What the foreign press thinks of
Thailand - May 5, 2004
Conor spotted this unflattering reference
to Thailand in the Telegraph and commented
"It’s like you can’t have any kind
of story about Thailand without sneaking in a reference
to sex!"
From Liverpool
FC: the brand with a kick to Thai for, Telegraph,
May 5, 2004
Sir Howard Davies, the former head of the FSA,
now director of the London School of Economics, is
just back from a trip around Asia. He reports that
the Chinese insurance sector is opening up.
British companies are gaining market share ("a
mis-selling scandal must be just around the corner"
is his inevitable comment) and he also spotted a Thai
obsession with Liverpool FC.
"For reasons no one understands, Liverpool remains
the vogue team in Bangkok," he writes in his
diary in this month's Management Today.
"The belief is that the brand has not been properly
exploited. With aggressive marketing, the commercial
spin-offs could be considerable. Can you buy Michael
Owen condoms in Patpong? No, you cannot. There is
clearly business to be done here." The trip wasn't
completely wasted, then."
What the foreign press thinks of Thailand
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