Dear AustCham Members,
January 2025 has commenced with a great deal of activity and certainly an inspiring start to 2025.
Digital Webinars
Over the past month, we have had the exceptional opportunity to hold two Digital Webinars with Grant Bertoli, Dave McCaughan and Jan Rohweder leading these sessions. Online attendance was certainly more than expected and well received by the participants. Feeback would indicate that further live sessions would be appreciated.
SME Coffee Morning
SME coffee morning 16th January was a combination of actual participation and online, Kelly for Phuket also provided an update. Open discussion around the impacts of the base daily labor rate increase to four hundred baht was high on the agenda, along with the planning for the SME day on Feb 26th. Great to see the enthusiasm from the SME group.
ESB Multi-Chamber Event
Friday 17th Eastern Seaboard Multi-Chamber event at Pullman led by SATCC. Pullman G in Pattaya provided a wonderful event and certainly provided potential new members.
BEDA & JetStar
On the 21st AustCham in collaboration with BEDA and JetStar in promoting Queensland tourism and JetStar’s new direct flight. Austcham assisted in the participation networking event at AETAS Lumpini Hotel. A well-attended event with great future possibilities.
Australia Day Phuket
Phuket Australia day event on the 24th of January attendance of approx. 120 people. Great thank you to Libor Sekar the GM Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa and his team for a great event, also to our corporate sponsor Australian Consulate-General Phuket Kirsten Fletcher
The Great Aussie BBQ
Sunday 26th on Australia day at TopGolf we had over 200 in attendance with activities for children and adults and certainly become a great event with the spirit of a true Aussie BBQ, May thanks Topgolf for great execution of the event and to our event sponsors, Bangkok Bob, Bangkok Hospital, Bangkok Prep, Blackmores, Lady Pies, Linfox and Sentinel
As we move into February, we are excited about our upcoming events, including BKK Sundowners, SME Coffee Morning, ESB Lunch event, Digital Webinars, NextGen, and the SME Day
Your continued support and participation in AustCham activities is much appreciated.
Warm regards,
Frank Holzer
Executive Director, AustCham Thailand
