HOT Magazine Oct 15, 2015 | Page 51

Awards programme as a whole, have demonstrated that excellence and adherence to quality never go out of style,” said Terry Blackburn, CEO of Ensign Media. “The high quality of developments in Thailand has allowed the industry to transform itself from being an emerging market in 2006, to becoming one of the stars of Southeast Asian real estate today, despite certain economic or socio-political challenges.” “Real estate is too vital for the future of the Kingdom, and the Asia Property Awards wouldn’t exist without Thailand,” he added. Presented by Property Report magazine, the Thailand Property Awards 2015 was supervised by BDO, one of the largest accountancy networks in the world, and assessed by a highly respected central judge’s panel, headed by Chairman Sunchai Nuengsit, managing director of BuilderSmart. Acknowledging the efforts of Thai developers in the past ten years, Nuengsit commented: “The developers have more experience and conti nually improve their projects. They understand the need of the customers and adapt themselves very well despite many obstacles such as instability caused by the political situation in Thailand”. To ensure the credibility of the Awards, Ensign Media had assembled a central judge’s panel consisting of the who’s who in the Thai real estate, architecture and design sectors, which also included the October 15 - November 15 , 2015 51