Pacific Leisure loses MGTO account
July 11, 2012 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under News, Thailand, Tour Companies
BANGKOK, 11 July 2012: Pacific Leisure Group (Thailand) lost a lucrative contact, 30 June, to represent Macau tourism after 17 years promoting the destination in Thailand.
The travel company released a statement, yesterday, confirming the termination of its status as the Thailand representative for the Macau Government Tourist Office.
The announcement said the company’s contract with the MGTO had expired at the end of June with no sign of contract renewal.
According to the statement, the decision on whether it will bid for the Macau account in the future is still pending.
However, it understood that the MGTO will continue its presence in Thailand after a pause of just a few months to consider various competitive bids. The government tourism office has placed the Thailand account up for bid and technically Pacific Leisure could be part of that process.
MGTO is serving the travel trade and consumers online at www.macautourism.gov.mo or contact the MGTO directly at mgto@macautourism.gov.mo.
Pacific Leisure (Thailand) said it has stocks of Macao maps and guidebooks in the Thai language and travel agents who need them should Pacific Leisure (Thailand)’s office at Maneeya Centre Building, Ploenchit Road, Bangkok.
The Pacific Leisure (Thailand) has represented for the MGTO since 1995. It continues to represent Munich Tourist Office and Munich International Airport.
My opinion based on professional dealings with Pacific Leisure with regard to both Macau and Munich showed the firm to be less than diligent, to put it mildly, so their losing the MGTO contract seems perfectly logical to me.