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Published on October 24, 2007

Managing director Chaithep Pattarapornpaisarn said the company, which runs the upmarket Cantonese restaurant Lee Kitchen, would focus on creating awareness of its two flagship brands - Lee Kitchen and Lee Cafe - to position itself as the leading player in the Chinese-restaurant business.

"We've invested Bt10 million to expand our main kitchen facility to train our staff. We will also focus on our home-delivery service, which has enjoyed 10-15-per-cent growth year on year," he said.

Chaithep said the company would also increase useable space in its restaurant on the fourth floor of Siam Centre and promote it as a community restaurant where individual and corporate clients could host small seminars and parties.

Thailand Bestbuys

NCC Exhibition Organiser is planning to stage one of it largest fairs at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, to be called Thailand Bestbuys 2007.

The fair will occupy more than 17,000 square metres of retail space, and about 850 exhibitors will showcase high-quality products, including apparel, bags, shoes, jewellery and ornaments, gifts, furniture and home-decorative items.

The company expects about 220,000 visitors at the nine-day fair from December 8-16, generating a cash flow of more than Bt350 million.

AC Asset on parade

AC Asset will stage an "SC Parade" event on Sunday, to boost sales of its single-house and town-home units in what is left of this year's final quarter.

The company plans to give away a home and furniture worth Bt1 million as a special promotion for five key projects at different locations under its two flagship brands: Bangkok Boulevard and Vista Park.

The company expects the "SC Parade" event to generate Bt100 million in sales.

Visionary Tesco kids

To celebrate its 13th anniversary in Thailand, leading retailer Tesco Lotus will hold the country's first children's symposium on Friday  at CentralWorld's TK Park.

Thirteen smart Thai 13-year-olds have been invited to reveal their visions for a green future over the next 13 years.

Guest speakers will join them to contribute their views on environmental trends and give advice on how Thai youngsters can help save the environment.

They will include Charkrit Direkwattanachai, head of customer insight at Tesco Lotus; Kwanrudee Chotechanataweewong, director of the Energy Industry and Environmental Programme; and popular television hosts Prasan Ingkanan and Thankhun Jitissara.

 The Nation