Paul Strachan
The international tourism association Skål held their local chapter
meeting on Thursday July the 18th at Casa Pascal restaurant on Second Road
in Pattaya.
Skål Pattaya & East Thailand was re-launched earlier this year under the
leadership of club president Tony Malhotra. The club aims to bring tourism
professionals together in an informal manner for networking and informative
lectures utilizing some great venues in and around Pattaya.
Chai Holway talks about Cloud based
integrated property management systems.
Approximately 40 guests attended the July event and were
treated to a welcome drink by Pascal & Kim Schnyder and their team. The
proceedings started with the usual welcome and Skål toast by President Tony.
Entrance for these events is open to anybody, but is focused on tourism
related business such as hospitality, travel agents, etc. The cost for this
night was only 600 baht which included the welcome drink. Casa Pascal then
served up a fabulous four course meal prior to the introduction of the guest
speaker.
Chai Holway is the managing director of Direct Commerce Technology Company
Ltd. He is a Thai-American computer scientist, an aerospace engineer who has
worked with NASA and is also a keen musician and rollerblader.
Chai’s presentation revolved around Cloud based integrated property
management systems, and how the systems he helps to develop can be of a
great aid to those working in hospitality, as this method allows them to
keep a ‘real time’ overview of the allocation of their hotel rooms and where
the clients’ leads have been generated from. Chai also stressed Cloud based
booking systems, meaning that hotels don’t have to have expensive servers to
contain their data, and that upgrades are automatic so the technology keeps
pace with the demand of the customers.
(L-R) Janya Rattanaliam,
Deputy Head of the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya International Marketing
Department, Namfon Chunsay, Assistant Event Manager and Sittidej
Rochanavibhata, GM of Cape Dara Resort.
This integrated system allows them to have an entire
overview of their database, from internet booking agents, property
management system, point of sales, distribution channel, and connectivity
with the OTA (such as Agoda). This means that the data can be retrieved
anywhere in the world via an android phone, an i-pad or a laptop.
After his presentation there was a quick Q&A session followed by veteran
Skålleague Greig Ritchie giving Chai a vote of thanks for his talk and to
Kim & Pascal for hosting the event.
The next regular meeting for Skål Pattaya & East Thailand will be held on
Thursday the 15th of August at the Thai Garden Resort’s Moon Rover Pub,
beginning at 6:30pm.
If your business is related to tourism, Skål Pattaya is an ideal way to meet
your colleagues and to network and learn more about others working in the
tourism sector.
To make a reservation for the next event please email at
[email protected].
(L-R) Peerawit Roekpanee, Sales
Manager, Atakarn Tragulmalee, Sales Executive, Praepan Wallisuta, Asst
Director of Sales, Pitchayada Pitipattarajinda, Sales Executive and Yuwadee
Prohkhuntod, Sales Manager of Holiday Inn Pattaya.
(L to R) Shana Kongmun,
Editor of Chiang Mai Mail, Angie Turton, Real Estate Thailand Magazine
Russian Edition, Tony Malhotra, President of Skål Int’l Pattaya & East
Thailand, PMTV Director Sue Kukarja, Peter Malhotra, MD of Pattaya Mail
Media Group and Philippe Delaloye.
(L to R) Pascal Schnyder,
Sunny from Sunny Online Travel.com, Philippe Delaloye, Ingo G. Raeuber, and
Joe Cox from Defence International Security Services.
(L-R) Weeraya Sakolchai,
Sales Manager of Amari Orchid Pattaya, Urai Patenya Sales Manager of Eastern
Star Resort, Dueanpen Thongsombat, Assistant Director of Sales of Amari
Orchid Pattaya, Tony Malhotra, President of Skål Int’l Pattaya & East
Thailand, Alissara Khamprachom, Sales Manager of D Varee Jomtien Beach
Hotel, Karnmanee Saengchan, Slaes Manager and Pimteera Rattanakupt, Asst
Manager, Sales of Amari Orchid Pattaya.
