7 Jan, 2017
Sumate Sudasna, Managing Director, Conference & Destination Management
Date & Place of Birth: 2 April 1952, Bangkok
Marital Status: Married with two children and one grandchild
Education:
Triam Udom Suksa School, Bangkok, 1969
Studied Industrial Design at University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1972-73
Career
1972-1977: Dusit Thani Hotel, Front Office
1977-1978: Asian Tours Centre, tour guide
1978-1981: Dusit Thani Hotel, Front office manager
1981-1983: Mandarin Hotel Bangkok, Marketing Manager
1983-1987: Diethelm Travel, Convention & Incentive Manager
1988 – present: Founder and Managing Director, Conference & Destination Management, a company that has become well recognized as creators of several ‘firsts’ in delivering incentive travel programs with a difference.
Other activities
Principal contact for SITE Thailand Chapter for 12 years, until its dissolution.
President, Thailand Incentive & Convention Association for four consecutive two year-terms since 2009, the first private sector executive to head the joint public-private organization.
Awards and Recognitions
1993 World Incentive Travel Personality for Asia by organisers of IT&ME and EIBTM
1995 SITE Member of the Year and Chairman, SITE University in Pattaya.
Source: Sumate Sudasna
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