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PATA Thailand Chapter e-Newsletter
The PATA Thailand Chapter will hold an all-day workshop called, “Risk & Crisis Management in Tourism.” The Wednesday June 17 event at the Dusit Thani in Bangkok has been organized by Thailand’s acclaimed tourism crisis expert, Mr Bert van Walbeek of The Winning Edge, who is also a Risk & Crisis Management Advisor to the Government of Macau SAR. The programme will cover essentials such as the essence of crisis management, reduction and readiness, response and recovery, case studies, the role of the media and the importance of cooperation within the industry.
PATA Thailand Chapter e-Newsletter
The Paradise Koh Yao, just off the east coast of Phuket, is offering a four-day/three-night romantic escape packages at its new hilltop pool villa. The villa is a 360 sqm two-story pool villa with two master bedrooms. For three nights, prices start from THB 65,000 for the entire upper floor with one master bedroom, 12-metre pool with extended pool deck, spacious living and dining room with kitchenette. It is THB 35,000 for the entire lower floor with one master bedroom, 12 sqm on-deck Jacuzzi with extended pool deck, spacious living area with bar and private pavilion.
PATA Thailand Chapter e-Newsletter
Swissotel Nai Lert Park in Bangkok is offering a Business Advantage Package at Baht 7,999++ with minimum two nights’ stay. The package includes a stay in a Swiss Business Advantage room with complimentary fruit platter in room upon arrival, daily American Breakfast at the ISO restaurant, internet in guest room, one way hotel/ airport limousine transfer, in-room tea & coffee facilities, daily local English newspaper, and shuttle van service within central Bangkok.
PATA Thailand Chapter e-Newsletter
Asian Oasis has opened Lanjia Lodge in Chiang Rai province in northernmost Thailand. It is located on a hillside overlooking the Mekong River and Laos. The local villagers are Hmong and Lahu tribes. The lodge consists of four local-style thatched cottages. Each features a shared living area and four bedrooms. Each lodge is equipped with a private bathroom with warm water and basic amenities. Guests will have an opportunity to visit the shaman's house and observe various aspects of Hmong and Lahu cultures.
PATA Thailand Chapter e-Newsletter
The PATA Thailand Chapter is organising a day-long seminar Friday January 23 entitled, "Quality and Quantity - What Is Best for Thailand´s Tourism Industry?" The event is co-sponsored by the TAT. At the heart of the debate is the conflict between quality (higher yield) and quantity (mass) tourism. The dilemma has implications for government policies, Thailand´s economic performance, the socio-economic well-being of its population, the environment, and the integrity of cultural heritage sites. Industry leaders will analyse tourists´ evolving needs and best practice case studies of operators who have taken a position on the quality versus quantity continuum.
PATA Thailand Chapter e-Newsletter
One of the contradictions at the centre of the tourism industry - quality versus quantity tourism - will be addressed head-on by the PATA Thailand Chapter in January 2009. "The objective," said the Chapter's Chairman, Mr Luzi Matzig, Group CEO of Asian Trails, a major inbound tour operator in Asia, "is to show that the debate has profound implications for your destination's identity, its economic performance, the physical environment and the social-economic well-being of your people.
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