H.E. Bede Gilbert Corry (centre), Ambassador of New Zealand was guest of honour at the ‘NZI New Zealand Black & White Ball 2011’ organized by the New Zealand Society of Thailand at the Amari Watergate Bangkok recently. As usual Pierre Andre Pelletier (left), the effervescent GM of the Amari Watergate and Dermot Gale, the hotel’s executive assistant manager were on hand to ensure that the function was a roaring success. Guests included Khalid Bardan, manager Emirates Airlines for Thailand & Indochina, Liz Mortensen, president of the New Zealand Society, Nikki Cox, president of New Zealand Thai Chamber of Commerce and Grant Signal, chief technical officer NZI.

Brett Hayes, general manager for Thailand and Vietnam of Invida (Thailand) led his staff of 340 people to visit the Father Ray Foundation recently, where they received a warm welcome by the children under the care of the centre. They were treated to a game of wheelchair basketball played by handicapped students of the Redemptorist Vocational School. Mr. Hayes presented 45,000 baht to Udomchoke Choorat, director of the school. In addition Invida also sponsored foundation t-shirts valued at 8000 baht.

A Brahman priest performs a blessing ritual during ceremonies for the laying of the structural foundations for one of the buildings in the Dusit Thani College compound, Pattaya campus. The ceremony was attended by Dusit International executives led by Vipada Donavanik (right, foreground), Veera Patpathanapanich (centre), rector of Dusit Thani College and Dusit Thani Pattaya management led by Thidsida Shingrissiri and Teerasak Chuenchob. The newest campus of Thailand’s leading hospitality school is scheduled to open in June this year.

Bangkok Hospital Pattaya has agreed to be the official medical partner of the Pattaya United football team during the 2011 season. Posing for a commemorative photo are Dr. Pichit Kangwolkij, director of BHP, Sonthaya Kunplome president of Pattaya United and Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome advisor to the football team.

As part of the hotel’s merit making initiatives, Supattra Rojjanateep, director of sales and marketing of the Holiday Inn Pattaya led a team of eighteen staff from her department on a re-visit to the Pattaya Orphanage recently. The group had a most fulfilling day, caring and playing with the children in the nursery. A dinner was hosted for the older children and donations were made towards the welfare of the kids.

Harald Feurstein (left), GM of the Hilton Pattaya and Dhaninrat Klinhom (right), marketing communications manager, were extremely thrilled to welcome German supermodel Sarah Brandner to the stylish new hotel on her visit recently. Sarah also brought greetings from her close friend Bayern Munich’s superstar Bastian Schweinsteiger.

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