One of Pattayas most famous locations: The Thai Garden Resort was honored at the NTCC and Beluthai Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2009. The festive evening took place at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok on Thursday the 1st of October. The Business Awards of the Netherlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce and Belgian- Luxembourg/Thai Chamber of Commerce was established in 1998 to pay homage to some of the finest companies for the way in which they excel in business and for their contribution to Thai society. The foundation for relations between Thailand and the Benelux was first laid over 400 years ago when Dutch traders arrived in Ayudhya. This strong relationship led to the exchange of many cultural and social traits, but the original foundation has always been about business. Mutually beneficial business remains a strong element underpinning the continued success of the relationship even today. The Benelux business community is represented in Thailand by multinationals like Philips, ING, Solvay, Heineken, TNT, Katoen Natie, Océ, Shell and Unilever, as well as by many successful SMEs. From the applications, the jury short listed several nominees after careful review. The selected applicants were then probed and examined by performing in-depth interviews with each of them before reaching a final decision. The task of the Jury consisted of carefully examining the candidate companies in view of certain criteria, and to compare the candidates with each other in that <b>...</b>