Khunying Chanat Piyaoui
In awarding the degree of Doctor of Arts
Tourism and Hospitality Branch, General Category
Academic year 1993, Sripathum University
The Sripatum University Council, in its 4/1993 meeting on 27 September 1993, considered that Khunying Chanat Piyaoui was a highly qualified and virtuous person, a person of knowledge and ability, a person of initiative and creativity, and who had outstanding achievements that were clearly evident in the fields of tourism and hotel management and social administration. She deserved to be widely and widely recognized and honored.
Khunying Khanat Piyaoui graduated from Thammasat University with an associate degree in business administration from the United States. From her experience studying in the United States, she traveled to many places and stayed in many hotels, which made her like the tourism and hotel business. When she returned to Thailand, she borrowed money from her father to build a 60-room hotel at the entrance of the Oriental Hotel, named the Princess Hotel. She also initiated the construction of a swimming pool to serve tourists, the first in Thailand. Because there were few workers, Khunying Chanat Piyaoui often had to help with room arrangement, bathroom cleaning, cooking, or bar work. 40 years ago, women did not dare to work in hotels. However, after seeing Khunying Chanat Piyaoui’s example, there was a change. In other words, women dared to work in hotels more. Since then,
Later, Khunying Khanat Piyaoui built a hotel with her own symbol, “Dusit Thani Hotel” in 1970. It was a 525-room hotel with a capital of 300 million baht, using approximately 5% of her own capital. The rest was raised from both domestic and international sources, without collateral, but relying solely on her accumulated honor, reputation, and honesty as collateral.
From her experience in managing Dusit Thani hotels, as well as studying books, recommendations from tourists, and studying abroad in Europe, America, and Asia, Khunying Chanat Piyaoui was able to expand her work by opening more hotels, both in Bangkok and other provinces. This created more jobs and allowed her well-trained staff, officers, and executives to progress further. As her hotel business became more evident, she was trusted by business owners in terms of management. Therefore, there were hotels that Khunying Chanat Piyaoui helped manage throughout both domestic and international regions. They were divided into 2 types: 5-star hotels and above, managed by the “Dusit Thani” group, totaling 9 hotels, 2,273 rooms, and 3,366 employees; 4-star hotels, managed by the “Royal Princess” group, totaling 11 hotels, 1,894 rooms, and 2,120 employees. To promote hotel education, Khunying Chanat Piyaoui opened an international school. The school established a hotel management course, “Dusit Thani Hotel School”, which is a 2-year course including practical training. It is located on Srinakarin Road and has been operating since June 18, 1993. It hired foreign experts to teach. In terms of social administration, Khunying Chanat Piyaoui played an important role in social activities, being a board member of many associations and foundations, a campaigner on environmental degradation, fighting AIDS, preserving Thai customs and traditions, and promoting Thai arts to foreigners around the world. For her good deeds, she was awarded the Fourth Class of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, the Third Class of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, and the Second Class of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao in 1989, 1992, and 1993, respectively.
At present, Khunying Chanat Piyaoui is the Chairman and Managing Director of Dusit Thani Public Company Limited, Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel, and the Chairman of 17 other companies, the Managing Director of Royal Princess Public Company Limited, and the Director of 8 other companies, foundations, and organizations. Her efficient management, creativity, good human relations, and Thai-ness have created jobs and people to develop the country’s economy at the same time. Therefore, she is recognized and respected by people in the industry and the general public. Her honors include the shield of a person who has made significant contributions to the Thai tourism industry, the shield of the Singapore Business and Professional Women’s Association. Congress Women in Decision Making 1985, the certificate of exemplary person in 1988, the shield of the hotel executive, the shield of the businesswoman of the year in 1989, and she received an honorary doctorate degree in business administration from the National Institute of Development Administration on January 11, 1990, which clearly shows that: Khunying Chanat Piyaoui is a person with high knowledge and ability in tourism and hotel management. She has played a role in developing and providing benefits to society in many ways, which is well-known and widely accepted.
From such outstanding achievements and honors, the Sripathum University Council unanimously resolved to award an honorary doctorate in tourism and hotel management, general category, to Khunying Chanat Piyaoui for her continued honor.
Mr. Chatuporn Sihanathakathakul
In awarding the degree of Doctor of Arts
General Category of Hotel and Tourism Management
Academic year 2005, Sripathum University
Mr. Chatuphon Sihanathakakul was born in Bangkok on July 24, 1941. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Chulalongkorn University in 1964. After graduation, he started working as an internal auditor at Shell Company of Thailand. He worked there for 2 years. His father built the Siam Hotel on Petchburi New Road, Bangkok, so he assigned Mr. Chatuphon Sihanathakakul to manage the hotel as a general manager. Mr. Chatuphon Sihanathakakul did not study hotel management, so he took care of finance and accounting first. However, because he was a person who was serious about his work and had a habit of loving to learn, he researched and found knowledge by himself, and modified it to apply to the Siam Hotel, which made the Siam Hotel a highly successful hotel.
With his broad vision and foresight of the benefits to society and the country, Mr. Chatuporn Sihanatkathakul saw that the hotel business was an important business that would support tourism, which was a business that brought income to the country and created jobs and distributed income to people in all professions in all areas throughout the country. Therefore, he decided to build a large hotel, the Landmark Hotel, on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, with 414 rooms in 1987. After that, he acquired 3 hotels in England: the Royal Lancaster Hotel with 418 rooms in 1994, the Landmark London Hotel with 309 rooms in 1996, and the K West Hotel in 2001.
With Mr. Chatuporn Sihanatkathakul’s high knowledge and ability, the hotel business in both Bangkok and London, England, has achieved great success. The evidence is that the four hotels have received awards from many magazines and organizations related to the tourism business, such as between 1996 and 2005, Landmark Hotel Bangkok received a total of 8 awards. In particular, in 2004, it received the award for the best service standards in the Asia Pacific region, namely the “QXL Champion Hotel of the Year, Asia Pacific” from Summit Hotels & Resorts. Between 1994 and 2006, Landmark Hotel London received a total of 17 awards in various categories, especially in 2005, it received the award for the best hotel in the world, namely the “Gold List World’s Best Places to Stay” from the world’s most famous travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveler. Between 1990 and 1999, Royal Lancaster Hotel London received a total of 16 awards. In 2004, K West Hotel received the award for the best hotel in London in the bar and restaurant section.
In the beginning of his business, Mr. Chatuporn Sihanatkathakul faced many crises such as the Persian Gulf War, the political crisis in the country in May 1992. Each event had a severe impact on the tourism and hotel business. Most importantly, the economic crisis in 1997. However, with the potential to use the principles of management and tourism and hotels, Mr. Chatuporn Sihanatkathakul was able to manage the business through the crisis until it achieved great success today.
In addition to being a hotel business manager who has a positive impact on the country’s economy, as a person who is thoroughly knowledgeable about hotel and tourism business, Mr. Chatuporn Sihanatkathakul has used that knowledge to do good deeds and benefit the country. This can be seen from his important role in academic and social services, such as being an associate judge of the Labor Court for 9 terms, being a member of the drafting committee of the Tourism Act, being an advisor to the Tourism Committee of the House of Representatives, being the president of the Thai Tourism Industry Trade Association, and being the secretary-general of the Bangkok Hotel Employers Association, etc.
From someone who has an accounting background, but from self-study through actual practice, he became a businessman who is thoroughly knowledgeable about tourism and hotels. He used the principles of knowledge, experience, and personal potential to run a successful business. He also worked to help society all the time, which was recognized by both the government sector and the general public. The Council of Sripathum University therefore unanimously resolved to grant an honorary doctorate degree in hotel and tourism management to Mr. Chatuphon Sihanathkathakul for further honor.
In awarding the degree of Doctor of Arts
Aviation Business Program, General Category
Academic Year 2012, Sripathum University
Dr. Prasert Prasartthong-Osot graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Medicine (now Mahidol University) in 1960. He worked as a resident physician, head of the resident physician, and lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Siriraj Hospital for 5 years before resigning to start his own business.
Dr. Prasert Prasarttong-Osot is a very successful physician in the air transportation business. He was the first private person to pioneer and operate commercial aviation since 1968 under the name of Sahakorn Air Co., Ltd., which has now changed its name to Bangkok Airways Co., Ltd. In 1994, he was granted permission to build the first private commercial airport in Thailand at Koh Samui District, Surat Thani Province. In April 1989, he opened the first flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui. In 1992, he was granted permission to build Sukhothai Airport as the second airport, which will open in 1994, which is considered the starting point of the establishment of Bangkok Airways and the expansion of the complete business network.
In the early days, Bangkok Airways Co., Ltd. operated charter air services. The company’s first aircraft was a “Trade Wind” aircraft with 2 engines and 9 passengers. It operated under a contract from the United States Office of Military Construction (OICC) to construct U-Tapao Airport and operated by aircraft and helicopters to support oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Thailand. Later, the company imported the ISLANDER BN2 aircraft to operate for the OICC and USOM. Since then, the company has continuously developed its aircraft procurement and aviation business by introducing aircraft with good performance to enhance its services. The company has been hired by many survey companies to operate aircraft and helicopters. Throughout the past, Bangkok Airways Co., Ltd., under the management of Dr. Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, the CEO, has tried every way to continuously operate its business with its own unique identity since the beginning in various aspects, including pioneering new flight routes, having its own first private airport, being a low-cost airline, and providing impressive services to passengers in various aspects, resulting in a great response from customers. Today, Bangkok Airways It has continuously developed in terms of service, price and image, emphasizing on creating a difference from competitors, including the image that must reach the hearts of customers with proactive marketing. The company has announced its clear position as Asia’s Boutique Airline, which will join forces and be determined to drive this airline to grow and be able to provide impressive service so that the world is aware of “Asia’s Impression” in every aspect that defines Boutiquen, whether it be Boutique Lounges, Blue Ribbon Club, specially selected menus, impressive service and new aircraft that are decorated with unique colors.
With great efforts and a broad vision in operating the air transportation business, which is an important factor in developing the Thai economy, especially as a key part in developing tourism, which is growing rapidly until it has become the number one income-generating tourism industry in the country, the Council of Sripatum University has unanimously resolved to grant an honorary doctorate degree in aviation business, general category, to Dr. Prasert Prasarttong-Osot for his continued honor.
In awarding the degree of Doctor of Arts
General Department of Hotel and Tourism Management
Academic year 2011, Sripathum University
Mrs. Supattra Chirathivat is a member of the Chirathivat family, which is an important business family in the country. After completing her basic education from Chitralada School, she continued her studies for a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Chulalongkorn University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of New Haven, USA. During her time in business, she received training in the Hotel Management Course of Cornell University, USA, the National Defense College, the Senior Executive Course of the Capital Market Academy, the Hotel Management Course from Canada, Singapore, and the Hospitality Services Seminar for ASEAN Countries from the ILO (International Labour Organization) held in Malaysia, etc.
Mrs. Supattra Chirathivat is the executive of CENTARA Hotels and Resorts in Thailand and abroad, totaling 54 hotels and 24 more to be completed in 2014. The outstanding management achievements are the achievements of Mrs. Supattra Chirathivat, who has played an important role since holding the position of Assistant Manager of International Conventions at Hyatt Erawan Bangkok in 1983, gradually progressing until becoming Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Image of Centara Hotels and Resorts. Throughout her 26 years as an executive, she has created successes that are beneficial to tourism, such as hotels and resorts in the CENTARA group receiving various awards, such as the Best Smoke-Free Hotel with 12 awards from the Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) in 2011, and the successful management of hotels and resorts in the group is clearly evident.
Mrs. Supattra Chirathivat has initiated many projects that benefit society by developing people in the hotel and tourism industries, such as the Centara Academy project, which provides education and scholarships to students who have completed Mathayom 6 and Vocational Certificate (Vocational Certificate) to study hotel management in collaboration with the Institute of Skill Development; the Young Career Development Program (TCDP) project, which supports students who have completed Mathayom 6 from the School of the Welfare and Rajaprajanugroh under Royal Patronage to continue their studies at the tertiary level, etc. Students in the project who graduate are potential personnel who will go on to work in the hotel and tourism industries, which is very beneficial to the tourism industry.
Despite her duties as a senior executive, Ms. Supattra Chirathivat still devotes her time to social work in many areas, such as being an advisor to the Hotel Association, a board member of the International Incentive and Convention Association (TICA), a board member of associations and organizations promoting hotel and tourism businesses, chairwoman of the Marketing Committee of the Tourism Council of Thailand, a board member of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, an honorary advisor to the President of the Senate, an advisor to the Deputy Minister of Public Health, and currently serving as a board member and assistant to the chairman of the Marketing Committee of the Tourism Council of Thailand.
Her achievements in both her duties and social work have earned Ms. Supattra the honor of being named BOSS OF THE YEAR by BOSS Magazine in 2007 and one of Thailand’s 100 Leading Women in 2008. Her management achievements have used her knowledge and skills to support and promote the Thai tourism organization to prosperity, creating enormous benefits for the country’s economy and society.
In awarding the degree of Doctor of Arts
Tourism and Hospitality Branch, General Category
Academic Year 2014, Sripathum University
Mrs. Orawan Phatthanapiradet, formerly Raksucharit, was born on July 15, 1969 in Khon Kaen Province. She completed her basic education from Mater Dei School, a bachelor’s degree in International Marketing from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Chulalongkorn University, and a master’s degree in International Business Administration from the University of Dallas, USA, in 1993.
After graduating from abroad, Mrs. Orrawan Pattanaphiradech started working in her father’s business, Raja Orchid Hotel Co., Ltd., which was registered and operated since 1992 under the brand name SOFITEL. She changed her direction to operate a large hotel with international standards by hiring a 6-star hotel management team, namely “ACCOR ASIA PACIFIC” Group of Hotel & Resort, changing the SOFITEL brand to the PULLMAN brand. The business was successful and recognized in 2010. The hotel received the 5-star hotel standard award. In 2012, Mrs. Orrawan Pattanaphiradech was assigned to be responsible as the managing director. Investing in the service industry, especially 5-star hotel services in the region, is considered difficult for anyone to dare to take the risk by investing in this manner, especially in a region that is not a tourist city. However, Mrs. Orrawan Pattanaphiradech has operated and succeeded.
The success of the business run by Mrs. Orrawan Pattanapiradech is not limited to the hotel management only. If considering the awards that Mrs. Orrawan has received, it is clear that the business has impacted society in many areas directly related to the tourism industry, including: Outstanding Tourism Industry Award (Accommodation) in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010; 5-Star Hotel Award 2006-2008; Thailand Tourism Standard Certification Award 2013 from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports; Award of Excellence for The Booking.com Guest Review Award 2014. As for the impact from other businesses, including the Provincial Safety, Health, and Working Environment Award from the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare, the Ministry of Labor; National Winner/Restaurant Award from the Thai Food Wisdom Event, which was granted by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
With knowledge, ability and vision, she has operated a business that has expanded prosperity and distributed income to the regions, having an impact on the tourism industry and the national economy in many ways. The Sripatum University Council has unanimously resolved to grant an honorary Doctor of Arts degree in Hotel Management, General Category, to Mrs. Orrawan Pattanapiradech for continued honor.
Pride :
Able to manage and lead the local hotel business (Khon Kaen) to survive amidst the economic crisis, the influx of foreign capital and political unrest for 20 years, while maintaining a 5-star service standard, as well as being a source of learning and creating high-level hotel workers in the Northeast, and able to create a balance in life in terms of work, family life and personal life, making one always happy with the little things around oneself.
Life Concept :
Do not be afraid of mistakes because mistakes are a learning process leading to success. And do not trust in success because it will lead to failure. Do not compromise on the standards and values of the work you do because it will lead to carelessness and ultimately failure.
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