Press Release

Amari Eye Glass Appeal

Amari Hotels and Resorts is asking all spectacle wearers to gather together old or unwanted glasses and drop them off at any of their hotels and resorts in Thailand. The glasses will then be given a happy new home with people from villages in less affluent areas, where the villagers are unable to afford glasses.

The photograph shows a lady from a village near Mae Sot, in Tak province wearing glasses donated by the project and clearly delighted with her new clarity of sight.

The appeal is part of Amari’s “Baht for a Better Life” Foundation where small change from guests and donations from staff are used to further the education of children in Thailand.

At present, two different initiatives are supported - the Duang Prateep Foundation and the Amari Schools Project. The Duang Prateep Foundation helps the children of Klong Toey and their families. In this under privileged area, poverty prevents the majority of children from completing even basic education. Selected children, who are especially hardworking and determined, are sponsored to continue their education. Through the Amari Schools Project, funds have been used to rebuild a dilapidated school in Na Chompoo, Udon Thani and to build three new schools in Doi Angkhang near Chiang Mai, Chumporn in the South of Thailand and Tak near the border with Myanmar. As well as building the classroom, donations have been used to buy essentials such as desks, chairs, blackboards, books and pencils.

Note to Editors : Amari Hotels and resorts is one of Thailand’s leading and most dynamic hotel groups operating eight first class properties in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Samui and Phuket as well as five associate hotels in Bangkok, Loei and Doi Angkhang.

For further information please contact :

Ms. Nikki Busuttil
Director of Communications
Amari Hotels and Resorts
847 Petchburi Road
Pratunam, Rajthevi
Bangkok 10400
Thailand

Tel.  66 (0) 2255 3767 , 66 (0) 2255 4588
Fax.  66 (0) 2255 3718
E-mail  email@amari.com