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So, who is William Heinecke?  Well, he is the son of an American Foreign Service member and a Voice of America journalist and made his initial fortune taking on Pizza Hut in Thailand with his own brand Pizza Company.
MINT is a hotel owner, operator and investor with a portfolio cruise reviews of over 10,000 rooms across more than 80 hotels, resorts and serviced suites under the Anantara, Marriott, cruise reviews Four Seasons, Elewana, Oaks and Minor International brands. Today MINT operates in 12 countries, including Thailand cruise reviews , the Maldives, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Tanzania, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, its mixed-use business operates spas, shopping plazas entertainment cruise reviews outlets, residential properties, and a points-based vacation club.
Through Minor Food Group Pcl, MINT is one of Asia’s largest quick-service restaurant companies, operating over 1,300 outlets in 17 countries under The Pizza Company, Swensen’s, Sizzler, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Thai Express, The Coffee Club brands, Ribs and Rumps and Riverside brands.
MINT is one of Thailand’s largest distributors of lifestyle cruise reviews brands with over 200 points of sale focusing primarily on fashion, cosmetics and contract manufacturing. Its brands include Gap, Esprit, Bossini, Charles cruise reviews Keith, Pedro, Thaisale, Tumi, Zwilling J.A. Henckels, Red Earth and ETL Learning.
As CEO of one of the largest companies in Thailand and more so as a concerned citizen, I feel it is my duty to speak up on behalf of our 40,000 employees and those whose livelihoods depend directly and indirectly cruise reviews on tourism — one of the vital drivers of the Thai economy.
So, this concerned citizen yes he is a Thai citizen after renouncing his American citizenship wants Ambassadors to hear his plea.  Wonder if this has anything to do with his company s bottom line.  It has to be suffering.  I just checked at Bloomberg and the stock is down more than 3% for the past 52 weeks.
Minor International and numerous other operators in the tourism sector have, over many years, cruise reviews laid the foundations for what is considered the best tourism infrastructure in Asia which provides livelihoods for millions throughout the country.
cruise reviews Which is what the majority of Ambassadors and Embassies and Consulates have stated.  The biggest problem in getting out correct information lies with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and their sugar-coated political updates .
The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens of the potential risks of travel to Thailand, particularly Bangkok, due to ongoing political and social unrest.  General voting for national elections took place on February 2, but the electoral process remains incomplete.  Demonstrations, primarily in the greater Bangkok area and occasionally elsewhere in Thailand, are continuing, and there have been regular incidents of violence.  U.S. citizens are advised to avoid all protests, demonstrations, and large gatherings.  Some protest sites are located near tourist attractions and popular shopping malls, which at times have closed or shortened business hours unexpectedly.  Protests may occur in other areas with little or no prior notice. cruise reviews  This Travel Alert supersedes the Travel Alert issued on January 19, 2014, and will expire on May 19, 2014.
Tourists have never been a target in the protests and to this end all airports in Thailand remain fully operational and hotels and tourist attractions across the Kingdom continue to welcome guests as usual.
Thailand s caretaker Minister of Tourism cruise reviews and Sports Somsak Phurisisak reported that tourism arrivals in January dropped by one million from the same time last year. The Tourism Council of Thailand quantified the revenue cruise reviews loss as 22.5 billion baht. This impact will not only be felt in the tourism sector, but also indirectly in all fields from manufacturing to farming.
Actually, according to the Department of Tourism, the organization above the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, states that tourism for January 2014 was up .06%.  The number of foreign tourist arrivals for January 2013 was 2.318.447 and for January cruise reviews 2014 2.319.821.  Someone is not telling the truth.  If the number of arrivals dropped by one million, that would indicate a 50% drop in foreign tourist arrivals.
Thailand remains one of the most popular and desired destinations on the planet. I know that tourists still want to travel here I can see it in the reservation inquiries that our hotels receive every day. But people are naturally cruise reviews hesitant when their home country issues travel restrictions or country warnings.
Travel advisories play an important role in our overall safety and security, but they can also have an unnecessarily negative impact on the livelihood of others cruise reviews when they are not completely based on reality. Foreign government cruise reviews travel warnings and restrictions on their nationals to visit Thailand are not based on the full reality of the situation for visitors to the Kingdom.
So, what is the reality?  Thailand just had a confrontation as Thai Police tried to close down one of the protest sites and it resulted in 4 dead (including one Thai Police Officer) and over 60 injured.  What is the FULL reality?
If there were demonstrations in Washington or Paris, would tourists be advised not to visit the entire country? Would travel warnings ever be issued? I ask the members of the diplomatic community who are based in Thailand and staff from the Ministry for Tourism and Sports who have first-hand experience of the non-impact of Thailand s political woes on foreign cruise reviews tourists, to support the cause to have foreign governments re-examine the severity of their travel restrictions and to revise their travel advisories to focus only on the very limited pockets of Bangkok that are affected.
What countries are advising Don t visit Thailand?  And, yes, there is an impact.  Traffic is hosed, tourists don t know where it is safe and where it isn t, previous protests have been marches in areas that tourists frequent (Sukhumvit and Asok) so what is the reality?  The vast majority of the 45 or so countries that have issued travel alerts/advisories have stated just that telling anyone that is planning to visit Bangkok to avoid protest sites and large crowds.  Who has banned travel to Thailand?
Yet it is upsetting to see travel warnings such as the black/severe threat for Thailand (Bangkok) from the government of Hong Kong. Specifically, nationals are urged to avoid all travel to Bangkok cruise reviews , which I feel is severe and should only refer to specific areas of the capital.
So, you want embassies to issue warnings that just state stay away from Democracy Monument .  Stupid.  No one, not the Ambassadors, or the Thai Government, knows where the protests cruise reviews will take place or if they will escalate.  You also fail to mention the facts that there have been shootings by both sides and hand grenades have been tossed.  You sugar coat just like the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
I would also ask that you and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports join with me in lobbying with some of our friends in the media to honour a code of ethics and provide a fair and factual cruise reviews overview cruise reviews of the political challenges that we face.
This has everything to do with Minor International cruise reviews s bottom line.  Mr. Heinecke makes his money from tourists, foreign and domestic, and apparently is losing money.  So, he writes a letter to the Ambassadors in Thailand.
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