Organizers, hosts, main sponsors and
supporters line up for at photo at the press conference held on Monday
29 July 2013 at the Aranda Ballroom, Amari Orchid Pattaya.
Pattaya City, in cooperation with the Tourism
Authority of Thailand and tourism related organizations, is organizing
the 7th annual Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo, from August 8-10, 09.00 to
18.30 hrs., in the PEACH convention hall at the Royal Cliff beach
Resort.
Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo ‘13 will be held as a public relations
campaign and will enable hoteliers to exhibit their best efforts
regarding tourism services. It is hoped this will stimulate the upgrade
of Thai hotels’ service standards to be on par with international
levels. There will also be a contest for service providers at the global
level and at the national level to win the HRH Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn’s Cup.
Athapol Vannakit, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Pattaya
office, said briefly, “This event will be a showcase to exhibit
Thailand’s potential in tourism... Normally, tourism events focus on
accommodation or beauty of places, but in this event, we will emphasize
the potential of services. If we can hold the event to establish
reliability and to indicate our excellence in services, including food,
beverage, cleanliness and other services in the room, I think the event
will help upgrade our tourism, not only in Pattaya, but at the country
level, from the perception of foreign tourists.”
This is the 7th event being held, hence assuring that the event has been
well accepted by people in the tourism industry. It can help develop
personnel, establishing excellent service standards to be used as a
benchmark for quality tourism promotion which emphasizes tourism
personnel in Thailand. Moreover, the year 2015 will be the starting
point for countries in AEC, the tourism industry is one of the major
industries that are important for the preparedness of Thailand. As a
result, the organization of “Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo’13” is a part
of development in terms of professional expertise, skills, capabilities,
as well as hotel personnel, in order to be prepared for the upcoming AEC
and to enable Thailand to be in an honorable position at that time.
