A reception was held at the Jomtien Garden Resort to welcome Pol. Col. Chaiyot Varakjunkiat, Chonburi Immigrant Police superintendent to his new posting in Pattaya recently. Amongst the dignitaries at the function were Sombut Pinyasiri (5th left), assistant manager of the Pattaya United FC and Itthiphol Kunplome (center), acting mayor of Pattaya City.

Family and friends joined Rainer and his bride Boonyanut to celebrate the happy occasion of their wedding at the Montien Hotel, Pattaya recently.

Former LA Lakers basketball star Ike Nwankwo (left) recently visited the Tulip Group’s Waterfront Suites & Residences booth which formed part of the Siam Paragon Luxury Property Expo held in Bangkok from May 10-20. The 6ft 11 inch NBA star, who has been working in Thailand for the past couple of years with his basketball training academy for youngsters, showed a keen interest Pattaya’s latest tall development which is already proving to be a slam dunk for the Tulip Group and its CEO, Kobi Elbaz (right). As of the beginning of May the Waterfront had sold out 60% of its units.

Andre Brulhart (left), GM of the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort, Pattaya presided over the annual Centara Grand Mirage scholarships presentation 2012 ceremony recently. The event was organized by Daranart Nuchaikaew (2nd right), director of human resources of the hotel for the benefit of the children of hotel staff. Others attending the happy occasion included Boonmee Polyos, room attendant; Suchanya Noptakul, tailor; Thavorn Kongtangam, gardener; Thongchai Kanchentorn, technician, Daranart and Paulo De Matos (far right), executive assistant manager on rooms.

Holiday Inn Pattaya’s Havana Bar & Terrazzo hosted the Latino Groove party No.7-Semana De Mayo recently. Guests adorned themselves in the most glamorous red, black and orange themed dresses. Professional instructors were on hand to instruct the dancers of the fiery art of Latin dancing. Latino Groove is held monthly and the next session will be on Saturday June 23. Call 038 725 555 for more information.

At the end of a most successful Rotary International Convention held in Bangkok in early May, Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee (centre left) led an entourage of senior Rotary leaders, which included directors of Rotary International, for their board meeting at the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel in Pattaya. Attendees included President Elect Sakuji Tanaka (centre right) and President Nominee Rob Burton (4th row centre). They were given an especially warm welcome by Panga Vathanakul (4th left), MD of the Royal Cliff Hotels Group.

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