An emotional commemoration for the former boss of Diethelm Travel, Hans Tuggener (20.06.1936-09.11.2012), was held on the evening of December 19 at the Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok. One of his two sons, Jean-Philippe Tuggener, had invited friends and guests to remember one of the great foreign pioneers of tourism in Thailand, who died after a long battle with cancer.

According to Luzi Matzig, CEO of Asian Trails in Bangkok, Swiss Hans Tuggener was responsible to employ him in November 1971 at Diethelm Travel in Bangkok. Hans Tuggener was its General Manager until 1989, when Luzi Matzig took over from him until 1999. Then followed Swiss Armin Schoch and later British John Watson, who just recently resigned as CEO from Diethelm Travel in Bangkok. Some 100 friends and guests gathered at the Rembrandt Hotel, where nine Buddhist monks from Wat Phra Si Ekamai conducted the memorial service. Thereafter, Swedish Eric Hallin, GM of the Rembrandt Hotel, presented an exceptional banquet to entertain the guests. Seen were some high-profiled tourism experts, such as Anton Knecht from Switzerland, Henry Widler, Managing Director of Paradise Beach Resort in Koh Samui, and M.L. Suravut Thongthaem, Senior Vice-President of Onyx Hospitality Group, amongst others. May Hans Tuggener may rest in peace!