SOCIAL SCENE

 


Gerrit Niehaus (right) and Rene Pisters (left) recently welcomed Mayor Itthipol Khunplome to the Thai Garden Resort to view the new premises after the completion of the extensive renovations which have been taking place at the resort for the past 4 months.


 

Four Presidents of the Rotary Clubs in Pattaya pledge their support for the 5th Annual Cross Bay Swim to Make Dreams Real, to be held on Sunday October 12. (L to R) Bob Denzel, RC Taksin-Pattaya; Jean Francois Le Cot, RC Pattaya-Marina; Toy Ryser, RC Eastern Seaboard, Pattaya and Brendan Kelly, RC Jomtien-Pattaya.


Neil Maniquiz (left), international affairs executive and Pattaravadee Wangviriyaphan (center), marketing executive for Bangkok Hospital Pattaya came by the Pattaya Mail offices, welcomed by Tony Malhotra (right), to promote the World Heart Day activities to be held at the hospital on Saturday, September 27 from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Grand Opening of the Heart Center will also be held on the same day. For more information, call 038 259 999.


Patrick donates a check of 25,000 baht to Lewis ‘Woody’ Underwood, chairman of the Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive. The funds were raised from the charity lunch brunch held on August 23 at Patrick’s Belgian Restaurant. Special thanks goes to Mad Dog MC, Jesters MC, Ken and friends, Pattaya VFW, Bruno, Eddy Op de Beeck, Beef and friends from KPL, Andre from Dre Bar, Paul Dinessen, Philippe from Mandarine Bar, Yao Yao and Spaghetti Head, Andy and Peter.


Bert Elson of the Royal British Legion and his wife Pu are seen at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel with General Veravidh Kusamran, deputy commander in chief of the Royal Thai Army, on the occasion of the official birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Bert stated he was honoured to have received an invitation but stressed that it was for work carried out by all members of the Royal British Legion in Thailand and not just him.


Thanatip Uparising (left), director-general for the Department of International Economics Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently hosted a luncheon at Primavera Italian Restaurant, Siam City Hotel for Dr. Sergio C. Trindade (right), Nobel laureate for Peace 2007, on the occasion of his visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa recently welcomed 17 supportive travel agents to experience its new facilities; the new Terrace Suite, More Bar & Grill, and enjoy a team building activity at Sak Island. The special program was held to encourage all travel agents to utilize the updated information in order to increase sales in their traveling programs to Pattaya.


The department managers of Bosch Automotive (Thailand) Co. Ltd. are shown during a coffee break between training sessions. The delegates spent five days at Dusit Thani Pattaya for their ‘Project Management Simulation Meeting’ with Gerhard Perst (seated right) as one of the guest speakers.