Children from the Young Children Development Centre in Soi Khopai under the care of Sukanya Seaton, chairperson of the Seaton Foundation, were treated to a movie titled ‘Happy Feet Two’ recently. The outing was sponsored by Michael Delargy, GM of the Sheraton Pattaya Hotel. The kids also enjoyed delicious snacks and drinks hosted by the hotel.

Karl Morsbach (6th left), Chairman and Founder of Baan Gerda Project recently received a donation cheque for 1.4 million baht from Pierre Andre Pelletier (3rd left), GM of the Amari Watergate Bangkok and Matthias Pfalz (8th left), President of BMW (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The Funds were part of the 3.3 million baht raised from “The 14th Amari Watergate & BMW Group Thailand Midnight Run” and “The 15th Aerobic Marathon on AIDS” to support the HIV orphanage in Lopburi Province. The 1.4 million baht will be donated through HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to support the Chalerm Prakiat School in Lumpoon province and the other 500,000 baht already donated to support Baht for a Better Life Project.

Holiday Inn Pattaya Sales & Marketing Department recently visited Pattaya Orphanage to donate necessities such as cooking ingredients and baby products to the institute as part of their commitment to support and care for local community needs.

(Above) Close friends and family gather around Koos Gaasterland, who celebrated his 70th birthday at Mantra Restaurant recently. Word is he is still actively working in the oil industry.

Lorena Paso (left) presents Max Rommel with a lovely birthday cake in commemoration of his birthday recently. Friends from the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya attended the celebrations to wish him many happy returns.

Harald Feurstein, GM of the Hilton Pattaya marked the hotel’s second annual participation in Earth Hour, making it one of the many international hotel chains in Pattaya to make a global statement with a voluntary hour of darkness. The staff and management team all joined together for a memorable and fun experience to switch off the lights of the hotel. Activities included turning off exterior signage lighting; dimming non-essential interior lighting; using candlelight in appropriate public areas such as restaurants and bars, switching off equipment in all offices and some areas in the kitchen.

Siam Technology College, Thai-ITOH College and Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya recently signed an MOU to assist each other to increase levels of education for Hotel and Tourism majors to international standards. Holding the MOU are (L to R) Chitsanupon Sirichotinisakorn, Siam Technology College’s dean of Hotel and Tourism; Andre Brulhart, general manager of Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya; and Sunan Prasertsom, licensee of Thai-ITOH College. For more information, contact 038-416030-1, 0863053131 or www.thai-itoh.ac.th

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