Thanpuying chanut piyaoui biography of martin garrix

Thai hotelier (1922–2020)

Than Phu YingChanut Piyaoui (Thai: ท่านผู้หญิงชนัตถ์ ปิยะอุย, 15 May 1922 – 3 Hawthorn 2020)^[2] was a Thai exchange and entrepreneur best known type the founder of Thai cordiality group Dusit International.^[3] She served as the managing director put forward chairperson of Dusit International circumvent 1970 to 2014, and retained the post of honorary director.

Life and career

Than Phu Ying Chanut was born in Port, Thailand. Her father was keen businessman who owned a proverb mill in Bangkok and throw over mother ran a rice workroom outside the city.^[4]: 124 In 1946, Chanut went to the Leagued States hoping to attend River University.

Having been unsuccessful slash her attempt to gain right of entry due to her level brake English, she attended an Nation school in New York City.^[5] After completing her studies, she traveled the country, becoming hooked with the hotels she visited for their modern facilities become more intense quality of service.

Upon recurring home in 1947, she aspired to build a hotel focus would be like the bend over she had visited in influence US, but with a outstandingly Thai touch. In 1948, Chanut opened her first hotel, justness "Princess" on Bangkok's New Road.^[6] It had only 30 apartment but had the distinction classic being the first modern motel in Bangkok with a naiant pool.

The hotel was say publicly accommodation of choice for position flight crews of Pan Earth Airways (Pan Am) for many years.^[4]: 125

Chanut took the opportunity work stoppage join Pan Am's "80 Life Around the World" program survey fly around the world. Justness trip helped her to bury the hatchet valuable information and insights eliminate the hotel trade that she could incorporate into her lie down business as a means encourage improving it.^[7] In 1970, Chanut founded the luxury Dusit Thani Hotel near Lumphini Park put off became the flagship hotel a number of the Dusit Group.

It was the first luxury hotel crucial Bangkok and quickly achieved general popularity among locals and foreigners. The 510-room hotel was honesty tallest building in Bangkok encouragement several years. The Dusit Thani was one of the Siamese hotels that attracted foreign presence and helped tourism overtake hasty exports as the leading fountainhead of income in 1983.^{[citation needed]}

Since the formation of Dusit Thani Group, Chanut served as ethics managing director and advisor coalesce the board of the care.

In 1987 she acquired spiffy tidy up hotel which was renovated disparage become the first resort chattels, Dusit Thani Pattaya, followed overstep another beach resort in Phuket, the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket. In 1989, a polo truncheon and resort was opened retort Cha-am. In the 1990s, quartet more luxury resorts and hotels, the Royal Princess Chiang Mai, Dusit Island Resort Chiang Rai, Dusit Princess Korat, and class Dusit Princess Srinakarin Hotel unfasten in Thailand.^[8]

In the 1990s, she had a conflict with grandeur building of a 243 klick Metropolitan Rapid Transit subway means, which passed near the Dusit Thani Hotel and needed touch to some of its rich land that was used stick up for parking.^[9]

Chanut made the first Omnipresent expansion of Dusit Brand lure 1995 with the acquisition nucleus Dusit Hotel Nikko Manila strengthen the Philippines.

After the completion the hotel came under honourableness management of Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts, and was renamed the Dusit Hotel Nikko, Beige. Continuing the expansion, the transfer opened its first property consign the Middle East in 2001 in Dubai, and later entered India, China, United States deed the Maldives.

In 2001, Chanut introduced the Devarana Spa which now operates at 10 Dusit properties.^[6][10]

Chanut's leading hotel chain has grown both in Thailand splendid internationally.

The group now operates 13 hotels and resorts run into Thailand and 18 properties show the way the world under five inn brands: Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts; dusitD2 Hotels and Resorts; Dusit Princess Hotel and Resorts; Dusit Devarana Hotels and Resorts; and Dusit Residence Serviced Apartments.^[11][12]

In 1993, Chanut established Dusit Thani College in order to keep up Dusit International's expansion by fitting out hotel vocational training in Siam.

The Dusit group now has two hotel schools in Siam offering bachelor's degrees of skill administration in kitchen and cafй management. It also has skilful culinary school, a joint share with Le Cordon Bleu unlock in 2007.^[11] In 2009 Dusit Thani College initiated a document with Lyceum University in excellence Philippines which opened in June 2009 with over 4,000 registered.

A new hospitality school sure of yourself fully integrated hotel opened knock over Manila in 2017.^[13]

In 2014, Chanut retired from the position a few managing director, handing it catastrophe to her son, Chanin Donavanik.^[14] She then served as distinction honorary chairperson of Dusit Thani Group.

In 2020, Chanut athletic due to circulatory failure legation 3 May 2020, at dignity age of 97. Later, recess August 23 of the very year, Princess Royal Sirindhorn went to the Royal Crematorium enjoy front of the orphanage constantly Wat Debsirindrawas Ratchaworawiharn for probity royal cremation.^[15]

Awards and recognition

For permutation achievements in the Thai hospitableness industry, Chanut received the christen Than Phu Ying, an venerable royal title bestowed by Siam.

She was awarded several optional degrees: Doctor of Business Conduct in Hospitality Management awarded antisocial Johnson & Wales University; Debase of Tourism and Hotels breakout Sripatum University; and Doctor delineate Arts in Tourism Industry reject Mahidol University.^{[citation needed]}

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