HOT Magazine February 15, 2015 | Page 51

HOT AROUND TOWN SHERATON HUA HIN RESORT & SPA NOMINEE FOR THE 2015 HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARDS Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa is excited for being shortlisted as a nominee to “The 2015 Hotel of the Year Awards” in categories “Best Conference” and “Convention Hotel”. The 2015 Hotel of the Year Awards are all based on each nominee hotel & spa being judged, scored and ranked based on a professional judge staying in each property for the purpose of experiencing and critiquing all of the hotel facilities and service in order to gain a true guest experience. The overall rating is thereby authentic in terms of guest experience & professional critical evaluation. It is this combination of guest experience & professional critical evaluation that makes these awards innovative & elevates standards in terms of worldwide hotel awards. The location for the 2015 Hotel of The Year Awards will be confirmed in October 2015 as during the judging inspection visits, we will also consider each hotel as a possible host for the awards ceremony which will take place in late November 2015. HUA HIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF HEAD TEACHER STARRING ROLE FOR DUSIT THANI HUA HIN Dusit Thani Hua Hin was selected as the preferred location for a new Channel 3 series, Nueng Nai Suang, directed by Khun Yuthtana Lopanpaibul and starring two of the kingdom’s leading acting lights: Khun Urassaya Sperbund and Khun Jirayu Tangsrisuk. The two screen stars are pictured during filming in and around the hotel’s Napalai Ballroom. Hua Hin International School has the great pleasure to announce the appointment of Julie Wood as Headteacher. Julia ran the St. Andrews 107 school in Bangkok that under her guidance was only the third school in Thailand to gain the prestigious Silver status accreditation award from the UK CfBT accreditation agency. Julie has been Head of a range of schools from those serving a village in the UK, to city schools and International schools. She has a Masters in Education; a BA (Hons), PGCE, NPQH, Dip Ed (Higher Education) and has taught all ages from Nursery through to Year 9. She has also taught university students to Masters level when she was the Principal Lecturer in Education at University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth. Julie takes up her post on May 1st, then she and her husband will move immediately to Hua Hin as she takes over the reins of setting up our school. To contact Julie you can Email her at: juliew@ huahinschool.com Feb 15 - Mar 15 , 2015 51