Sandy and her crew traveled in Thailand for the 2006
Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings
Asia
(IT&CMA) conference and the Corporate
TravelWorld (CTW) Asia-Pacific
exhibition. This is the premiere event in the
region on business and incentive travel
Thai
Airlines
Hank Roeder and Sandy Dhuyvetter VP Domestic and Global Operations for the
National Business Travel Association
Thai Airways
Pattaya Beach
Suvarnahumbi Airport in Bangkok
Suvarnahumbi Airport in Bangkok
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Welcome to this weeks news on Thailand from our
TravelTalkRADIO studios in Southern California.
TravelTalkRADIO's assignments
this week included a trip to
Pattaya on the shores of the
Gulf of Thailand to interview
some of the presenters and
sponsors of this years
Incentive Travel & Conventions,
Meetings Asia (IT&CMA)
conference and the Corporate
TravelWorld (CTW) Asia-Pacific
exhibition. As the keynote
ceremonies, training sessions
and networking events began to
unfold, we quickly realized that
the jointly held IT&CMA/CTW
program is probably one of the
best managed business and
incentive travel events we have
ever attended. We would like to
thank the executives and staff
of TTG Asia Media, the
organizers of the event, for a
superb job. Even though our
coverage of a large event like
Sandy at the new
Suvarnabhumii Airport in Bangkok
this
one can be a very exhausting task at
times, the planning and management
of the show by the TTG folks made
our work that much easier. Thank you
all!
Arriving in Bangkok, we were truly
impressed with the new Suvarnabhumi
International Airport that just
opened in late September. This
expansive, state-of-the-art facility
boasts the worlds tallest control
tower, a trendy shopping mall nearly
a mile long, manicured gardens and
delightful artwork and is slated to
become one of the busiest hubs in
the entire Pacific Asia region. We
found that even the airport hotel
(places usually to be avoided if at
all possible) was an absolute 5-star
rated knockout. The Novotel, an
Accor hotel, is extremely modern,
spacious, quiet, comfortable and
inviting with first rate amenities
and a gorgeous swimming pool
featuring a swim-up bar. Considering
that the hotel and airport opened
just weeks earlier, we felt a sense
of great attention to detail,
skilled management and a caring,
attentive staff. As we prepared to
return home from Thailand, we had
the opportunity to take an even
closer look at Suvarnabhumi
(pronounced Savana-poom) as we spent
8 hours roaming around the airport
terminal and enjoying the Rodeo
Drive-like shopping, soaring
ceilings of glass and steel, large
gardens and courtyards, diverse
restaurant offerings and a truly
international setting of artwork and
gilded monuments. Don't miss an
opportunity to pass through this 21st
century masterpiece. The
Suvarnabhumi Airport will delight
you with its opulent design,
fabulous decor and abundant
services.
Below, you will hear from several of
the movers and shakers in the Asia
Pacific region who attended IT&CMA/CTW
and you will have a chance to learn
more about some of the unique
offerings within this area. The
incentive and corporate travel
markets are alive and growing in
this part of the world. Join me and
meet some of the most interesting
front line people in the travel
industry.
Darren Ng
Managing Director
TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd.
Darren and Sandy sit down for a few
minutes to discuss the event and
TTG's role in developing and
organizing one of the finest
conferences in the industry.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Throughout these segments (all
except for Mr. Scott Christopher's
interview) you will
be listening to music by
MRS. KAMALA SUKOSOL and her daughter
Krissie. Kamala is also the owner
and president of Siam City Hotels &
Resorts in Thailand.
We were
honored to attend one of her
musicals in Pattaya at her Siam
Hotel. It was one of the most
exciting nights in Thailand. We
thoroughly enjoyed the evening and
were thrilled when Kamala gave us all
a CD of her music. You can listen to
short audio files of her wonderful
music.
Unlike many entertainers of today,
Kamala does not come from a
particularly musical family. The
daughter of a successful
businessman, Kamala inherited her
fathers innate talent for business,
but her artistic gifts and her
singing abilities are her own.
CLICK
HERE
to learn more about Kamala
and her lovely hotels.
Scott Christopher
Director of Speaking/Training, O.C.
Tanner Company
Keynote Speaker for the conference.
Check out his good word here as Scott talks to
Sandy about his message.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Becoming a 24-Carrot Leader
Great leadership starts with great
people. A high-powered keynote on
how to retain your best employees
and win the commitment of all your
people. It's called employee
recognition. In a dynamic, humorous
and compelling presentation, Scott
Christopher shows planners of
meetings and incentive programmes
how to create powerful, bonding
recognition experiences and present
case studies of effective
recognition from some
of the worlds finest companies.
Dr Guo Yingzhi,
Associate Professor & Head of Faculty in Tourism
Management,
Department
of Tourism,
Fudan University,
China
Dr. Guo shares her thoughts with Sandy about
the quality of superior education at Fudan
University and what her students are studying in
hospitality and tourism. This is an exciting
conversation with one of China's best educators
in the travel industry.
CHINA and
tourism and
travel
education at
the renown
Fudan
Unversity.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Dr. Guo
presented to
the
conference a
presentation
on
China Business Travellers: Old Myths, New
Realities
In 2004, 3.8 million visitors came to
China for meetings and business while 8.4 million
mainland Chinese travelled to destinations
beyond Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR, for business
and leisure purposes. As
China is a new country generating millions of
international travellers, it is crucial to gain
an understanding of the characteristics and
consumption behaviour of Chinese travellers.
What candestinations and suppliers learn about
the giant Chinas business travel market in order to better
attract Chinese business travellers and increase
their satisfaction?
8:30am Eastern Time
every Thursday Today's conversation with Bill.
TALKSTAR MORNING
October 19, 2 0 0 6
Medical Tourism Listen to MP3 file
TalkStar Mornings
with Bill Maddens
Medical Tourism and one community
in Thailand called Pattaya
Welcome to this
weeks news on Thailand
from our TravelTalkRADIO
studios in Southern
California.
All the archives of
the TV
Segments
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Medial
Tourism
Join Sandy
on KUSI
channel 9
and learn
more about
this new
dynamic
field in
tourism and
medicine!
Sandy
Dhuyvetter
and Patrick
Peartree
from
TravelTalkRADIO
with
Hospital
staff. Dr. Anuchit
Kovitvattanaphong, MD. Head of Plastic Surgery
and Deputy
Director
Jakapan
Bhongsatiern
MD.
Reina Rances,
Monika Petra
Rottmann and
"Pui" from
Bangkok
Hospital in
Pattaya
Dr.
Somchai T.
Shoke-Satian,
M.D.
Head Doctor
of
Ophthalmology
at Bangkok
Pattaya
Hospital
shows Sandy
around the
Eye
Department
at the
hospital.
Sandy shares a moment with Dr. Anuchit
Kovitvattanaphong, MD. Head of Plastic Surgery
at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.
Suzanne Fletcher President and CEO
National
Business Travel Association
NBTA
Suzanne sat down with Sandy to talk about the
National Business Travel Association and the
exciting ways that this dynamic association
works within the business communities around the
world. If your company supports its work force
on the road, you need to be involved with the
NBTA. It's a great conversation, please join us.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Jessie Leow,
Senior Marketing Manager,
Aon Consulting (Singapore)
An insurance expert shares a fun and friendly
session on everything you want to know about
insurance coverage and claims for your business
travel but dare not ask. Youll be surprised at
the helpful bits and pieces of useful
information youll get on the various types of
policies and plans, what is covered or not
covered, what travel expenses are reimbursable
or not. A session no travel planner or traveller
should miss!
Jessie Leow
Associate
Director
AON
Consulting
(Singapore)
Pte. Ltd.
Jessie is one bright woman and she
shares with us in layman terms what
is needed to create a great
environment, high morale and a great
plan that incorporates insurance
programs for the business traveler
and beyond.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Prithpal Singh Director
Executive Jets Asia Pts Ltd
The
Asia Pacific Business Traveler is
using private companies for
transportation more and more.
Prithpal Sing talks about this new
growth and why the Chinese business
traveler
especially are coming to him in
droves.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Peter Morris, Chief Economist,
ASCEND (A
division of Airclaims)
Now in its fifth year, this annual industry
survey, conducted among corporate travel
agencies, managers and suppliers in
Asia, continues to track the outlook, growth and
business trends in the business travel industry
in the region.
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Peter Morris, Chief Economist,
ASCEND (A division of Airclaims)
Sim Kok Chwee, Correspondent, Aviation Business
Magazine
When the Airbus A380 rolled out in
2005 as the worlds largest
commercial aircraft with a capacity
to seat 555 in three classes or 800
in a single class, it was touted to
bring new standards of comfort and
better economics in an aircraft that
is more environmentally responsible.
Built on a vision of hub airports,
the A380s will ferry masses of
passengers between major airports to
catch connecting flights to their
final destinations over the next 20
years. An analysis of whether this
is how airline passengers will
travel in the future and whether
airlines, airports and travellers
are ready for this giant baby.
Correspondent-at-Large
Correspondent,
Aviation Business Magazine
Listen to MP3 file of the
Interview
Sim Kok Chwee, Correspondent, Aviation Business
Magazine
Coming
next week.
Interview with
Chaiwat Charoensuk, Director
of Tourism Authority of Thailand in the Central
Region Office in Pattaya.
TravelTalkRADIO and
TV will be presenting more of Egypt in the upcoming weeks. Stay
tuned!
