
This is because the convention hall has continuously accepted international meetings such as the Skål World Congress when thousands of tourism promoters from different countries attended; the 46th ICCA Congress & Exhibition of 2007, and the ASEAN defense meeting, all of which ended well with the hotel receiving several service awards.
But the red shirt chaos April 9-11 could not have been avoided, she said.
Property damage from the hotel consisted of the conservatory, crockery, tables, chairs, the small park, power poles, and the area surrounding the hotel.
Also there were cancellations of rooms, the restaurant and the convention hall itself, forcing the hotel to close for renovations.
The damage cost of 14.4 million baht does not include the cost of lost business which is also being calculated by the legal section.
The hotel so far has not received contact or support from any government officials.
“We are waiting for contact and would like to ask the media to inform customers about the problems the hotel must deal with,” she said.
Pattaya City has set up a Pattaya and Chonburi Tourism Rehabilitation Committee to help local business entrepreneurs deal with the aftermath of the protest action.

Jamroon Wisawachaipan re-elected as president of PBTA

Vimolrat Singnikorn
Jamroon Wisawachaipan was re-elected as president of the Pattaya Business and Tourism Association (PBTA) at the Annual General Meeting held at the Green Park Resort on April 24.

Jamroon Wisawachaipan was re-elected president of the Pattaya Business and Tourism Association.
Immediately after being re-elected, Mr. Jamroon called for the selection of a suitable committee to manage the association in 2009- 2011.
President Jamroon Wisawachaipan, will be well-supported in the association’s work of promoting tourism by a hand-picked committee of experienced professionals in their particular vocational fields.
Thanet Supornsaharungsi is the association’s advisor for one more term. Sinchai Wattanasartsathorn is responsible for marketing for Europe and America, Suwat Paepiromrat is responsible for the Australian market, Dr. Pichit Kangwolkij, director of Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, is responsible for the foreign market and Benjarong Sriwisut is responsible for the Eastern European Market.
Ekasit Ngampichet is coordinator, Tana Supornsaharungsi is treasurer, Kampol Supornsaharungsi is registrar, Pratheep Malhotra, managing director of Pattaya Mail is PR officer for the international section, Chaiyot Phoopattanapong does PR for the domestic section and Dujduan Ruangwettiwong raises income.
President Jamroon said he aimed to gather international and domestic tourism marketing information and look for avenues of raising funds for the association to help in furthering support and promotion of local tourism activities.
The next meeting of the association will be held on May 15 to coincide with the annual general meeting of the Thai Federation of Provincial Tourist Associations scheduled to be held in Pattaya on May 14-16.
This three-day event hosted by PBTA will encourage businesses to participate in the exhibitions and seminars for the purpose of promoting tourism in Thailand as a whole.
It is estimated that more than 500 travel and tourism related business operators will attend, he said.
 

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