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PROPERTY: MBK purchases land worth Bt664m
MBK Plc reported to the Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday that its subsidiary Olympic Club Co Ltd had purchased land located at Nongprue, in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri.
The purchase cost Bt664 million. - The Nation.--------------------------------- TOURISM: Annual Pata conference in Pattaya The Thai tourism industry has mobilised to host one of the region's most important travel events, the 55th Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) Annual Conference in Pattaya from April 23-27. The 2006 conference is expected to be attended by about 1,200 senior executives from Asia-Pacific national tourism organisations, airlines, hotels, tour companies, researchers, consultants and other travel-related organisations. Students and youths aged under 35 years are also expected to attend, paying a special registration fee of only Bt3,900. The main conference will be accompanied by committee and industry meetings to discuss specific industry subjects such as sustainable tourism, marketing, research and human resources development. The conference's theme of "Changing Lifestyles - New Opportunities" will focus on how fast-changing lifestyles and values can create new opportunities for the travel and tourism businesses. Sessions include Baby Boomers and the Challenge of Generations X&Y; And Long May They Live; The Diagnostics of Medical Travel; Significant Niche Markets - Optimising the Potential, Lowering the Cost, Keeping the Value; Defining the "Low-Cost" Revolution; And Don't Forget Your Mobile - Making Sense of Technological Trends". Well-known personalities have been invited to speak, such as the vice president/publisher of National Geographic Traveler, a presenter from BBC World, and the author of a guidebook on location sites of the movie trilogy "Lord of the Rings". - The Nation.
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