背景
泰國之友大獎之意義是表揚在過往的一年世界各地的朋友對泰國旅遊業發展成功的貢獻。獎項包括個人獎項、團體獎項、機構獎項及旅行社獎項。

Individual and group supporters 25     -- Individuals 22     -- Groups 3 International media 30 Tour operators and travel agents 30 International airlines 3 Total 88

GROUP SUPPORTERS

No Country Organisation 1 France Association France-Thailand 2 Laos Laos-Thai Friendship Association 3 Vietnam Vietnam-Thailand Friendship Association of Hanoi

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS

No Country Name Organisation 1 Australia Mr. John Murray NSW Parliament 2 Australia Mr. Stuart Ingram Beaumaris Travel 3 Austria Dr. Josef Burger Austrian Airlines 4 Chile Mr. Gerrado Rocha University of Saint Thomas Aquinas 5 Czech Republic Mr. Marek Nemec Siam travel 6 Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Falorin Gbadebo Smith Royal Thai Consulate, Lagos 7 Hong Kong Mr. Bernard Chan Asia Financial Group 8 Hungary Dr. Jozsefne (Magda) Maroczy UN / FAO 9 Israel Mr. Eddy Strod Tel-Aviv, Israel 10 Japan Mr. Hitoshi Matsumoto P K Siam Co.,Ltd. 11 Japan Mr. Koutatsu Nishikawa C.A.N. H.E.L.P. Thailand 12 Japan Mr. Tadashi Kinoshita Kinoshita Circus Co.,Ltd. 13 Japan Mr. Yuji Kimura RINK 14 Korea Mr. Hyook Jae Kwon Add World International 15 Norway Mr. Gholamabas Salem Mosavi Asia Inter AS 16 Poland Prof. Jerzy Banczerowski Institute of Linguistics 17 Republic of South Africa Mr. Harman Steyn Harman's Orchid Tour 18 Republic of Senegal Mr. Amedou Cire Sall President's Office 19 Russia Mrs. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Russia Centre for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation 20 Sweden Mr. Per Taube Gelba Management 21 Turkey Mr. Okan Kitapci Restaurant Owner 22 USA Dr. Anthony B. James International Thai Therapists Association

INTERNATIONAL TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS

No Country Organisation 1 Australia Travel Indochina 2 Australia Great Adventure Holidays 3 Croatia Jumbo Tours Croatia 4 Denmark Jysk Rejsebureau 5 France Voyageurs Associes 6 Germany GeBeCo GmbH & Co.KG 7 Greece Amazing Holidays Ltd. 8 Israel Ophir Tours Ltd. 9 Italy Viaggi Del Ventaglio 10 Japan Maklno Air Travel Services Co.,Ltd. 11 Japan Million Pack Co.,Ltd. 12 Korea Kaya Tour Co.,Ltd. 13 Malaysia Taikar Holidays (TG) SDN BHD 14 Poland Air Tour Cracow 15 Portugal Air Luxor Tours 16 PR China GZL International Travel Service Ltd. 17 PR China China CYTS Tours Holding Co.,Ltd. 18 PR China Travelux Limited 19 PR China Travel Expert Ltd. 20 Singapore Muhibbah Travel 21 Singapore Sunny Holiday 22 Spain Catal Tours 23 Switzerland Tourasia 24 Taiwan Lucky Life Travel & Tourist Service Co.,Ltd. 25 Taiwan Pyramid International Travel Service 26 The Netherlands Kras Stervakanties 27 UK Bridge The World 28 UK Travelsphere Limited 29 USA Uniworld Inc. 30 USA Visits Plus Inc.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

No Country Name Organisation 1 Australia Mr. Glyn May / Freelance Media Freelance Media 2 Australia Mr. Tom Cockrem / Freelance Media Freelance Media 3 Belgium Mrs. Patricia Minne / Chief Editor Voyages Magazine 4 Brunei Mr. Rex De Silva Borneo Bulletin Newspaper 5 Canada Mr. Judi Lees / Freelance Media Freelance Media 6 China Mr. Liu Zhao Xia / Reporter Yang Cheng Evening News 7 China Mr. Yin Lin / Reporter Duangdong Television 8 Egypt Mr. Annibel Grassi / Writer Egypt Traveller and Insight Magazine 9 France Mr. Citrinot Luc / Editor Voyager D' affaires 10 Greece Mrs. Kiki Chronopoulou / Chief Editor Express publication 11 Hong Kong Mr. Man Cheuk Lai / Controller Asia Television Limited (ATV) 12 Hong Kong Mr. Stephen Chan / General Manager-Televi Television Broadcasts Limited 13 Israel Mr. Gil El Ami / Publisher & Editor in Chief, Masa Acher Israeli Geographical Magazine 14 Italy Mr. Stefano Sassi / TV Reporter RAI Television 15 Japan Mr. Yutaka Tsuboi / Manager of Economic Chunichi Newspaper 16 Japan Ms. Kyoko Spector / Producer and Owner Spector Communication 17 Japan Mr. Ken Nishimura / Publisher Inflight Magazine All Nippon Airway 18 Japan Mr. Koichi Shiomi / President Kansai Intermedia Corp 19 Macau Miss Gigi Lao / Deputy General Manager Journal Va Kio Magazine 20 Malaysia Dato' Khalid Mohd 21 Malaysia Dato' Ahmad Talib The New Straits Times 22 Netherlands Mr. Jan Van Doom / Broadcasting Director State Lotery Show 625 TV. Prod SENS 23 Romania Ms. Alina Hutt / Freelance Media Freelance Media 24 Spain Mrs. Cristina Marato / Freelance Media Freelance Media 25 Switzerland Mr. Christoph Ammann / Consumer Travel Journalist Sonntagzeitung Newspaper 26 Switzerland Mr. Emil Hager / Travel trade Journalist Schweizer Touristik Magazine 27 Taiwan Ms. Chang Hui-Er / Reporter The Great Daily News 28 Taiwan Mr. Chiu Hsu-Ling / Reporter Liberty Times 29 UK Ms. Teresa Machan / Assistant Editor Travel Weekly 30 USA Mr. D. Scott Rosenberg / Film Journal International

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

No Country Organisation 1 Israel El-Al Airlines International Ltd 2 Taiwan Mandarin Airlines 3 UAE Emirates Airline

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