The British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT) chose
the Jomtien Boathouse as the venue for their latest Eastern Seaboard
Networking evening. With hosts Kannikar and Ib Ottesen supplying a Danish
smorgasbord which included Norwegian salmon and Japanese Sashimi, it was
certainly an international gathering.
The varied enterprises located on the Eastern Seaboard
could be seen from the Chamber members and guests who were present. (Are
female members called ‘Chamber Maids’ I wonder?) Scot Iain Arthur from
the Alkemy Restaurant was seen chatting to American automaker George
Strampp, while they were both flexing their mussels at the seafood end of
the buffet. The lovely young ladies from the Horseshoe Point, led by
Jasmine Zebic, were in much demand, although there was no horsing around
during the evening, while the ‘cool’ end of the bar saw it being
propped up by Kevin Fisher, the jolly green giant, who does something with
a company called Global Zyme to stabilize soils. Kevin just standing on
it, will certainly compact several strata of topsoil!
The Royal Cliff Beach Resort sent in their
‘heavies’ with Alexander Hauesler, Ranjith Chandrasiri and David
Holden all holding the floor at various stages of the evening. Ian Dickson
and wife Pat were there, with Ian trying valiantly to explain why his
company was now called BlueScope Steel instead of being part of the Bloody
Huge Profits group they were in before.
Phil Alexander from the Sikhara luxury development was
there to tell everyone about his new housing complex in Jomtien (the
smarter end of Pattaya), with homes readily available from one easy
deposit of 100 percent of 12 million.
The evening was part sponsored by the Pattaya Mail,
with all the troops out in force, led by Captain Peter; and by Emerson
Climate Technologies with Bruce and Judy Hoppe hoping the climate didn’t
get any hotter!
The event was captured by the Pattaya Mail Plus TV,
including the ‘performance’ of both Elvises on stage together. For the
benefit of those who were unsure, the ‘copy’ Elvis was the one who
didn’t know the words!
It was another great British Chamber of Commerce Networking Night, run
by Graham Macdonald, who in addition to his Eastern Seaboard duties with
the BCCT and being a director of MBMG International, is now also a regular
columnist with the Pattaya Mail.
Graham
Macdonald, Chairman of the BCCT Eastern Seaboard Chapter (2nd left) stands
proudly with the sponsors of the evening. (l-r) Pratheep ‘Peter’
Malhotra, MD Pattaya Mail, Ib and Kannikar Ottesen, Jomtien Boathouse,
Judy and Bruce Hoppe MD Emerson Electric Thailand with their little baby,
the world famous Copeland Scroll compressor on display.
