A News Corporation Dusit Worldwide Company Limited Volume 5 : SUMMER 2010 In early 1970 when Sharp was releasing the pocket calculator in Japan, whilst Richard Nixon was seated in the Oval Office and Brazil won their 3 rd World Cup, a new hotel of distinction opened its doors to the world. The hotel was a grand hotel towering 22 stories high, made even taller by its golden spire and crowned the tallest building in the Kingdom of Thailand. It was of course, Dusit Thani Bangkok. To this day, Dusit Thani is the hotel of choice for corporate leaders, heads of states, royalty and celebrities, as the dream lives on for the company’s founder, Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui in creating a hotel that would be the pride of the nation for generations to come. As the epicentre of Bangkok society and the city’s most memorable events, Dusit Thani Bangkok continues to set the stage for inspired occasions. In the past 40 years Dusit Thani Bangkok has constantly reinvented and re-inspired the city with its accommodation choices from modern room redesigns to the magnificent Thai Heritage Suites, as well as dining standards that constantly keep the hotel at the forefront of exceptional culinary experiences and awards, especially with the rooftop D’Sens French Restaurant, the hotel’s crowning glory. In the 1960’s, Thanpuying travelled the globe to find an architect to design a hotel that would ensure an everlasting legacy of innovative Thai design with the required western influence, to attract the world’s travelling elite to the shores of Thailand. It was a Japanese firm, with Yozo Shibata of Yozo Shibata and Associates (later the KKS Group) that was selected to take on this very important project and firmly established the iconic design, that is still today, highly acclaimed around the world. Other hotel projects of the firm include Four Seasons Tokyo and Shangri-La Singapore. Many hotels have opened since in the City of Angels, but it is Dusit Thani Bangkok’s continuing pride of place opposite King Rama VI’s statue, the country’s illustrious forebear who named Dusit Thani and sought to create the legendary utopian town, that ensures its unique promise to its guests. “Dusit” in Thai is the fourth heaven and “Thani” is a city. The concept of Dusit Thani, the city in the fourth heaven, was proposed by King Rama VI in 1918 as an ideal state of human well-being, a model city of freedom and happiness, the perfect foundation on which to build the city’s most memorable hotel where the brand promise continues with ‘using the gifts of heaven to create heaven on earth.’ In 1925, King Rama VI made a further donation of Saladaeng to be a public park. This park is the vast Lumphini Park, named after the birth place of Lord Buddha, Lumphini in Nepal. The King Rama VI Monument stands at the gate to Lumphini Park just across from Dusit Thani. The land on which Dusit Thani Bangkok stands was once the site of a nobleman’s mansion. Thanpuying’s legacy to the Kingdom of Thailand will live on forever and Dusit Thani Bangkok’s golden pinnacle spire will be the guiding light for many years to come. It will be a beacon for Dusit International’s expansion as Thanpuying’s dream becomes reality to introduce gracious, warm and sincere Thai hospitality around the world. We celebrate together Dusit Thani Bangkok’s 40 th anniversary and wish the grand dame well for many years to come! EVENTS & FESTIVALS Amazing Thailand Grand Sale: 15 June - 15 August 2010 Thailand’s annual three-month shopping extravaganza offers world-class shopping, a diverse selection of quality products and services, by leading department stores and participating retail outlets in Bangkok and popular tourist destinations. Dubai Summer Surprises: 17 June - 7 August 2010 Aimed at entertaining families with children, Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) is an annual programme of events and activities that take place at various venues across Dubai, offering a different theme and transforming shopping malls into venues for live entertainment, music, dancing and much more! Cairo International Fashion Show: 30 July - 1 August 2010 Cairo International Fashion Show, organised by Défilé d’ Egypte, brings an array of fashion designers, manufactures, and fashion houses from all over the world to show off their latest creations at Cairo International Convention Centre. DUSITNEWS 01 Preferred Hotel Group is a global leader in the hospitality industry. The company’s origins date back to 1968 when six hotels founded Preferred Hotels® & Resorts Worldwide a representation and referral organization for their top-tier guests who wished to experience hotels with similar high-end services and unmatched standards. Celebrating over 40 years of excellence, this worldwide hotel distribution network is comprised of nearly 700 hotels and resorts in more than 75 countries. The collection features more than 130,000 hotel rooms. The tallest building in the city for at least a few months after its opening in the late 1960s (opened in 1970). Dusit Thani Bangkok is a rare project, reflecting deco and modernist influences in a way that is distinctly Thai. Striking at night, when the geometrical, gold lined frames that run up the building are lit-up, the hotel is symbolic to Bangkok residents because it is locally owned and was one of the first buildings in the city to make a high-rise statement. For expats the fusion of Eastern elements in a Western modernist context is the point of conversation. Note the influence of Buddhist architecture in the portico like frames and the shape of the structure. Wallpaper City Guide, Bangkok 2006 Dusit Thani Bangkok continues to be one of the Asia’s leading hotels. International Icon Celebrates 40 Years Young in 2010
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A News Corporation Dusit Worldwide Company Limited Volume 5 : SUMMER 2010 A News Corporation Dusit Worldwide Company Limited Volume 5 : SUMMER 2010
In early 1970 when Sharp was releasing the pocket calculator in Japan, whilst Richard Nixon was seated in the Oval Office and Brazil won their 3rd World Cup, a new hotel of distinction opened its doors to the world. The hotel was a grand hotel towering 22 stories high, made even taller by its golden spire and crowned the tallest building in the Kingdom of Thailand. It was of course, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
To this day, Dusit Thani is the hotel of choice for corporate leaders, heads of states, royalty and celebrities, as the dream lives on for the company’s founder, Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui in creating a hotel that would be the pride of the nation for generations to come. As the epicentre of Bangkok society and the city’s most memorable events, Dusit Thani Bangkok continues to set the stage for inspired occasions.
In the past 40 years Dusit Thani Bangkok has constantly reinvented and re-inspired the city with its accommodation choices from modern room redesigns to the magnificent Thai Heritage Suites, as well as dining standards that constantly keep the hotel at the forefront of exceptional culinary experiences and awards, especially with the rooftop D’Sens French Restaurant, the hotel’s crowning glory.
In the 1960’s, Thanpuying travelled the globe to find an architect to design a hotel that would ensure an everlasting legacy of innovative Thai design with the required western influence, to attract the world’s travelling elite to the shores of Thailand.
It was a Japanese firm, with Yozo Shibata of Yozo Shibata and Associates (later the KKS Group) that was selected to take on this very important project and firmly established the iconic design, that is still today, highly acclaimed around the world. Other hotel projects of the firm include Four Seasons Tokyo and Shangri-La Singapore.
Many hotels have opened since in the City of Angels, but it is Dusit Thani Bangkok’s continuing pride of place opposite King Rama VI’s statue, the country’s illustrious forebear who named Dusit Thani and sought to create the legendary utopian town, that ensures its unique promise to its guests.
“Dusit” in Thai is the fourth heaven and “Thani” is a city. The concept of Dusit Thani, the city in the fourth heaven, was proposed by King Rama VI in 1918 as an ideal state of human well-being, a model city of freedom and happiness, the perfect foundation on which to build the city’s most memorable hotel where the brand promise continues with ‘using the gifts of heaven to create heaven on earth.’
In 1925, King Rama VI made a further donation of Saladaeng to be a public park. This park is the vast Lumphini Park, named after the birth place of Lord Buddha, Lumphini in Nepal. The King Rama VI Monument stands at the gate to Lumphini Park just across from Dusit Thani. The land on which Dusit Thani Bangkok stands was once the site of a nobleman’s mansion.
Thanpuying’s legacy to the Kingdom of Thailand will live on forever and Dusit Thani Bangkok’s golden pinnacle spire will be the guiding light for many years to come. It will be a beacon for Dusit International’s expansion as Thanpuying’s dream becomes reality to introduce gracious, warm and sincere Thai hospitality around the world.
We celebrate together Dusit Thani Bangkok’s 40th anniversary and wish the grand dame well for many years to come!
Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School (LCBD), together with the Department of Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, the Royal Project Foundation and private firms held a press conference to announce the Thai Chefs to the World project on Tuesday 30 March 2010 at the Benjarong Restaurant, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
The press conference was presided over by HSH Prince Bhisatej Rajni, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation. It was well-attended by VIPs as well as representatives from the project sponsors and members of the media. However, this was no ordinary press conference, a special cooking show was held among three teams of VIP guests resulting in beautiful creations of Thai dishes.
The Thai Chefs to the World project provides an opportunity for Thai chefs to showcase their skills and to develop themselves to international standards. The competition began with intensive training in late April followed by a hotly-contested competition in May. The winners of the cooking competition will receive prestigious prizes namely scholarships to study Thai Cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School at the Award Presentation Ceremony on 15 June 2010. There are also many other prizes including roadshows in the US and job opportunities at leading Thai companies including CP All Public Company Limited, Thai Agri Foods Public Company Limited.
For further information, please contact+66 (0) 81 829 4446 or visit www.thaichefsproject.com
E V E N T S & F E S T I V A L S
Amazing Thailand Grand Sale: 15 June - 15 August 2010Thailand’s annual three-month shopping extravaganza offers world-class shopping, a diverse selection of quality products and services, by leading department stores and participating retail outlets in Bangkok and popular tourist destinations.
Dubai Summer Surprises: 17 June - 7 August 2010Aimed at entertaining families with children, Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) is an annual programme of events and activities that take place at various venues across Dubai, offering a different theme and transforming shopping malls into venues for live entertainment, music, dancing and much more!
Cairo International Fashion Show: 30 July - 1 August 2010Cairo International Fashion Show, organised by Défilé d’ Egypte, brings an array of fashion designers, manufactures, and fashion houses from all over the world to show off their latest creations at Cairo International Convention Centre.
Since the Licensing and Consulting Agreement between Dusit Thani Public Company Limited and Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) has been signed in December 2008, Dusit Thani College (DTC) and LPU has successfully designed and developed a collaborative curriculum in hospitality education for all four campuses of LPU that include Manila, Batangas, Cavite and Laguna. Faculty training, facilities improvement and instructional materials development will be undertaken to support the provision of quality instruction.
LPU is the leading Hospitality and Restaurant Management University in the country with an accredited status. The agreement has made Lyceum a globally competitive university mainly because there are only a few schools that have such agreements with an international and well-known brand like Dusit Thani.
Veera Pardpattanapanich, Rector of Dusit Thani College, emphasised, “A quality education comes from four main factors including an outstanding curriculum, an experienced and competent faculty, a state-of-the-art and standard facility, and excellent student activities.”
Further, Dusit Thani Manila will provide preferential practicum training for students as well as employment opportunities for graduates of the various LPU campuses. On the other hand, LPU faculty are also benefiting from the ongoing DTC workshops and seminars.
Collectively, the various campuses have around 12,000 students enrolled in HRM and Tourism programmes. Standardisation was undertaken to ensure that all students going through the LPU-DTC curriculum would have the same conceptual and competency skills and would carry comparable qualities, attitude and skills when employed in any tourism and hospitality related sector. This is the first move for a Thai hospitality institution like Dusit Thani College to successfully bring Thai hospitality education to be developed at an international higher education level.
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The tallest building in the city for at least a few months after its opening in the late 1960s (opened in 1970). Dusit Thani Bangkok is a rare project, reflecting deco and modernist influences in a way that is distinctly Thai. Striking at night, when the geometrical, gold lined frames that run up the building are lit-up, the hotel is symbolic to Bangkok residents because it is locally owned and was one of the first buildings in the city to make a high-rise statement. For expats the fusion of Eastern elements in a Western modernist context is the point of conversation. Note the influence of Buddhist architecture in the portico like frames and the shape of the structure.
Wallpaper City Guide, Bangkok 2006
Dusit Thani Bangkok continues to be one of the Asia’s leading hotels.
From left: Sophia John, US Ambassador’s wife; Rapeepan Luangaramrut; HSH Prince Bhisatej Rajni, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation; Srirat Rastapana, Director-General of the Department of Export Promotion; Kittipong Leelayouva, M.D. of Thai Agri Foods Co., Ltd.; Aranya and Pravit Maleenont, M.D. of Bangkok Entertainment Co., Ltd. (TV3)
Picture shows: The contract signing ceremony between Dusit Thani College and Lyceum of the Philippines University led by Khampi Suwanarat (2nd from right, front row), Managing Director – Dusit Education, Roberto P. Laurel (left, front row), and Peter P. Laurel (2nd from left, front row), Presidents of Lyceum of the Philippines University.
International Icon Celebrates 40 Years Young in 2010
Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts : Dusit Thani Bangkok n Dusit Thani Hua Hin n Dusit Thani Pattaya n Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket n Dusit Island Resort Chiang Rai n Dusit Thani Manila n Dusit Thani Dubai n Dusit Thani LakeView, Cairo n Dusit Thani Sanya (Opening 2011) n Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi (Opening 2011) n Dusit Thani Dilmunia Bahrain (Opening 2012) n Dusit Thani Jeddah (Opening 2013) n Chatrium Suites Bangkok
dusitD2 hotels & resorts : dusitD2 chiang mai n dusitD2 baraquda pattaya n dusitD2 new delhi (opening 2011) n dusitD2 bali (opening 2011)
Dusit Princess Hotels & Resorts : Dusit Princess Srinakarin, Bangkok n Dusit Princess Koh Chang n Dusit Princess Korat n Royal Princess Larn Luang, Bangkok n Royal Princess Chiang Mai n Pathumwan Princess, MBK Centre, Bangkok n Bel-Aire Princess, Sukhumvit, Bangkok n Grand China Princess, Chinatown, Bangkok n Dusit Princess City Centre, Dubai
Dusit Residence Serviced Apartments : Dusit Residence Dubai Marina n Pearl Coast Premier Hotel Apartments, Dubai
Dusit Devarana Hotels & Resorts : Dusit Devarana New Delhi (Opening 2010) n Dusit Devarana Jaipur (Opening 2011) n Dusit Devarana Rishikesh (Opening 2012) n Eighth Heaven Phang Nga – A Dusit Devarana Resort (Opening 2013)
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Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket is one of Thailand’s leading specialist resorts for small to medium sized meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) with a capacity to accommodate 15 to 250 guests in a variety of meeting venues including air-conditioned, beach-side facility.
The elegant Dusit Laguna Hall accommodates up to 250 persons in a theatre style setting or, may be divided into two smaller rooms, ideal for smaller meetings or break-out sessions. The Suriya and Chantra Rooms offer smaller spaces, perfect for boardroom meetings or groups of 20 persons or less.
Alternatively, larger groups may use the new air-conditioned marquee located in the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket entrance, just a 2-minute walk along the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket scenic lagoon. The hotels all-season friendly venue Latitude is scheduled to be welcoming guests by July 2010. Latitude has a modular
design as well as being a very versatile fully air-conditioned venue with an area measuring 1,000 sqm for a maximum of 1,000 guests in a theatre style setting. The Latitude’s size can be extended an additional 25 m to a total of 1,500 sqm, including a dance floor.
Recognised as an outstanding example of a green facility, Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket’s goal is to serve as an industry leader in the green sector and to provide opportunities for our clients and their events to do the same. It’s all part of being an upstanding corporate citizen.
Studiosus Quality AwarddusitD2 baraquda pattaya was selected and added to ‘The Luxury List 2010’ published by Millionaire BV, Amsterdam. The publication is the World’s premier guide to the 1,000 most luxurious places in the world, featuring remote resorts on private islands with white sandy beaches, restaurants, jet-set clubs, galleries, museums, and spas.
This worldwide publication praises dusitD2 baraquda pattaya for its design, “The hotel is designed to accommodate all the elements of the seaside experience, watery light, a sense of natural space, clean linens and furnishings that induce serenity.” Labelled as a boutique-chic hotel, dusitD2 baraquda pattaya joins the most exclusive addresses from around the world.
Opened in February 2009, dusitD2 baraquda pattaya, a fun, energetic and progressive design hotel, has been recognised for its outstanding service, luxurious accommodation and exceptional guest experience. The hotel offers a unique alternative to those looking for a fresh perspective in their hotel experience, appealing especially to the modern business and leisure traveller with an appetite for something different.
Dusit Princess Korat is recognised as one of the world’s best hotels by the Studiosus Quality Awards 2009. With an outstanding level of customer satisfaction, the hotel is voted by clients of the Studiosus, one of Germany’s leading tour operators that offers outbound guided tours to many countries worldwide.
Studiosus Awards are presented to those establishments that meet the requirements and expectations of Studiosus clients. As part of its quality management, the Munich-based tour operator conducts polls among clients after their travel trips.
Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Gears up for MICE
Coming to Manila in July 2010, Dusit Thani Manila opens its doors to Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the theatrical phenomenon and second longest running musical in history as its official residence in Manila. This Broadway Musicale will feature the world-renowned Filipino singer and stage actress Lea Salonga who will play the role of Grizabella, together with its international cast to be flown all the way from Australia.
CATS, based on the book of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, was named Best Musical in the Olivier and Tony Awards, and has been presented in over 300 cities worldwide. In Manila, it will run for four weeks starting on 24 July 2010, with a gala night and weekend matinees, at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines.
Early in his career, while working at a hotel in the UK, James Robert Wilson and his family took in two young girls whose father had recently perished in the Chernobyl disaster. He and the rest of the hotel staff celebrated Christmas with those children, and it profoundly impacted him.
In 2000, Wilson took over as General Manager at Pathumwan Princess, Bangkok, where he led staff in a campaign to support a small hill tribe school in Mae Jaem, a rural area in northern Thailand, and collaborate with the school to bring the students with the best grades to stay at Pathumwan Princess over Christmas.
That experience was the birth of the Tree for Life campaign at Pathumwan Princess, raising awareness of the need to replant trees while also supporting physically disabled children in Thailand. This is now an annual Christmas event at the hotel.
The 45-year-old Wilson in August 2009 joined Dusit Thani Dubai, where he leads the hotel’s Dusit Smiles campaign, which raises money for children in Kenya who are born with facial deformities to get surgeries to help them live normal lives. Wilson hopes to implement a meaningful meeting programme at the hotel, in which guests would pay a premium to have meetings be either recycling-based, have a reduced carbon footprint or use only sustainable foods. The premium cost would be donated to Operation Smile.
“People really do care it is just [a matter of] creating the awareness and making them understand. Being a hotelier gives you a platform in a very positive way to show people” Wilson says.
Reprinted from HOTELS magazine, March 2010
Dusit International announces the appointment of Rachot Chitrbhandh (Richie) as the new General Manager of Dusit Princess Koh Chang, the newest resort property of Dusit International located on the island of Koh Chang in the crystal waters of the Gulf of Siam.
“We are delighted to welcome Chitrbhandh to join our Dusit family. With his exceptional experience in hospitality in the past, Chitrbhandh will be
focusing on the development and management of Dusit Princess Koh Chang. We are also confident that his new role will have significant impact on the growing reputation of Koh Chang, the second largest island in Thailand which has become one of the strategic travel destinations for the country,” said Chanin Donavanik, Chief Executive Officer, Dusit International.
With more than 20 years experience in the hospitality industry, Chitrbhandh has been involved with both local and international hotel brands throughout Thailand. In his most recent role, Chitrbhandh held the position of Group General Manager for White Sand Krabi Resort, where he managed the 86-room resort.
Dusit International appoints newGeneral Manager of Dusit Princess Koh Chang
General Manager AppointmentDusit Thani Dubai Citizen Hotelier
James Robert Wilson, General Manager, Dusit Thani Dubai
Family Fun at Dusit Thani Laguna PhuketEnjoy a carefree beach side family holiday and complimentary fun activities for the kids all day and many more! Receive 50%
off Dusit Best Rate when booking the second room for children.Until 31 October 2010
Golf Getaway at Dusit Island Resort Chiang RaiStay at our wonderful resort and tee off in Chiang Rai’s first
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Until 31 October 2010
Very Important Kids at Dusit Thani DubaiCome away with your kids to experience a wonderful holiday at Dusit Thani and a variety of exciting amusement treats in
Dubai Shopping Mall with our compliments!Until 9 September 2010
Weekend Zest at Dusit Thani LakeView CairoPlunge into the Lakeview oasis on the weekend and
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Until 30 June 2010
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The winner of the Honda - PTT LPGA Thailand 2010, 24-year old Ai Miyazato from Japan
Dusit Thani Manila is the Official Home to Cats
Dionne Warwick is welcomed by Danny McCafferty, General Manager of Dusit Thani Bangkok during her visit to Thailand.
Chatchawal Supachayanont, General Manager, congratulates Vera Zvonareva, the Russian tennis star who has successfully defended her title in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Tennis Open. The final match was held at the upgraded centre tennis court of Dusit Thani Pattaya, the venue of the WTA event for 19 years now.
Stargazing
Top: Ticketworld Inc.’s Robert Sewell, Cats musical supervisor Fiz Shapur, and Dusit Thani Manila’s General Manager, Prateek Kumar
Left: International singer stage actress Lea Salonga during the Press Conference held at the Grand Ballroom of Dusit Thani Manila
Dusit Smiles, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative by Dusit International, pilots its first guest activity with the launch of Dusit Smiles Donation Envelope in all guestrooms at Dusit’s hotels and resorts in Thailand, Philippines, UAE, and Egypt. The donation envelope will be a significant channel for Dusit Smiles programme to encourage guests from around the world to help change the lives of children with their kind generosity. This fund raising effort will help support numbers of operations for children with cleft lip and/or cleft palate under Operation Smile organisation (www.operationsmile.org). Costing approximately USD 240 per child, a simple but life-changing surgery can be performed.
Dusit Smiles Donation Envelope is implemented as part of year-round activities under Dusit Smiles initiative. Through this programme, Dusit will involve and encourage its guests as well as employees and business partners to raise charities for the children and young adults who are in need of surgery. With these effective activities and support from every Dusit’s hotel and resort, and its sub-brand, Dusit will be able to make a grave difference to society and individuals.
For further details on Dusit Smiles, visit www.dusit.com/dusitsmiles E-mail: [email protected]
Dusit Smiles Donation Envelope in allGuestrooms at Dusit’s Hotels & Resorts
Dusit Thani Pattaya was selected as the official hotel sponsor of the Honda - PTT LPGA for two consecutive years. Miyazato’s fans awaited her arrival after hearing about the results of the final round at Siam Country Club and, as soon as she stepped into the hotel lobby, fans and guests took turns in congratulating her. The hotel General Manager, Chatchawal Supachayanont presented her with a bouquet amid the warm celebratory applause from everyone.
Before departing to the airport, she told the five-star resort, “I’ve had a great time and a great week as well. Knowing that I have a lot of Japanese fans here helped me a lot in winning the tournament, they served as my inspiration.” Supachayanont was joined by Surang Prempree, Managing Director of TV Channel 7, in wishing all the female golf players a safe and pleasant trip. The participants expressed thanks and appreciation to all the sponsors, especially to Dusit Thani Pattaya for what they described as their home away from home throughout the tournament.
Dusit Thani Pattaya enjoys a reputation as being the preferred host hotel for international sporting events, due to a variety of reasons - including its
relaxed resort ambience and the welcoming hospitality of its staff and management led by Supachayanont.
They also graced the Charity Auction Night held at the hotel’s Napalai Convention Hall. The event was studded with female golf star players who autographed items for a charity sales as well as autographing their personal belongings. Proceeds will benefit a local tree-planting programme and other charitable groups.
Dusit International announces the appointment of Rachot Chitrbhandh (Richie) as the new General Manager of Dusit Princess Koh Chang, the newest resort property of Dusit International located on the island of Koh Chang in the crystal waters of the Gulf of Siam.
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Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket is one of Thailand’s leading specialist resorts for small to medium sized meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) with a capacity to accommodate 15 to 250 guests in a variety of meeting venues including air-conditioned, beach-side facility.
The elegant Dusit Laguna Hall accommodates up to 250 persons in a theatre style setting or, may be divided into two smaller rooms, ideal for smaller meetings or break-out sessions. The Suriya and Chantra Rooms offer smaller spaces, perfect for boardroom meetings or groups of 20 persons or less.
Alternatively, larger groups may use the new air-conditioned marquee located in the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket entrance, just a 2-minute walk along the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket scenic lagoon. The hotels all-season friendly venue Latitude is scheduled to be welcoming guests by July 2010. Latitude has a modular
design as well as being a very versatile fully air-conditioned venue with an area measuring 1,000 sqm for a maximum of 1,000 guests in a theatre style setting. The Latitude’s size can be extended an additional 25 m to a total of 1,500 sqm, including a dance floor.
Recognised as an outstanding example of a green facility, Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket’s goal is to serve as an industry leader in the green sector and to provide opportunities for our clients and their events to do the same. It’s all part of being an upstanding corporate citizen.
Studiosus Quality AwarddusitD2 baraquda pattaya was selected and added to ‘The Luxury List 2010’ published by Millionaire BV, Amsterdam. The publication is the World’s premier guide to the 1,000 most luxurious places in the world, featuring remote resorts on private islands with white sandy beaches, restaurants, jet-set clubs, galleries, museums, and spas.
This worldwide publication praises dusitD2 baraquda pattaya for its design, “The hotel is designed to accommodate all the elements of the seaside experience, watery light, a sense of natural space, clean linens and furnishings that induce serenity.” Labelled as a boutique-chic hotel, dusitD2 baraquda pattaya joins the most exclusive addresses from around the world.
Opened in February 2009, dusitD2 baraquda pattaya, a fun, energetic and progressive design hotel, has been recognised for its outstanding service, luxurious accommodation and exceptional guest experience. The hotel offers a unique alternative to those looking for a fresh perspective in their hotel experience, appealing especially to the modern business and leisure traveller with an appetite for something different.
Dusit Princess Korat is recognised as one of the world’s best hotels by the Studiosus Quality Awards 2009. With an outstanding level of customer satisfaction, the hotel is voted by clients of the Studiosus, one of Germany’s leading tour operators that offers outbound guided tours to many countries worldwide.
Studiosus Awards are presented to those establishments that meet the requirements and expectations of Studiosus clients. As part of its quality management, the Munich-based tour operator conducts polls among clients after their travel trips.
Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Gears up for MICE
Coming to Manila in July 2010, Dusit Thani Manila opens its doors to Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the theatrical phenomenon and second longest running musical in history as its official residence in Manila. This Broadway Musicale will feature the world-renowned Filipino singer and stage actress Lea Salonga who will play the role of Grizabella, together with its international cast to be flown all the way from Australia.
CATS, based on the book of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, was named Best Musical in the Olivier and Tony Awards, and has been presented in over 300 cities worldwide. In Manila, it will run for four weeks starting on 24 July 2010, with a gala night and weekend matinees, at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines.
Early in his career, while working at a hotel in the UK, James Robert Wilson and his family took in two young girls whose father had recently perished in the Chernobyl disaster. He and the rest of the hotel staff celebrated Christmas with those children, and it profoundly impacted him.
In 2000, Wilson took over as General Manager at Pathumwan Princess, Bangkok, where he led staff in a campaign to support a small hill tribe school in Mae Jaem, a rural area in northern Thailand, and collaborate with the school to bring the students with the best grades to stay at Pathumwan Princess over Christmas.
That experience was the birth of the Tree for Life campaign at Pathumwan Princess, raising awareness of the need to replant trees while also supporting physically disabled children in Thailand. This is now an annual Christmas event at the hotel.
The 45-year-old Wilson in August 2009 joined Dusit Thani Dubai, where he leads the hotel’s Dusit Smiles campaign, which raises money for children in Kenya who are born with facial deformities to get surgeries to help them live normal lives. Wilson hopes to implement a meaningful meeting programme at the hotel, in which guests would pay a premium to have meetings be either recycling-based, have a reduced carbon footprint or use only sustainable foods. The premium cost would be donated to Operation Smile.
“People really do care it is just [a matter of] creating the awareness and making them understand. Being a hotelier gives you a platform in a very positive way to show people” Wilson says.
Reprinted from HOTELS magazine, March 2010
Dusit International announces the appointment of Rachot Chitrbhandh (Richie) as the new General Manager of Dusit Princess Koh Chang, the newest resort property of Dusit International located on the island of Koh Chang in the crystal waters of the Gulf of Siam.
“We are delighted to welcome Chitrbhandh to join our Dusit family. With his exceptional experience in hospitality in the past, Chitrbhandh will be
focusing on the development and management of Dusit Princess Koh Chang. We are also confident that his new role will have significant impact on the growing reputation of Koh Chang, the second largest island in Thailand which has become one of the strategic travel destinations for the country,” said Chanin Donavanik, Chief Executive Officer, Dusit International.
With more than 20 years experience in the hospitality industry, Chitrbhandh has been involved with both local and international hotel brands throughout Thailand. In his most recent role, Chitrbhandh held the position of Group General Manager for White Sand Krabi Resort, where he managed the 86-room resort.
Dusit International appoints newGeneral Manager of Dusit Princess Koh Chang
General Manager AppointmentDusit Thani Dubai Citizen Hotelier
James Robert Wilson, General Manager, Dusit Thani Dubai
Family Fun at Dusit Thani Laguna PhuketEnjoy a carefree beach side family holiday and complimentary fun activities for the kids all day and many more! Receive 50%
off Dusit Best Rate when booking the second room for children.Until 31 October 2010
Golf Getaway at Dusit Island Resort Chiang RaiStay at our wonderful resort and tee off in Chiang Rai’s first
and most challenging 18-hole golf courseat Santiburi Country Club.
Until 31 October 2010
Very Important Kids at Dusit Thani DubaiCome away with your kids to experience a wonderful holiday at Dusit Thani and a variety of exciting amusement treats in
Dubai Shopping Mall with our compliments!Until 9 September 2010
Weekend Zest at Dusit Thani LakeView CairoPlunge into the Lakeview oasis on the weekend and
experience the perfect combination of luxury accommodation and tasteful Thai inspiration in Cairo.
Until 30 June 2010
divine studio suite + spa at dusitD2 chiang maistep into stylish serenity amidst the stunning vistas of dusitD2
studio suite and indulge in 2 sessions of 60-minute swedish massage at Devarana Spa.
until 22 december 2010
Early Bird Advantage at Royal Princess Chiang MaiPlan ahead and enjoy more! Confirm your reservations 14 to
28 days prior to arrival and save up to 20%.
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The winner of the Honda - PTT LPGA Thailand 2010, 24-year old Ai Miyazato from Japan
Dusit Thani Manila is the Official Home to Cats
Dionne Warwick is welcomed by Danny McCafferty, General Manager of Dusit Thani Bangkok during her visit to Thailand.
Chatchawal Supachayanont, General Manager, congratulates Vera Zvonareva, the Russian tennis star who has successfully defended her title in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Tennis Open. The final match was held at the upgraded centre tennis court of Dusit Thani Pattaya, the venue of the WTA event for 19 years now.
Stargazing
Top: Ticketworld Inc.’s Robert Sewell, Cats musical supervisor Fiz Shapur, and Dusit Thani Manila’s General Manager, Prateek Kumar
Left: International singer stage actress Lea Salonga during the Press Conference held at the Grand Ballroom of Dusit Thani Manila
Dusit Smiles, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative by Dusit International, pilots its first guest activity with the launch of Dusit Smiles Donation Envelope in all guestrooms at Dusit’s hotels and resorts in Thailand, Philippines, UAE, and Egypt. The donation envelope will be a significant channel for Dusit Smiles programme to encourage guests from around the world to help change the lives of children with their kind generosity. This fund raising effort will help support numbers of operations for children with cleft lip and/or cleft palate under Operation Smile organisation (www.operationsmile.org). Costing approximately USD 240 per child, a simple but life-changing surgery can be performed.
Dusit Smiles Donation Envelope is implemented as part of year-round activities under Dusit Smiles initiative. Through this programme, Dusit will involve and encourage its guests as well as employees and business partners to raise charities for the children and young adults who are in need of surgery. With these effective activities and support from every Dusit’s hotel and resort, and its sub-brand, Dusit will be able to make a grave difference to society and individuals.
For further details on Dusit Smiles, visit www.dusit.com/dusitsmiles E-mail: [email protected]
Dusit Smiles Donation Envelope in allGuestrooms at Dusit’s Hotels & Resorts
Dusit Thani Pattaya was selected as the official hotel sponsor of the Honda - PTT LPGA for two consecutive years. Miyazato’s fans awaited her arrival after hearing about the results of the final round at Siam Country Club and, as soon as she stepped into the hotel lobby, fans and guests took turns in congratulating her. The hotel General Manager, Chatchawal Supachayanont presented her with a bouquet amid the warm celebratory applause from everyone.
Before departing to the airport, she told the five-star resort, “I’ve had a great time and a great week as well. Knowing that I have a lot of Japanese fans here helped me a lot in winning the tournament, they served as my inspiration.” Supachayanont was joined by Surang Prempree, Managing Director of TV Channel 7, in wishing all the female golf players a safe and pleasant trip. The participants expressed thanks and appreciation to all the sponsors, especially to Dusit Thani Pattaya for what they described as their home away from home throughout the tournament.
Dusit Thani Pattaya enjoys a reputation as being the preferred host hotel for international sporting events, due to a variety of reasons - including its
relaxed resort ambience and the welcoming hospitality of its staff and management led by Supachayanont.
They also graced the Charity Auction Night held at the hotel’s Napalai Convention Hall. The event was studded with female golf star players who autographed items for a charity sales as well as autographing their personal belongings. Proceeds will benefit a local tree-planting programme and other charitable groups.
Dusit International announces the appointment of Rachot Chitrbhandh (Richie) as the new General Manager of Dusit Princess Koh Chang, the newest resort property of Dusit International located on the island of Koh Chang in the crystal waters of the Gulf of Siam.
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In early 1970 when Sharp was releasing the pocket calculator in Japan, whilst Richard Nixon was seated in the Oval Office and Brazil won their 3rd World Cup, a new hotel of distinction opened its doors to the world. The hotel was a grand hotel towering 22 stories high, made even taller by its golden spire and crowned the tallest building in the Kingdom of Thailand. It was of course, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
To this day, Dusit Thani is the hotel of choice for corporate leaders, heads of states, royalty and celebrities, as the dream lives on for the company’s founder, Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui in creating a hotel that would be the pride of the nation for generations to come. As the epicentre of Bangkok society and the city’s most memorable events, Dusit Thani Bangkok continues to set the stage for inspired occasions.
In the past 40 years Dusit Thani Bangkok has constantly reinvented and re-inspired the city with its accommodation choices from modern room redesigns to the magnificent Thai Heritage Suites, as well as dining standards that constantly keep the hotel at the forefront of exceptional culinary experiences and awards, especially with the rooftop D’Sens French Restaurant, the hotel’s crowning glory.
In the 1960’s, Thanpuying travelled the globe to find an architect to design a hotel that would ensure an everlasting legacy of innovative Thai design with the required western influence, to attract the world’s travelling elite to the shores of Thailand.
It was a Japanese firm, with Yozo Shibata of Yozo Shibata and Associates (later the KKS Group) that was selected to take on this very important project and firmly established the iconic design, that is still today, highly acclaimed around the world. Other hotel projects of the firm include Four Seasons Tokyo and Shangri-La Singapore.
Many hotels have opened since in the City of Angels, but it is Dusit Thani Bangkok’s continuing pride of place opposite King Rama VI’s statue, the country’s illustrious forebear who named Dusit Thani and sought to create the legendary utopian town, that ensures its unique promise to its guests.
“Dusit” in Thai is the fourth heaven and “Thani” is a city. The concept of Dusit Thani, the city in the fourth heaven, was proposed by King Rama VI in 1918 as an ideal state of human well-being, a model city of freedom and happiness, the perfect foundation on which to build the city’s most memorable hotel where the brand promise continues with ‘using the gifts of heaven to create heaven on earth.’
In 1925, King Rama VI made a further donation of Saladaeng to be a public park. This park is the vast Lumphini Park, named after the birth place of Lord Buddha, Lumphini in Nepal. The King Rama VI Monument stands at the gate to Lumphini Park just across from Dusit Thani. The land on which Dusit Thani Bangkok stands was once the site of a nobleman’s mansion.
Thanpuying’s legacy to the Kingdom of Thailand will live on forever and Dusit Thani Bangkok’s golden pinnacle spire will be the guiding light for many years to come. It will be a beacon for Dusit International’s expansion as Thanpuying’s dream becomes reality to introduce gracious, warm and sincere Thai hospitality around the world.
We celebrate together Dusit Thani Bangkok’s 40th anniversary and wish the grand dame well for many years to come!
Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School (LCBD), together with the Department of Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, the Royal Project Foundation and private firms held a press conference to announce the Thai Chefs to the World project on Tuesday 30 March 2010 at the Benjarong Restaurant, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
The press conference was presided over by HSH Prince Bhisatej Rajni, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation. It was well-attended by VIPs as well as representatives from the project sponsors and members of the media. However, this was no ordinary press conference, a special cooking show was held among three teams of VIP guests resulting in beautiful creations of Thai dishes.
The Thai Chefs to the World project provides an opportunity for Thai chefs to showcase their skills and to develop themselves to international standards. The competition began with intensive training in late April followed by a hotly-contested competition in May. The winners of the cooking competition will receive prestigious prizes namely scholarships to study Thai Cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School at the Award Presentation Ceremony on 15 June 2010. There are also many other prizes including roadshows in the US and job opportunities at leading Thai companies including CP All Public Company Limited, Thai Agri Foods Public Company Limited.
For further information, please contact+66 (0) 81 829 4446 or visit www.thaichefsproject.com
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Amazing Thailand Grand Sale: 15 June - 15 August 2010Thailand’s annual three-month shopping extravaganza offers world-class shopping, a diverse selection of quality products and services, by leading department stores and participating retail outlets in Bangkok and popular tourist destinations.
Dubai Summer Surprises: 17 June - 7 August 2010Aimed at entertaining families with children, Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) is an annual programme of events and activities that take place at various venues across Dubai, offering a different theme and transforming shopping malls into venues for live entertainment, music, dancing and much more!
Cairo International Fashion Show: 30 July - 1 August 2010Cairo International Fashion Show, organised by Défilé d’ Egypte, brings an array of fashion designers, manufactures, and fashion houses from all over the world to show off their latest creations at Cairo International Convention Centre.
Since the Licensing and Consulting Agreement between Dusit Thani Public Company Limited and Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) has been signed in December 2008, Dusit Thani College (DTC) and LPU has successfully designed and developed a collaborative curriculum in hospitality education for all four campuses of LPU that include Manila, Batangas, Cavite and Laguna. Faculty training, facilities improvement and instructional materials development will be undertaken to support the provision of quality instruction.
LPU is the leading Hospitality and Restaurant Management University in the country with an accredited status. The agreement has made Lyceum a globally competitive university mainly because there are only a few schools that have such agreements with an international and well-known brand like Dusit Thani.
Veera Pardpattanapanich, Rector of Dusit Thani College, emphasised, “A quality education comes from four main factors including an outstanding curriculum, an experienced and competent faculty, a state-of-the-art and standard facility, and excellent student activities.”
Further, Dusit Thani Manila will provide preferential practicum training for students as well as employment opportunities for graduates of the various LPU campuses. On the other hand, LPU faculty are also benefiting from the ongoing DTC workshops and seminars.
Collectively, the various campuses have around 12,000 students enrolled in HRM and Tourism programmes. Standardisation was undertaken to ensure that all students going through the LPU-DTC curriculum would have the same conceptual and competency skills and would carry comparable qualities, attitude and skills when employed in any tourism and hospitality related sector. This is the first move for a Thai hospitality institution like Dusit Thani College to successfully bring Thai hospitality education to be developed at an international higher education level.
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Typically found on the Southeast Asian continent, mangosteen is a fairly small tropical fruit, known as the Queen of the Fruits for its many appealing taste and health benefits and can be harvested only once or twice a year.
The mangosteen is round in figure, with sweet white pulp in deep reddish purple rind. Its delicious flesh can be described as sweet and
refreshing tangy flavour with high nutrient density, whilst its peel contains generous amounts of antioxidant and antibacterial properties as well as condensed tannin that are proved to be beneficial in keeping the skin healthy.
Devarana Spa uses mangosteen peel extract as the key ingredient in its specially formulated Mangosteen Peel Body Scrub. Packed with natural polishing grains and pure natural active ingredients, this rich creamy scrub gently exfoliates dead cells, provides deep hydration, removes impurities that dull the skin and brightens the overall complexion. The fruity formula also helps tighten skin pores, prepares skin for better absorption of subsequent body products and gently decreases wrinkle lines.
The Mangosteen Peel Body Scrub will leave the skin with renewed clarity and vibrancy and give a refreshing boost to the mood and energy levels.
Price: THB 2,100++ or PHP 2,800++ (60 mins.)
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The tallest building in the city for at least a few months after its opening in the late 1960s (opened in 1970). Dusit Thani Bangkok is a rare project, reflecting deco and modernist influences in a way that is distinctly Thai. Striking at night, when the geometrical, gold lined frames that run up the building are lit-up, the hotel is symbolic to Bangkok residents because it is locally owned and was one of the first buildings in the city to make a high-rise statement. For expats the fusion of Eastern elements in a Western modernist context is the point of conversation. Note the influence of Buddhist architecture in the portico like frames and the shape of the structure.
Wallpaper City Guide, Bangkok 2006
Dusit Thani Bangkok continues to be one of the Asia’s leading hotels.
From left: Sophia John, US Ambassador’s wife; Rapeepan Luangaramrut; HSH Prince Bhisatej Rajni, Chairman of the Royal Project Foundation; Srirat Rastapana, Director-General of the Department of Export Promotion; Kittipong Leelayouva, M.D. of Thai Agri Foods Co., Ltd.; Aranya and Pravit Maleenont, M.D. of Bangkok Entertainment Co., Ltd. (TV3)
Picture shows: The contract signing ceremony between Dusit Thani College and Lyceum of the Philippines University led by Khampi Suwanarat (2nd from right, front row), Managing Director – Dusit Education, Roberto P. Laurel (left, front row), and Peter P. Laurel (2nd from left, front row), Presidents of Lyceum of the Philippines University.
International Icon Celebrates 40 Years Young in 2010
Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts : Dusit Thani Bangkok n Dusit Thani Hua Hin n Dusit Thani Pattaya n Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket n Dusit Island Resort Chiang Rai n Dusit Thani Manila n Dusit Thani Dubai n Dusit Thani LakeView, Cairo n Dusit Thani Sanya (Opening 2011) n Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi (Opening 2011) n Dusit Thani Dilmunia Bahrain (Opening 2012) n Dusit Thani Jeddah (Opening 2013) n Chatrium Suites Bangkok
dusitD2 hotels & resorts : dusitD2 chiang mai n dusitD2 baraquda pattaya n dusitD2 new delhi (opening 2011) n dusitD2 bali (opening 2011)
Dusit Princess Hotels & Resorts : Dusit Princess Srinakarin, Bangkok n Dusit Princess Koh Chang n Dusit Princess Korat n Royal Princess Larn Luang, Bangkok n Royal Princess Chiang Mai n Pathumwan Princess, MBK Centre, Bangkok n Bel-Aire Princess, Sukhumvit, Bangkok n Grand China Princess, Chinatown, Bangkok n Dusit Princess City Centre, Dubai
Dusit Residence Serviced Apartments : Dusit Residence Dubai Marina n Pearl Coast Premier Hotel Apartments, Dubai
Dusit Devarana Hotels & Resorts : Dusit Devarana New Delhi (Opening 2010) n Dusit Devarana Jaipur (Opening 2011) n Dusit Devarana Rishikesh (Opening 2012) n Eighth Heaven Phang Nga – A Dusit Devarana Resort (Opening 2013)
Devarana Spa : Bangkok n Pattaya n Hua Hin n Chiang Mai n Manila n Fiesole-Florence, Italy
