Master of Ceremonies Hawaii Bob Sutterfield welcomed
everyone to the Sunday September 5 meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club
at the Tavern by the Sea Restaurant. After the usual opening announcements,
he called on Prem Busarakamwongse from Fairtex Sports & Racquet Club.
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Hawaii Bob introduces Prem Busarakamwongse from Fairtex Sports & Racquet
Club.
Prem has a Bachelor in Business Management with a major
in Marketing. Prem with his father manages Fairtex, which fits into his main
interests for Thai boxing, tennis, basketball, and fitness. He is also well
known in Thailand, having appeared in the music video “YOM” by Tata Young in
2007 and featured on the cover of Men’s Health. He has also appeared in
several movies and a TV drama series.
Prem started by saying that his father, Bunjong
Busarakamwongse, ran a Muay Thai training camp for boxers for 35 years. In
2005, he built the Fairtex Sports & Racquet Club as a place where one could
enjoy both sports and fitness. Fairtex also continues to train Muay Thai
boxers.
When Fairtex first opened, they had contracted out the
management. Prem said a little over a year ago, he and his father took over
the direct management of Fairtex.
He described some of the many activities offered at
Fairtex. Although the facilities can be used on a shorter including daily
basis for a fee he said that they have two annual packages that he felt
would be of more interest for expats living in Pattaya. One is the 8,999
baht Fitness Package. The other is the 18,000 baht All Sports Package. The
Fitness package gives you access to all their fitness equipment and
facilities such as aerobic activities, steam and sauna, body pump, body
combat, and more. The All Sport package gives you the Fitness access plus
access to all their sport facilities such as tennis, squash, basketball,
rock climbing, swimming pool, and more.
Prem said that they will offer PCEC members a 10%
discount on the Fitness package and a 20% discount on the All Sports
package. He also said they have other Fairtex plans, such as the family
plan, that they may be able to offer Club members at a 10-15% discount. The
facilities are available from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Prem concluded the presentation by showing several
pictures of the facilities and commenting on the major activities that were
available. Fairtex is located on Pattaya North Road a short distance from
the Dolphin traffic circle and their website is http://www.fairtexpattaya.com/
After Prem answered several questions from the audience,
Richard Smith discussed arranging a tour of their facilities after a regular
Sunday meeting; Prem said that he would be happy to arrange for the tour.
Hawaii Bob then called on Judith Edmonds to conduct the
always informative and sometimes humorous Open Forum, where questions about
living in Thailand and Pattaya in particular are asked and answered.
