Khao Lak

Many guests who stayed at our La Flora resort in Khao Lak have contacted us and asked how they can help and looking for an honest and reliable method of donating to help the families of the resort in which they stayed and the Community in Khao Lak as a whole.

Fourteen members of our staff perished in the Tsunami and as a priority financial assistance will be offered to the surviving members of the families that require such support. Scholarships for schooling will be provided to eligible children of these families.

At the same time research is being conducted to develop positive projects that can breath new life into the location. One project presently being researched is based on the Shinta Mani model created in Siem Reap, Cambodia, where a small profitable boutique resort funds a not for profit vocational training institute for training the local community.

Sri Lanka

Through our network of Associates and hotel industry professionals, we have been made aware of several grass root programs assisting the communities in Sri Lanka. A visit is planned to Sri Lanka in April 2005 to conduct a fact finding mission to link with these projects and programs to support local community efforts.

Cambodia

We will continue to support the work being carried out by the management team of Shinta Mani in Siem Reap, Cambodia by providing donations to support the vocational training institute and other charitable organizations as funds allow.

Indonesia

We will continue to support the work carried out by The Sumba Foundation in creating Clinics, Schools and in the eradication of Malaria on the Island of Sumba. In addition and as funding allows we will research the creation of a Vocational Training Institute for the Islanders.