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HRH Princess Ubolratana visits
Bangkok Airways’ booth at ITB 2014
HRH Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Phannavadi visited Bangkok
Airways’ booth at the fairground of Internationale Tourismus Boerse 2014
(ITB) currently held in Berlin, Germany.
HRH the Princess was greeted by Bangkok Airways’ President - Capt.
Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth (seated, far right), together with M.L.
Nandhika Varavarn (seated, 2nd left),Vice President, Corporate
Communications; Peter Wiesner (back, 2nd right), Senior Vice President -
Network Management; and executives from the sales department.
ITB Berlin is respected as the word’s leading travel show and was held
in Berlin until March 9, 2014. Bangkok Airways first entered the fair in
1998.
Dusit Thani Pattaya appoints a new Director of Sales - Corporate
Tanaphol Rodpinyo.
Dusit Thani Pattaya General Manager Chatchawal
Supachayanont recently appointed Tanaphol Rodpinyo as the new director of
sales in charge of the corporate segment in Pattaya and the Eastern
Seaboard.
Rodpinyo began his career with the Dusit brand hotel soon after graduating
from Dusit International’s Management Training Program. His previous role as
associate director of sales gave him the opportunity to explore the vast
potential of the corporate market in the region as he led his team in
creating strategies to keep a tight grip on the market share.
Rodpinyo has worked with Dusit Thani Pattaya since 2008 and acknowledges
that with the fast booming status of Pattaya and its neighboring areas,
there is still so many business opportunities to capture while welcoming
challenges such as the stiff but healthy business competition that comes
along with providing service to the corporate market for either leisure or
business purpose of stay.
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Bangkok Airways offers iPad
minis as in-flight entertainment
Bangkok Airways will be offering iPad minis as in-flight entertainment
for its Blue Ribbon Class passengers. Starting from March 3rd, business
travelers flying Bangkok Airways can enjoy some rest and relaxation time
with an iPad mini thousands of feet in the air.
The iPad minis, supplied by Bluebox Avionics, will come equipped with a
wide range of movie content including the latest Hollywood released
movies, TV shows and music along with various interactive games.
Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, Bangkok Airways’ president said,
“Delivering an outstanding passenger experience is at the heart of our
ethos at Bangkok Airways. We are already famous for our on-board
boutique service, but we wanted to go an extra mile to ensure that our
business class travelers’ flying experience is more pleasurable and
enjoyable.”
The iPad minis will be offered to all business class travelers at no
cost. During the trial-run periods, this service will be available on
flights between Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi)-Maldives, Samui-Hong Kong and
Samui-Singapore.
For more information and reservations, please contact www.bangkokair.com
or Call Center Tel. 1771 (24 hr – services).
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THAI organizes 1st TG Travel Green Innovation Competition
Chokchai Panyayong (second
from left), THAI Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business
Development, and Acting President; Ms. Marie-Louise Phillippe (second
from right), Airbus Regional Sales Director; congratulate Jeerapan
Jankaew (third left), and Panuwut Porntrakulsak (third right), winners
of the Aviation Design Idea category, ePushback project from Kasetsart
University.
On March 7, Chokchai Panyayong, THAI Senior Executive
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and Acting President,
along with Marie-Louise Phillippe, Airbus Regional Sales Director,
chaired the award presentation ceremony of the First TG Travel Green
Innovation Competition, which encourages Thai youths to be creative in
the area of green aviation innovation. First prize is a roundtrip ticket
from Bangkok to Paris on THAI and a visit to the Airbus aircraft
manufacturing center in Toulouse, France.
In an effort to boost environmental awareness, the company invited
students from academic institutions nationwide to participate and submit
their projects during November 2013 – January 2014. The competition
goals were to create environmentally friendly innovations and products
that may be used in aviation and to create a network for youths who have
an interest in designing environmentally friendly innovations and
products.
The competition was judged by representatives from Airbus, the National
Innovation Agency, a professor from the Faculty of Engineering at
Kasetsart University, a professor from the Faculty of Architecture at
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Ladkrabang, and a THAI
representative.
Students from 18 institutions across the country participated in the
competition and submitted 72 projects as an individual contestant or as
a two-member team, with a professor as an advisor.
The competition consisted of three categories, with three awards per
category. First place includes a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to Paris
on THAI and a visit to the Airbus aircraft manufacturing center in
France sponsored by Airbus. Second place is a roundtrip ticket from
Bangkok to Japan and third place is a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to
Chiang Mai.
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Sunshine Hotels and Resorts appoints new group general manager
Sunshine Hotels and Resorts Group takes much pleasure
in confirming the appointment of its new group general manager, Wouter
Andre Banning, a native of The Netherlands.
Banning came to Sunshine Hotels and Resorts in October last year with
extensive hospitality and management experience gained in The
Netherlands, the United States, Thailand, South Korea and China.
Having worked in Asia since 2007, he joined us following 18 months as
general manager of 272 serviced apartments at the Fraser Residence in
Shanghai. Prior to that he spent a similar period of time taking care of
the 237 serviced apartments as general manager at Fraser Place in the
Central Business District of Seoul.
Banning is no stranger to Pattaya, where he has gained valuable
experience as general manager of Resorts and Boutique Serviced
Apartments following 14 months as executive assistant manager of the
Novotel Lotus (224 rooms) and Regency Park (120 rooms) Hotels in
Bangkok.
Banning is bilingual in Dutch and English, speaks reasonable German and
French plus basic Thai. He will be responsible for operational, sales,
strategic and financial management of all properties belonging to
Sunshine Hotels and Resorts, comprising seven hotels, resorts and
serviced apartments with a total of more than 1200 rooms in the Pattaya
area.
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