Smith Obayawat, president of the Association of Siamese Architgects, presents the Universal Design Award 2013 to Sutee Anantepakdee, chief engineer, A-One Pattaya Beach Resort. The award acknowledges the hotel’s hospitality of Universal Design for all people including elderly and handicap.
The second Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) opened Monday (April 29) at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group and its prominent flagship PEACH (Pattaya Exhibition And Convention Hall). The event runs through May 2. More than 150 golf tour operators are on hand selling Asia Pacific golf destinations.
Jaguar and Land Rover support the Top of the Gulf Regatta, a popular annual sailing event in Pattaya that sets sail May 3 to 7.
Expected to attract a large fleet of sailboats, as well as more than 600 sailors from more than 30 countries, the regatta incorporates the Coronation Cup and Thailand Optimist National Championships.
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Luca Pulese has been named executive chef of Centara Grand Phratamnak Resort Pattaya, according to Dominique Ronge, general manager. The Italian national started his career at Hotel Le Boulevard in Venice 20 years ago, then moved to Osteria Alle Testiere as assistant chef. In 2003, Pulese transferred to Hilton Amsterdam as assistant sous chef, then [...]
SilverNeedle Collection – a premium collection of Asia’s Boutique Hotels – has joined forces with Bangkok Airways ‘Asia’s Boutique Airline’ as an earning partner of their FlyerBonus Programme.
Bangkok Airways is a strategic partner for SilverNeedle Collection as their flight destination network covers Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Luang Prabang – destinations which are also home to [...]
The Shell Company of Thailand Ltd. introduced a new lineup of motorcycle lubricants for automatic four-stroke engines that may help boost sales of Shell Advance products by 50 percent this year. Comprised of Shell Advance AX7 4-AT, Shell Advance AX5 4-AT and Shell Advance Scooter Gear Oil, the new lineup is formulated to optimize engine [...]
Centara Hotels & Resorts will open its sixth hotel in Pattaya next quarter with the signing of a management contract to operate the Centara Grand Modus Resort & Spa Pattaya. A contract was signed late last year with hotel owner Sweet Water Point Company Ltd.
“We have always been very confident indeed in Pattaya as one [...]
A blessing ceremony marked the start of construction of Seven Seas Condo Resort, Jomtien, according to Universal Group Thailand. Introduced last October, Seven Seas have sold 560 units to locals and expats. Recently receiving Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval, construction of this 15-rai development was set to begin three months ahead of schedule. It will [...]
Centara Hotels & Resorts will open its third resort in the Maldives next year following the signing of a management contract with RPI Private Ltd, according to Thirayuth Chirathivat, chief executive officer of Centara Hotels & Resorts. Centara Hudhufushi Resort & Spa is currently being planned as a US $36 million, four-star resort with about [...]
Land Rover has introduced what it calls “the All-New Range Rover” at M.R. Kukrit’s Heritage Home to an audience that included H.E. Mark Kent, British Ambassador, and celebrities Chamanun Wanwinwasara, Wongsathorn Kwanthum, Onchuma Durongdej, Sinjai Plengpanich, Repeeporn Pratum-Anon, Viroj Kwanthum, Kornkanok Yongsakul and Chalita Feung Arom.
Presentation of the luxury SUV was accompanied by a Patinya [...]
