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Chadatip Chutrakul - Retail Queen

Report from The Nation dated Thursday 16 November 2006 :-

Chadatip Chutrakul - Retail Queen

Chadatip Chutrakul is about to celebrate a successful first year for Siam Paragon, avoiding any major overlap with the upmarket mall's nearby sister complexes

Chadatip Chutrakul is often regarded as one of Thailand's top female achievers in upmarket retailing, along with Supaluck Umpuj of the Mall/Emporium group and Yuwadee Chirathiwat of the Central group.

At 46, Chadatip, the youngest of the trio, is CEO of Siam Paragon Co, owner of Bangkok's largest shopping complex, as well as managing director of Siam Piwat Co, owner of Siam Centre and Siam Discovery.

Siam Paragon, which will celebrate its first anniversary next month, represents an investment of Bt15 billion with prime land of 500,000 square metres, while the adjacent Siam Discovery and Siam Centre cover another 300,000 square metres of prime real estate in the heart of Bangkok.

Altogether, they form one of Asia's largest integrated shopping complexes with daily visitors said to have topped 300,000.

The sprawling Siam Paragon alone is said to have attracted nearly 200,000 visitors per day since its opening last December.

For Chadatip, the ultimate necessity is to ensure that the three do not compete against one another - and it's been so far so good. Siam Paragon, which she says is comparable to Singapore's Suntech City, Hong Kong's Pacific Place, London's Harrod's or New York's Saks on Fifth Avenue, is positioned as a world-class shopping paradise with foreign visitors accounting for 30-35 per cent of the clients.

After nearly a year in the business, she says Siam Paragon - a 50-50 joint venture between Siam Piwat and the Mall Group - is "100 per cent" on track.

"We're confident that we're doing the right thing in terms of being a world-class shopping centre. For example, many of the monarchs or their representatives who came to Thailand last June visited Siam Paragon.

"Another example is that we recently organised the largest watch and jewellery fair in Bangkok, with the combined value of goods on display worth in excess of Bt3 billion. We've also been busy welcoming many foreign delegations who want to visit our premises and observe our operation. Since the opening, we've already received delegates from some 40 countries.

"Media-wise, Siam Paragon has been publicised in more than 100 countries, including many publications in the Middle East. Even the Board of Trade of Singapore reportedly held a conference after we opened to discuss some counter-measures."

So, what has made Siam Paragon tick so far?

While key success factors may include a strong management team, a wide product range, unique architecture, state-of-the-art technology, a prime location as well as accessibility, Chadatip says the warm hearts and frequent smiles of thousands of service providers are no less important.

"In fact, Siam Piwat and The Mall Group are highly experienced in this business. I myself have been in retailing and hospitality for two decades, since the time we managed the former Siam Intercontinental Hotel.

"We had a lot of training for our staff prior to the opening. Now our training system is quite rigorous. We serve with hearts and smiles. In addition, we benefit from having all the three shopping centres together as we can integrate and synchronise their operations, especially the security. Recently, a Singaporean tourist was robbed on Rama I Road outside our premises but ran inside, so he was helped by our personnel. We alerted the police as well as the embassy on his behalf.

"Besides the customer relationship personnel for the general public, we have dozens of tourist assistants who can speak more than 20 languages to help foreign visitors, as well as lots of security guards and CCTVs for visitors' safety in all three shopping centres," she says.

In terms of marketing, Chadatip says the customer base of Siam Paragon is very wide as it aims to cover nearly all upmarket customer groups.

As for the 35-year-old renovated Siam Centre, the target groups are now aged from 12 to 25, whereas Siam Discovery's target groups are of working age. Siam Centre attracts about 100,000 visitors each day, while Siam Discovery has about 75,000.

"The International Council of Shopping Centres is interested in researching how we could have managed these three large shopping centres next to each other successfully," she adds.

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Problems delay Suvarnabhumi Airport gala opening

Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 18 November 2006 :-

Problems delay Suvarnabhumi Airport gala opening

The official opening of Suvarnabhumi airport by His Majesty the King will be delayed for at least another six months as officials attempt to deal with persistent problems and bad publicity including safety, sexual harassment and complains about noise, a senior official said today.

Air Force commander Air Chief Marshal Chalit Phukbhasuk, also chairman of the committee organising the opening of the new airport, said that two major issues were raised during a meeting following complaints lodged by airport staff of sexual harassment and people living near the airport who were affected by noise problem.

Female staff at the airport, especially those working at night, have recently complained that they have been sexually harassed by construction workers.

Civil Aviation Department chief Chaisak Angkasuwan has suggested earlier that as an immediate solution to the noise problem, pilots would be asked to employ 20th century-type noise abatement procedures when approaching the airport for landing.

Flight frequency would also be better distributed to both runways to reduce noise impact in local areas.

Stressing that the problems must be totally solved before the official opening, which will be presided over by His Majesty the King, ACM Chalit said the official opening may be delayed for another six months.

The Airports of Thailand has been asked to solve the problems before next June, when officials of the International Civil Aviation Organization are due to inspect the airport before issuing an ICAO certificate.
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One price fits all, says One-Two-Go

Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 29 November 2006 :-

One price fits all, says One-Two-Go - 'Transparent' B1,700 fare includes all extras

One-Two-Go Airlines, Thailand's first low-cost carrier (LCC), is taking a further step to simplify its ticket-price structure by introducing a single net fare for all its domestic services.

Starting on Dec 1, the net ticket prices on its six domestic routes - from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Surat Thani and Krabi - will be 1,700 baht one way.

The airline is seeking to differentiate itself from the basic global LCC concept adopted by two rival carriers - Thai AirAsia and Nok Air - by making its ticket prices transparent with no hidden costs in the form of fuel surcharges, insurance and taxes.

Thai AirAsia and Nok Air apply multiple fares, depending on the time and mode of booking, seat availability and promotional period, which exclude all extras such as fuel surcharges.

Udom Tantiprasongchai, the chief executive and founder of One-Two-Go, called his company's one-price policy ''sincere'' and straightforward since it eliminated all the fine print that confused and sometimes annoyed passengers.

However, the new flat fare is only for flights on weekdays. A 500-baht premium will apply on weekends or long weekends.

The uniform fare means the one-way ticket on One-Two-Go from Bangkok to Chiang Rai and Hat Yai will be reduced from 1,950 baht to 1,700 baht, the rate that has already been applied to its four other routes.

One-Two-Go had earlier included all the extra costs in its ticket prices, as well as removing stringent conditions normally applied by budget carriers to attract passengers.

For instance, a change in the travel date can be made without a penalty fee. The airline also offers greater baggage allowance of up to 20 kg, assigned seats and free snacks and beverages on board _ not normally offered by other budget airlines.

As part of its increased services, One-Two-Go also plans to sell consumer goods such as cup instant noodles and T-shirts on board its aircraft at the same prices as on the ground.

''The prices of these goods will be the same as those at 7-Eleven convenience stores,'' Mr Udom said. ''We don't intend to seek undue profit from this service like other LCCs.''

Thai AirAsia charges 60 baht for a cup of instant noodles that otherwise retails for 12 baht at 7-Eleven, while a KitKat chocolate bat goes for 50 baht, 3-4 times more expensive than on the ground.

''We are working with suppliers to introduce a range of goods to be sold on board of our aircraft,'' Mr Udom said.

One-Two-Go operates 13 flights a day on the six routes.

He said One-Two-Go had no immediate plan to introduce new routes but had looked into services from Bangkok to Phitsanulok and Nakhon Si Thammarat, and from Hat Yai to Phuket routes.

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Commentary - Flaws at new airport need fixing

Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 6 December 2006 :-

Commentary - Flaws at new airport need fixing

By Boonsong Kositchotethana

More than two months have passed since the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sept 28, and it is a pity that many of the facility's drawbacks don't seem to be getting fixed. Unresolved problems which have irked travellers and those whose work evolve around the airport have grown in such magnitude that many are disgusted at the idea of going through, or working at, the airport. Judging from the hundreds of letters to newspapers and websites almost every day lamenting the hassles, and the news stories and editorials in many media detailing the airport's deficiencies and scandals, clearly not enough is being done to improve Bangkok's new international airport.

My recent personal visit to Suvarnabhumi served to confirm that little has indeed been done to correct the flaws, which unfortunately have given the facility a bad name internationally, rather than being the ''pride of Thailand''. There have been statements made by Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen and the Airports of Thailand Plc's (AoT) new board chairman Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr about the need to urgently address the problems, but the public has not seen any real action being taken.

It is a shame that some very easy fixes - like enlarging display fonts, posting plentiful correct direction signs in locations where people can clearly see them, and adding more foreign languages such as Mandarin to the signage _ have not been carried out, even though these problems were identified well before the airport's opening. Many of the airport's restrooms are a disgrace to the country (which recently hosted the World Toilet Expo and Forum), with flushes not working properly, broken water taps, the absence of toilet paper and dirty, wet floors.

That is so much easier to tackle than building over 200 additional toilets at the airport, which AoT president Chotisak Asapaviriya has vowed to do, in the wake of scathing criticism from passengers and the public over the insufficiency of toilets there. It will take a while before these new toilets will be in service.

Several spots at the terminal are littered with rubbish discarded by construction workers and others working at the airport, due to the lack of cleaning and garbage collection. The area in front of the terminal has become extremely dirty, with cigarette butts and discarded chewing gum on the pavements. A poor welcome to a country.

Very poor lighting and the expanses of unpainted concrete make the terminal look so drab, and make working conditions for immigration officers difficult _ little wonder it takes so long for them to process passports. Poor lighting has also contributed to the recent spate of complaints from female employees on night shifts about being sexually harassed by construction workers and security guards. Why can't the AoT quickly install more lights where they are needed, and paint the walls and ceiling white to mitigate the problems?

Air-conditioning is another problem-plagued area which needs immediate attention, as it has been hot and sweaty on the top floor of the terminal and along the main walkways between terminal arms.

The public continues to put up with the lack of comfort, as the chairs there are only steel-framed with no padding, and cold!

One can witness the premature breakdown of the terminal's facilities. Lifts get stuck and the revolving doors at the terminal's entrances do not operate properly.

What I have dwelt on so far are just some of the fixes which can be done quicker than the mountains of bigger improvements, like widening the egress for arriving passengers and constructing more restrooms - if the AoT is really serious about correcting the flaws.

It is good news that the AoT's new chairman, Gen Saprang, has ordered all relevant contracts, fraught with alleged widespread corruption, to be examined and made available for public vetting.

But as important as netting the crooks, Gen Saprang should make the improvements at the airport a top priority, as well as making AoT management and other parties involved such as contractors, suppliers and designers accountable for the flaws at Suvarnabhumi.

Boonsong Kositchotethana is Deputy Assignment Editor (Business), Bangkok Post.

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Commentary - Flaws at new airport need fixing

Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 6 December 2006 :-

Commentary - Flaws at new airport need fixing

By Boonsong Kositchotethana

More than two months have passed since the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sept 28, and it is a pity that many of the facility's drawbacks don't seem to be getting fixed. Unresolved problems which have irked travellers and those whose work evolve around the airport have grown in such magnitude that many are disgusted at the idea of going through, or working at, the airport. Judging from the hundreds of letters to newspapers and websites almost every day lamenting the hassles, and the news stories and editorials in many media detailing the airport's deficiencies and scandals, clearly not enough is being done to improve Bangkok's new international airport.

My recent personal visit to Suvarnabhumi served to confirm that little has indeed been done to correct the flaws, which unfortunately have given the facility a bad name internationally, rather than being the ''pride of Thailand''. There have been statements made by Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen and the Airports of Thailand Plc's (AoT) new board chairman Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr about the need to urgently address the problems, but the public has not seen any real action being taken.

It is a shame that some very easy fixes - like enlarging display fonts, posting plentiful correct direction signs in locations where people can clearly see them, and adding more foreign languages such as Mandarin to the signage _ have not been carried out, even though these problems were identified well before the airport's opening. Many of the airport's restrooms are a disgrace to the country (which recently hosted the World Toilet Expo and Forum), with flushes not working properly, broken water taps, the absence of toilet paper and dirty, wet floors.

That is so much easier to tackle than building over 200 additional toilets at the airport, which AoT president Chotisak Asapaviriya has vowed to do, in the wake of scathing criticism from passengers and the public over the insufficiency of toilets there. It will take a while before these new toilets will be in service.

Several spots at the terminal are littered with rubbish discarded by construction workers and others working at the airport, due to the lack of cleaning and garbage collection. The area in front of the terminal has become extremely dirty, with cigarette butts and discarded chewing gum on the pavements. A poor welcome to a country.

Very poor lighting and the expanses of unpainted concrete make the terminal look so drab, and make working conditions for immigration officers difficult _ little wonder it takes so long for them to process passports. Poor lighting has also contributed to the recent spate of complaints from female employees on night shifts about being sexually harassed by construction workers and security guards. Why can't the AoT quickly install more lights where they are needed, and paint the walls and ceiling white to mitigate the problems?

Air-conditioning is another problem-plagued area which needs immediate attention, as it has been hot and sweaty on the top floor of the terminal and along the main walkways between terminal arms.

The public continues to put up with the lack of comfort, as the chairs there are only steel-framed with no padding, and cold!

One can witness the premature breakdown of the terminal's facilities. Lifts get stuck and the revolving doors at the terminal's entrances do not operate properly.

What I have dwelt on so far are just some of the fixes which can be done quicker than the mountains of bigger improvements, like widening the egress for arriving passengers and constructing more restrooms - if the AoT is really serious about correcting the flaws.

It is good news that the AoT's new chairman, Gen Saprang, has ordered all relevant contracts, fraught with alleged widespread corruption, to be examined and made available for public vetting.

But as important as netting the crooks, Gen Saprang should make the improvements at the airport a top priority, as well as making AoT management and other parties involved such as contractors, suppliers and designers accountable for the flaws at Suvarnabhumi.

Boonsong Kositchotethana is Deputy Assignment Editor (Business), Bangkok Post.

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Commentary - Flaws at new airport need fixing

Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 6 December 2006 :-

Commentary - Flaws at new airport need fixing

By Boonsong Kositchotethana

More than two months have passed since the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sept 28, and it is a pity that many of the facility's drawbacks don't seem to be getting fixed. Unresolved problems which have irked travellers and those whose work evolve around the airport have grown in such magnitude that many are disgusted at the idea of going through, or working at, the airport. Judging from the hundreds of letters to newspapers and websites almost every day lamenting the hassles, and the news stories and editorials in many media detailing the airport's deficiencies and scandals, clearly not enough is being done to improve Bangkok's new international airport.

My recent personal visit to Suvarnabhumi served to confirm that little has indeed been done to correct the flaws, which unfortunately have given the facility a bad name internationally, rather than being the ''pride of Thailand''. There have been statements made by Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen and the Airports of Thailand Plc's (AoT) new board chairman Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr about the need to urgently address the problems, but the public has not seen any real action being taken.

It is a shame that some very easy fixes - like enlarging display fonts, posting plentiful correct direction signs in locations where people can clearly see them, and adding more foreign languages such as Mandarin to the signage _ have not been carried out, even though these problems were identified well before the airport's opening. Many of the airport's restrooms are a disgrace to the country (which recently hosted the World Toilet Expo and Forum), with flushes not working properly, broken water taps, the absence of toilet paper and dirty, wet floors.

That is so much easier to tackle than building over 200 additional toilets at the airport, which AoT president Chotisak Asapaviriya has vowed to do, in the wake of scathing criticism from passengers and the public over the insufficiency of toilets there. It will take a while before these new toilets will be in service.

Several spots at the terminal are littered with rubbish discarded by construction workers and others working at the airport, due to the lack of cleaning and garbage collection. The area in front of the terminal has become extremely dirty, with cigarette butts and discarded chewing gum on the pavements. A poor welcome to a country.

Very poor lighting and the expanses of unpainted concrete make the terminal look so drab, and make working conditions for immigration officers difficult _ little wonder it takes so long for them to process passports. Poor lighting has also contributed to the recent spate of complaints from female employees on night shifts about being sexually harassed by construction workers and security guards. Why can't the AoT quickly install more lights where they are needed, and paint the walls and ceiling white to mitigate the problems?

Air-conditioning is another problem-plagued area which needs immediate attention, as it has been hot and sweaty on the top floor of the terminal and along the main walkways between terminal arms.

The public continues to put up with the lack of comfort, as the chairs there are only steel-framed with no padding, and cold!

One can witness the premature breakdown of the terminal's facilities. Lifts get stuck and the revolving doors at the terminal's entrances do not operate properly.

What I have dwelt on so far are just some of the fixes which can be done quicker than the mountains of bigger improvements, like widening the egress for arriving passengers and constructing more restrooms - if the AoT is really serious about correcting the flaws.

It is good news that the AoT's new chairman, Gen Saprang, has ordered all relevant contracts, fraught with alleged widespread corruption, to be examined and made available for public vetting.

But as important as netting the crooks, Gen Saprang should make the improvements at the airport a top priority, as well as making AoT management and other parties involved such as contractors, suppliers and designers accountable for the flaws at Suvarnabhumi.

Boonsong Kositchotethana is Deputy Assignment Editor (Business), Bangkok Post.

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Cold weather sets in over most of country

Report from The Nation dated Monday 18 December 2006 :-

Cold weather sets in over most of country

Despite arriving late, cold weather has started to hit northern provinces.

The Meteorological Department warned that an intense high pressure ridge had extended to cover upper Thailand. Cold weather and winds are expected in the North, Northeast, Central and East regions until Wednes
day.

Sixteen districts and two sub-districts of Chiang Rai and some districts in Chiang Mai have been declared as disaster areas after a third day of temperatures below 15 degrees centigrade.

In upland areas such as Mae Sai, Mae Chan, Phan, Thoeng, Wiang Pa Pao, Mae Fa Luang and Wiang Kaen, temperatures below 5 degrees have been recorded at night.

More than 146,700 people, mostly living on the top of mountains, have been facing cold conditions. Chiang Rai's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office estimates that 140,000 people lack suitable clothing to cope with the cold. The province approved a budget of Bt300,000 for the distribution of clothes and medicines to affected people. Centres have been established in several districts to receive donations of warm clothing and blankets.

Santhanee Chaichiangpin, Chiang Mai's Meteorological Officer, said a mass of cold air covering the upper North had caused temperatures keep dropping.

Muang district was covered by fog yesterday while the temperature dropped to only 14-15C.

Frost has occurred on Doi Inthanon, the country's highest peak, where the temperature has been under 5C. Frost is regarded as a phenomenon by people living in the sub-tropical lowlands.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department also warned about the El Nino phenomenon, which has caused surface temperatures in the middle and eastern parts of the Pacific Ocean to increase by more than 1-2 degrees in the past month.

It said El Nino would cause unusually high temperatures in Thailand during winter and summer as well as a little rainfall.

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Cold weather sets in over most of country

Report from The Nation dated Monday 18 December 2006 :-

Cold weather sets in over most of country

Despite arriving late, cold weather has started to hit northern provinces.

The Meteorological Department warned that an intense high pressure ridge had extended to cover upper Thailand. Cold weather and winds are expected in the North, Northeast, Central and East regions until Wednes
day.

Sixteen districts and two sub-districts of Chiang Rai and some districts in Chiang Mai have been declared as disaster areas after a third day of temperatures below 15 degrees centigrade.

In upland areas such as Mae Sai, Mae Chan, Phan, Thoeng, Wiang Pa Pao, Mae Fa Luang and Wiang Kaen, temperatures below 5 degrees have been recorded at night.

More than 146,700 people, mostly living on the top of mountains, have been facing cold conditions. Chiang Rai's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office estimates that 140,000 people lack suitable clothing to cope with the cold. The province approved a budget of Bt300,000 for the distribution of clothes and medicines to affected people. Centres have been established in several districts to receive donations of warm clothing and blankets.

Santhanee Chaichiangpin, Chiang Mai's Meteorological Officer, said a mass of cold air covering the upper North had caused temperatures keep dropping.

Muang district was covered by fog yesterday while the temperature dropped to only 14-15C.

Frost has occurred on Doi Inthanon, the country's highest peak, where the temperature has been under 5C. Frost is regarded as a phenomenon by people living in the sub-tropical lowlands.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department also warned about the El Nino phenomenon, which has caused surface temperatures in the middle and eastern parts of the Pacific Ocean to increase by more than 1-2 degrees in the past month.

It said El Nino would cause unusually high temperatures in Thailand during winter and summer as well as a little rainfall.

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Cold weather sets in over most of country

Report from The Nation dated Monday 18 December 2006 :-

Cold weather sets in over most of country

Despite arriving late, cold weather has started to hit northern provinces.

The Meteorological Department warned that an intense high pressure ridge had extended to cover upper Thailand. Cold weather and winds are expected in the North, Northeast, Central and East regions until Wednes
day.

Sixteen districts and two sub-districts of Chiang Rai and some districts in Chiang Mai have been declared as disaster areas after a third day of temperatures below 15 degrees centigrade.

In upland areas such as Mae Sai, Mae Chan, Phan, Thoeng, Wiang Pa Pao, Mae Fa Luang and Wiang Kaen, temperatures below 5 degrees have been recorded at night.

More than 146,700 people, mostly living on the top of mountains, have been facing cold conditions. Chiang Rai's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office estimates that 140,000 people lack suitable clothing to cope with the cold. The province approved a budget of Bt300,000 for the distribution of clothes and medicines to affected people. Centres have been established in several districts to receive donations of warm clothing and blankets.

Santhanee Chaichiangpin, Chiang Mai's Meteorological Officer, said a mass of cold air covering the upper North had caused temperatures keep dropping.

Muang district was covered by fog yesterday while the temperature dropped to only 14-15C.

Frost has occurred on Doi Inthanon, the country's highest peak, where the temperature has been under 5C. Frost is regarded as a phenomenon by people living in the sub-tropical lowlands.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department also warned about the El Nino phenomenon, which has caused surface temperatures in the middle and eastern parts of the Pacific Ocean to increase by more than 1-2 degrees in the past month.

It said El Nino would cause unusually high temperatures in Thailand during winter and summer as well as a little rainfall
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Re: Anything & Everything About Thailand

Thanks for this. I have got in detail what I need to know about Singapore.
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