SKAL to Celebrate Relaunch of Pattaya and East Thailand Club

SKAL International Thailand will celebrate the relaunch of its Pattaya and East Thailand club at a special event to be held at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Pattaya at 18:00 tomorrow (Thursday, 28 February 2013).

The new club President Tony Malhotra, Deputy Managing Director of Pattaya Mail Publishing, will preside at the inaugural event amongst Pattaya's leading travel and tourism luminaries.

Andrew J Wood, National President, SKAL International Thailand, said, "It has been a long time since we were able to talk SKAL in Pattaya and I am delighted to announce that we will be re-starting SKAL International Pattaya and East Thailand. There has never been a better time in my mind for Pattaya’s travel and tourism executives to have a forum to network and discuss common issues on a regular monthly basis. Travel professionals should ensure that they will become a founding member of the new relaunched club under the caring and guiding leadership of President Tony Malhotra."

In 2006 Pattaya hosted the 67th SKAL World Congress. The 2013 World Congress will take place 28 September to 5 October in New York, and the Asian Area Congress 30 May to  2 June in Negombo, Sri Lanka this year.

Asked why it is important to have a SKAL Club in Pattaya, new president Tony Malhotra said, "Pattaya is expanding rapidly and there are many new tourism projects planned. Add to that a wide and diverse number of new Pattaya tourism executives stationed in Pattaya; a projected 3 million visitors annually and a record 22 million international visitors to Thailand. They all add up to the need for a professional association that is able to communicate and share knowledge to ensure that Pattaya and East Thailand maintains its firm foothold on the stage of world tourism. A destination with a SKAL Club sends out a message to all stakeholders and suppliers that we are serious about the business of tourism."

SKAL International currently has 18,000 members in 450 clubs in 85 countries.