eTN Ambassador and veteran hotelier wins Skal Merit award

BANGKOK, Thailand – Veteran hotelier and writer, Andrew J.

BANGKOK, Thailand – Veteran hotelier and writer, Andrew J. Wood, was awarded a certificate of merit at the recent Skal International Congress hosted for the first time on a cruise liner, late last month.

Mr. Wood, who is a long-time resident of Thailand and a former President of the Skal Club of Bangkok, is the 85th recipient of the award, in the 81-year history of a movement credited with 18,000 members, worldwide.

He is the second Thailand resident to be recognized after the late Malai Sakolviphak, who was a founding member of Skal in Thailand.

Mr. Wood keeps the travel industry up-to-date with an informative and entertaining blog in addition to keeping tabs on the hotel industry, his first passion. He also has a stake in a recently-established destination management company headquartered in Bangkok.

There were other awards presented to Thailand-based organizations during the congress at sea.

They included:

Two ecotourism (Sustainable Development in Tourism) awards. The first in the category of educational programs and media:

1. The Code of conduct for the protection of children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism.

Submitted by The Code Organization, supported by Skal International Bangkok. www.thecode.org

2. Electric Boats (Thailand) โ€“ in the transportation category.

Submitted by Mermaid Cruises & Shipping Company, supported by Skal International Hua Hin & Cha Am. www.huahincruises.com

Phuket won the Development Award for increasing membership (Chiang Mai won it last year).

In other related news, Rembrandt Hotel and the Bangkok club won the bid (beating Germany) to host the Mid-term International Skal Council meeting in May 2014.

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