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7 Jan, 2017

Staporn Sirisinha, Executive Director, Thailand Incentive & Convention Association

Date and Place of Birth: November 22, 1945, Bangkok Marital Status: Married with two children Education: Bachelor of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok Career With the Tourism Authority of Thailand for 12 years: 1972-73 Assistant Director, TAT Frankfurt. 1973-76 Assistant Director, TAT New York 1977-82 Director, TAT Singapore 1983-84 Director, TAT Convention Department 1984-88 Founding/Executive Director […]

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7 Jan, 2017

Asad Shiraz, Senior Director, Tourism Marketing, Singapore Tourism Board

 Date and Place of Birth: 24 May 1957, Singapore Marital Status: Married Education Bachelor of Administration (First Class Honours), Brock University, Canada Graduate of Senior Management Programme, Civil Service College, Singapore Career Joined the Singapore Tourism Board and spent 20 years between Nov 1982 –Nov 2002 Marketing Officer, Nov 1982 – Mar 1985 Senior Marketing […]

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2 Jan, 2017

Khoo Hock Aun, Deputy Executive Director, ASEAN Tourism Information Centre

Place and Date of Birth: Penang, Malaysia, 10 October 1955 Marital Status: Married Education Bachelor of Science (Agribusiness), University of Agriculture (Putra) Malaysia. Nuffield Foundation Study Fellow with the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, United Kingdom Career Staff Writer, Malaysian Business magazine (1978-1983) Executive Director, ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry (1986-88) Deputy […]

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2 Jan, 2017

Robert W. Guy, CMP, Managing Director, Singapore & Malaysia, Destination Asia

Date and Place of Birth: July 25, 1944, Illinois USA Marital Status: Married. Education College of San Mateo & Stanford University, Palo Alto California Career Destination Asia – Managing Director Singapore & Malaysia October 2010 to present Pacific World – Regional Managing Director, January 1989 to August 2009 Tour East – Group General Manager May […]

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28 Dec, 2016

Wichit Na-Ranong, Managing Director, Pearl Group of Companies, Phuket

Place & Date of Birth: Phuket, July 28, 1943. Marital Status: Married with one son and one daughter. Education: – Bachelor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok – Master of Public Administration, University of Southern California, USA. – Honorary Doctorate Degree on Hotel and Tourism Management, Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand – Honorary Doctorate Degree on […]

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17 Dec, 2016

U Maung Maung Swe, President, SM Tours & Transport, Myanmar

Date and Place of Birth: January 26, 1954, Mandalay, Myanmar. Religion: Buddhist Marital Status: Married Education Diploma in Japanese (1971~1974) B.E (Electronic) 1971-1977, (Yangon Institute of Technology) Language Skills Myanmar, English, Japanese, Chinese Thai: Spoken Career 1978 – 1981: Tourist Burma 1983 – 1994: Vice President, Siam Travel Service Co., Ltd, Bangkok 1984 – 1994: […]

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