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Fitz Club’s Highly-Anticipated Annual Tennis Tournament was a Smash Hit!

21/4/2021

The 13th Fitz Club Tennis Tournament recently held at the Fitz Club – Racquets, Health and Fitness was a smashing success. Sponsored by Siam Daikin Sales Co., Ltd, Carabao Group, Yonex Thailand, Dunlop Thailand, Meiji, Supply Gallery, T&T Aluminum, Fur-right and VC Fabric, the tournament brought together Thai players and expatriates along with supportive fans in this thrilling 3-day event.

Keen Tennis players of all levels gathered early on Friday afternoon as the tournament started with a warm welcome from Mr. Vitanart Vathanakul, the CEO of Royal Cliff Hotels Group, who is also an accomplished Tennis player and a long-time enthusiast of the sport. The tournament adopted the round-robin scoring system format which enabled competitors to play several heart-pumping matches against different opponents making it an action-packed weekend of fun and exciting matches for all. A brilliant display of top-level Tennis was delivered as participants of the Fitz Club Tennis Tournament this year included a Thailand Open Senior Champion, a Royal Bangkok Sports Club (RBSC) Champion, a Polo Club Champion, a Le Smash Club Champion as well as several ex ITF champions who made the event more electrifying.

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Slumber Party Hostels fourth largest globally

9/4/2021

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Collective Hospitality (CH), the owner and operator of Slumber Party Hostels (SHG), Path and Socialtel brands, has successfully acquired Bodega Hostels to become the largest hostel company in South East Asia and fourth largest globally, with 25 properties and more than 2,500 beds across Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia.

Established in 2012, SHG’s business model is based on providing the 18 to 35year old adventure traveler with a ‘one-stop-travel’ experience that features design-lead hostel facilities, local tour operation and management, and events held in their restaurants and bars. SHG has organically grown and expanded regionally, and with the recent Bodega Hostels acquisition, the company now totals 25 properties in Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

Bodega Hostels was established in 2013 and operates nine hostels in key tourist markets including two in Bangkok - Khaosan and Sukhumvit Road, two in Chiang Mai – Old Town and Thapae, and one each in Koh Phangan, Mae Hong Son, Phuket, Ao Nang and Siem Reap.

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"KIS International School was awarded by SAT- FJGT Future Junior Golf Thailand Class E Female best player of the year"

1/4/2021

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from KIS International School was awarded by SAT- FJGT Future Junior Golf Thailand Class E Female best player of the year. A huge achievement by the Grade 3 Junior golfer who recently received an award of honor from Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand. Accompanied by Khun Kumaree Komarakul Na Nagara, KIS Board Chair, and School Director and Khun Sorrakrit Lathitham, KIS Director of Marketing and Development. Mighty shared with us her passion for Golf saying “I started playing golf since I was four years old. My family is into golf and we like to spend our free time together enjoying the sport and that’s how I develop my passion for the sport. I want to improve even more from this and in the future, I would like to play in the LPGA” She is a huge inspiration to other youth golfers and amazing job Mighty! Keep it up.

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