PUBLISH ASIA MOVED FROM BANGKOK
Publish Asia 2009, a three-day event that was set to take place in Bangkok at the end of May and attract up to 500 people from the global media industry, has fallen victim to the recent political instability in Thailand.
Event organisers have confirmed: "After monitoring the situation in Bangkok closely we have to concluded that it is best to move Publish Asia 2009 to a different location. This means a new date as well." Details of the rescheduled event are expected to be confirmed later this week.
Publish Asia, which also includes the Asia Media Awards, was to take place at Bangkok Convention Center at Central World. Last year's event took place in Macau, one of Thailand's biggest rivals for Asia events.
Given the importance the Thai Government is placing on creating a positive image in the foreign media I am somewhat surprised this event has been allowed to move. I am also surprised because there's no reason why this event needs to be relocated. The current situation in Bangkok simply doesn't justify this decision.
Perhaps it shows those of us inside Thailand just how badly the country's image has been tarnished by the events of last week?
(Thanks to Kirstie for the initial tip).
2 comments:
Agreed, it's very disappointing to lose an event such as this. The question is how many other events have been cancelled in the last 6 months, and how much revenue has Thailand lost as a result?
Ouch. This is the kind of thing that has lasting effects.
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