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Häfele Thailand celebrates 15th birthday with party

Nova Gold Hotel opens its doors

Open house party at The Sanctuary

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Häfele Thailand celebrates 15th birthday with party

Chai yo! The crew celebrates the anniversary.

Paul Strachan
In what’s been a difficult year for many, has proved to be quite the opposite for Häfele Thailand.
Häfele is a highly-regarded partner in architecture, woodworking and property development. Their comprehensive hardware technology supply solutions include: furniture fittings, architectural hardware and Dialock, an electronic locking system.
Häfele is, at its heart, a family business and has operations in over 90 countries and due to its longevity and success, the global financial downturn of the last twelve months was looked upon by the company as an opportunity rather than a challenge. As such, as many businesses were closing their doors, Häfele was able to take the initiative and employ highly qualified redundant staff and fill gaps in the market left by the closure of these businesses.

Stefan Huber (right) explains to Paul Strachan of Pattaya Mail on TV the key to Häfele Thailand’s success.
The result of which was that Häfele Thailand found itself not only up regarding turnover from last year, but also boosted to within the top five performing countries globally.
Thus the group was in a somewhat celebratory mood and decided to host a thank you party inviting over 400 of their architects and partners to their main showroom in Bangkok on Friday, November 27.
As well as a buffet, VW cocktail van and an unending supply of draught beer, there were also games such as coconut bowling and a retro Ferris wheel. In fact, the evening had a definite retro feel to it, from the dresses of the abundant models to an Elvis Presley look-alike replete in white jump suit with the essential diamonds encrusted on his chest.
This was also the time to hand over a brand new BMW 525i which was first prize in a massive raffle that has been taking place over the last year. It was won by a beaming Häfele agent called Namthip Meerapatiwat.
Stefan Huber, Häfele’s chief executive of international business also attended the event and prior to the party along with Volker Hellstern (Häfele Thailand managing director) they gave a brief press conference and explained how over the years Häfele has had to adapt their products to suit the Thai market and that the company’s accomplishments in Thailand were something that they were very proud of.
Stefan Huber put this success down to not just the range and quality of their products but also to the huge commitment and enthusiasm shown by their workforce.
The party was, needless to say, a huge success and certainly a reason to celebrate, with everybody getting in the mood, dancing and singing along with the Thai band ‘Friday’.
Häfele has now been in Thailand for fifteen years and their logo, with the emblazoned red A, is a familiar site around many cities. There is no doubt that this company has their balance right and their ongoing success is a certainty here in the Land of Smiles.

Nova Gold Hotel opens its doors

All rooms include a 32 inch LCD TV with DVD player
and a computer with free WiFi access.

The Nova group opened its flagship boutique hotel “Nova Gold Hotel” earlier this month, the hotel being located next door to Jamesons Irish Pub and Nova Park.

The Nova Gold Hotel is now open to the public.
Nova Gold is a designer’s boutique property under management from the Amari Hotels Group, with gold playing a big part in the rooms and the lobby’s decor. It has 77 well appointed rooms offering the ultimate in luxury and comfort and all rooms have balconies and offer electronic safes, mini bar, coffee maker, scales, bath robes and slippers, art work, 32 inch LCD TV with DVD players and the first hotel in Thailand to offer a computer and free WiFi in every room.
The hotel has an underground car park, tropical pool with Jacuzzi and a well equipped gym. Breakfast is served at Jamesons Irish Pub and room service is offered also from Jamesons.
The Nova group has also started construction on 3 other hotels. Nova Platinum phase 3, located behind Nova Platinum Hotel, Nova Hotel Bangkok located in Sukhumvit Soi 15 and Nova Tropical Hotel located next to the Amari Nova Suites. All three properties are scheduled to open in the late part of 2010.
Nova Tropical Hotel will also offer a unique spa concept called “the dead sea spa” where customers will have a real Dead Sea pool and Dead Sea mud treatment imported from Israel together with 1 hour oil massage and the 2.5 hour treatment will cost only 995 baht, including soft drinks, hot drinks and snacks.
For more information go to www.oamhotels.com/novagold

Open house party at The Sanctuary

Suebpong Atichartakorn (right), executive director of Daika Estate, and film star Christ Howang lead a tour of a model residence of the condo’s second phase.

Phasakorn Channgam
The Sanctuary Wong Amat hosted an open house party on November 28 to welcome new residents, celebrate its recent Thailand Property Award for “Best Condo of 2009,” and announce the launch of a second phase onto the property market. Popular film star Christ Howang was the invited VIP guest in attendance to add some glitz and glamour to the event.

Guests party by the poolside at the Sanctuary Wong Amat condominium development
The Sanctuary Wong Amat is a low-rise condominium project set on 9 rai of land. The project consists of one five-storey building with plans to build two additional seven-storey buildings. Residences range in size from 60-300sqm with up to five bedrooms, and prices run from 4.5 million baht to 38 million baht.
Features include a contemporary tropical design, private beach and large common area with swimming pool, fitness center and tennis courts plus on-site security.
“The construction of the first phase has been completed and 80 percent of the residences have been purchased,” said Suebpong Atichartakorn, executive director of Daika Estate and the owner of the condominium project. Sixty percent of the second phase units have already been sold, he added.
“I am confident that it will sell well. We usually get more sales at the end of the year,” Suebpong said.
At the party, guests enjoyed live jazz music and mingled with the star of “Bangkok Traffic Love Story”. Special discounts were offered to people interested in placing deposits for new condos.

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