On both days, Khun Arthorn Vanasantakul, Managing Director of MBK - Hotel & Tourism and the hotel’s management team lent their support to this fine initiative and also announced that the hotel will continue to provide meals for the medical staff throughout the vaccination program until 31st July.
On Monday 7th June the coronavirus vaccination program got under way at MBK Center G Floor and Pathumwan Princess Hotel has been eager to provide support for this great initiative. On Monday the hotel donated 500 bottles of water to vaccine recipients; this was followed on Tuesday with the hotel delivering meal boxes and water to the doctors and other medical staff who are carrying out the COVID-19 vaccinations.
On both days, Khun Arthorn Vanasantakul, Managing Director of MBK - Hotel & Tourism and the hotel’s management team lent their support to this fine initiative and also announced that the hotel will continue to provide meals for the medical staff throughout the vaccination program until 31st July. In Thailand’s southern island of Phuket, the devastating effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt by the community due to low levels of domestic tourism and the closure of international borders. In response to the situation, a group of residents have joined together to launch ‘One Phuket’, a community driven initiative which seeks to support those in dire need of assistance and propose solutions for various issues.
Accor’s lifestyle loyalty programme, ALL – Accor Live Limitless has collaborated with One Phuket to assist in the donation of food parcels, or ‘life bags’, through a THB 80,000 grant to the cause. The life bags will be donated to residents of Phuket who are facing financial difficulty due to lack of employment or reduced hours of work. One Phuket is able to feed around 8,000 people on a weekly basis through the distribution of 2,000 parcels that include essentials such as rice, oil, fish and noodles. Accor is the largest hotel operator in Thailand, with a network of 90 hotels of which 21 are located in Phuket. “The global health crisis has obviously caused severe challenges to many people, however the impact on those reliant on the tourism industry has been particularly painful for me to witness”, commented Garth Simmons, Accor’s Chief Executive Officer for Accor in Southeast Asia, Japan & South Korea. “We are humbled to see communities in destinations such as Phuket come together to support each other, and it is only right that we are there alongside them to offer a helping hand”. Andrea Edwards, CSP, The Digital Conversationalist and co-founder of One Phuket commented “with no definitive date for an end to this global pandemic, which is having a major impact on economies around the globe, our beautiful Island of Phuket – which relies so heavily on the tourist dollar - continues to see many struggling to survive. The recent third wave has been devastating to local businesses, and the need in our community is greater than ever. This is why we created One Phuket at the beginning of 2021. It’s about bringing us all together, as a community, with the mantra: we will get through this crisis, together”. Those wishing to support One Phuket can make donations via Siam Commercial Bank, Choengthale, Phuket | Swift: SICOTHBK | Branch: 0706 | Bank: 014 | Savings account 706265040-3 or visit The Facebook Group One Phuket for more information. On 31 May 2021, Grand Mercure Phuket Patong Resort & Villas led by Khun Sebastien Tronchet, General Manager donated 750 PPE suites to Patong Hospital to distribute to medical personnel including Public health workers in fighting COVID-19 in Phuket.
With this support, we are sincerely thank you all front-line heroes for their fight against COVID-19. |
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