absolutelyBangkok archive · Culture & Arts
Originally published July 23, 2008
I’ve been to countless press conferences. Mostly the content draws you to the event. Maybe there’s a promising photo op. It’s a habit though in Thailand that some lunch or gift has to be offered, otherwise hardly any journalist would turn up.
But gosh look what flew into the mailbox: “You are cordially invited to attend the Press Conference on The Unveiling Of The World’s Largest Permanent Orchid Garden (with more than 250 species!) at The Nai Lert Park Hotel…”
The catch — further down: “All Press Journalists, Reporters, Editors, Photojournalists, News Photographers, News Camera crew are urged to bring along their business cards as there will be, besides the usual Press-Giveaways, a lucky draw for twenty-five household gifts from Central worth more than 200,000 baht.”
Note: “Besides the usual Press-Giveaways”… Don’t you love to be a journalist in Bangkok. Well, at least for me the event was a no-show. Even though the glamorous affair promised a who’s who of Bangkok’s political, business and lifestyle world. Hmm.
Such as the Thai celebrities Mario Maurer, Kwan Usamanee, Dome Pakornlum, Peuy Panward (!), Nat Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya Tact Tarunyu, and and. Names you never heard of?
How about the special side fashion show with the “Orchid Boys” and the Orchid Garden Creation featuring prominent male models in underwear made up of orchids only? And naked they were. Beyond the flowers.
What an attention grabber.
As you have to go to great lengths to grab some attention in marketing-hyped Bangkok.
I wonder what they come up with next.
A fruit show. Covering with longans.
Missed that pseudo-naked flower fashion show too. But Xpress was there for you.
The story though doesn’t tell us which journalist hit the jackpot.
Ah, and don’t miss that Hotbed of Flowers at the Nai Lert Park Hotel from Aug. 22 and 24th.
No wrong expectations though. It’s purely a flower show with no naked model anywhere.
A purely public and social affair to raise 38 million baht for the Kidney Foundation of Thailand.
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