MBMG Group wins accolades at the ACQ Global Awards 2011

MBMG Group has won the Financial Advisory Firm of the Year, Investment Management firm of the year and 10 other accolades at the ACQ Global Awards 2011.

MBMG Group won the 12 awards at the annual ACQ Global Awards, which have been presented to the world’s best and brightest firms for seven years. MBMG Group and its subsidiaries were recognised on both global and international levels, picking up nine global awards and three Asia-specific awards.

Readers of the London-based ACQ magazine nominated their favourite firms, from which the winners were selected by the expert awards committee.

MBMG Group Managing Partner Paul Gambles said, “MBMG Group is delighted to have won 12 ACQ Global Awards. This success is testament to the hard work, strong ethical standards and commitment to providing the highest levels of service to our clients by the entire team of MBMG group. I would like to take this opportunity to give a heart-felt thanks to our team, and of course to our clients who nominated us for the awards.

“There are always strong investment opportunities regardless of global economic conditions and MBMG Group is motivated by the commitment to protect and grow our clients’ wealth according to their investment and risk appetite,” said Gambles. “All advice that we offer is guided by the same mantra - always put clients and their needs first. Winning 12 awards across the whole spectrum of our services, including financial, legal and tax advisory, has set a new benchmark for us to measure ourselves against and to ensure that we continue to achieve the highest standards of service for our clients.”

MBMG Group and subsidiaries won the following awards: MBMG Asset Management Limited, Investment Management Firm Of The Year; MBMG Group, Financial Advisory Firm Of The Year; MBMG Group, Tax Advisory Firm Of The Year; MBMG Law Office, Competition Law Firm Of The Year; MBMG Law Office, Corporate Service Provider Of The Year; MBMG Law Office, Management Due Diligence Advisor Of The Year; MBMG Law Office, Tax Law Firm Of The Year; MBMG Law Office, Niche Advisor Of The Year; MBMG International, Commercial Due Diligence Adviser Of The Year Asia; MBMG International, Debt Advisory Firm Of The Year Asia; MBMG Law Office, Business Advisory Firm Of The Year Asia.

ACQ’s senior journalist Karen Moss, who headed the judging panel, said of the 2011 awards, “My fellow judges and I had a hard time choosing between so many excellent candidates, but we believe the winners represent the best law firms, advisory firms, private equity firms, banks and asset based lenders from around the world.

“This year ACQ was particularly pleased with the huge increase in votes and winners from within Asia. In 2010, only six firms on the continent walked away with Global Awards, this year that number almost quadrupled as we saw 30 Asian companies take top prizes. I have to say, I was blown away by the quality of the candidates and delighted to see the wonderful things their customers had to say about them. After all, isn’t customer satisfaction the ultimate accolade that all companies are striving towards?”
 

Air Berlin to fly even more tourists to Phuket from Berlin-Tegel

Air Berlin to increase flights between Berlin-Tegel and Phuket this November.

Germany’s second largest airline plans to increase its flights between Berlin-Tegel and Phuket from November 1, 2011. In addition to the non-stop connections on Fridays and Sundays on its existing winter schedule, Air Berlin will then also fly to Phuket from Berlin-Tegel on Tuesdays from that date. This will mean that Air Berlin jets will now also land on the island on Wednesdays, bringing more holidaymakers to the tourist areas around Phuket.

Air Berlin flies to the Andaman Sea from Berlin-Tegel and Munich Airports. Passengers from Germany can already fly to Bangkok from Dsseldorf and Berlin-Tegel up to seven times a week. In November this will increase to nine flights per week.

Dsseldorf and Berlin-Tegel are the airline’s hubs, providing tourists from neighboring Scandinavia with very good connections to Bangkok and from there to the Thai holiday resorts.

The new Air Berlin connections from and to Phuket are available now on the internet (airberlin.com) or from your travel agent.

Commerce Ministry hosts forum on international trade agreements

Phasakorn Channgam

Companies looking to expand their overseas businesses gained tips on how to better negotiate international trade deals and jump into new markets at a Commerce Ministry seminar May 4.

ML Puthong Thongyai from the Commerce Ministry’s Department of Trade Negotiations is the keynote speaker.

ML Puthong Thongyai, from the ministry’s Department of Trade Negotiations, was the keynote speaker at the workshop at the Long Beach Garden Residence & Spa on trade agreements under the World Trade Organization and Association of South East Asian Nations.

He said the seminar was organized to provide facts, exchange ideas on the global trade agreements under the WTO and ASEAN and update traders on Thailand’s efforts to open new markets.

The WTO’s current round of international trade talks is aimed at removing barriers in service industries. Scholars and experts from the ministry held the forum of give international trade entrepreneurs to share their views.

Bangkok Airways makes a dream come true

Bangkok Airways, led by Songkrot Palakawong Na Ayuthaya (second right), deputy director for corporate affairs and events, recently sent off a child from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Thailand who wishes to meet the Panda in Chiang Mai. As a proud partner of Make-A-Wish Foundation of Thailand, Bangkok Airways makes it possible to make her wish come true.

MBMG Group wins accolades at the ACQ Global Awards 2011

Air Berlin to fly even more tourists to Phuket from Berlin-Tegel

Commerce Ministry hosts forum on international trade agreements

Bangkok Airways makes a dream come true