Drew Noyes
Pattaya Thailand
Civic leader and international American businessman Drew Noyes has been selected as Editor-In-Chief of Pattaya Times Media Corporation's flagship newspaper called the Pattaya Times. Drew Noyes will oversee the implementation and has recruited some of Thailand's finest journalist, editors, photographers, webmasters and graphic designers for the new Pattaya Times newspaper. The Pattaya Times will show the best of times. The Pattaya Times will have "News You Can Use", from the Expat perspective. Advertisers wishing to secure excellent page placement in this intellectually stimulating, sometimes provocative, but always interesting newspaper are urged to contact Drew Noyes at info@officialthailandinfo.com. ABOUT DREW WALTER NOYES Recently, an article in Thailand's Pattaya Today newspaper named Drew Noyes "A True American Entrepreneur." One of Thailand's leading, non-government experts on foreign investment, American Drew Noyes, is the Managing Director of several established Thai companies investing in Thailand. Drew Noyes is also an advisor to government officials, prominent Thais and international investors from Asia, Europe, the UK and the USA in real estate development for residential and commercial use. Through the Treaty of Amity and approval from the Thailand Department of Business Development Drew Noyes is the recipient of special government authorization to operate Thai businesses restricted to other foreigners. Drew Noyes has publishing, promotion, legal services, real estate sales, a leading travel agency and other businesses in Thailand. However, most of all, Drew Noyes is a family man and a leader in civic responsibility and charity in Thailand. After establishing a base in Bangkok, Drew Noyes looked to Pattaya in order to raise the quality of life and image of Pattaya through innovative ideas helping transform Pattaya from a single-man's oasis to a family and outdoor recreation destination. For more than 10 years Drew Noyes has provided valuable assistance to fellow-foreigners and Thais utilizing his existing, strategic relationships with influential Thai partners and his wealth of knowledge about cutting through red tape and overcoming obstacles in order to achieve excellent results in Thailand. Savvy investors interested in purchasing or developing Thai property, exporting Thai products, inbound tour and travel packages to Thailand and business opportunities or relocation help in Thailand regularly enlist the services of Drew Noyes, and his companies through his managers and staff. Contact Drew Noyes directly at info@OfficialThailandInfo.com or call him at the number above if you are considering a new real estate development or need assistance re-branding or broadening your existing project. HISTORY: In December, 1997, following a Royal Proclamation, Drew Walter Noyes, Sr. and other American financial experts were asked to go to Thailand for six months to offer advice on how Thailand could get out of the Asian Financial Crisis. Drew's uncle had worked on a United Nation’s World Peace project with a high-ranking member of the Thai Royal Family in New York and recommended Drew to go. Drew's father who graduated from Harvard University a few years ahead of Thailand’s beloved King (born in Cambridge, Massachusetts) agreed. So Drew went. Drew fell in love with the majestic beauty of the people, the exotic culture and the diversity, tolerance and kindness in Thailand. He and many others offered their financial advice and Thailand was the first Asian nation to qualify for IMF funding. After his six month’s of service he stayed in Bangkok to establish a business under the Treaty of Amity between Thailand and the USA. That year Drew became enchanted in Thai language, culture and the Thai society. The loving way Thais take care of children and the elderly touched his heart. Drew married a warm-hearted Thai lady. Now, after ten years in Thailand he is a loving father and is rewarded with many dear friends. BUSINESS: As a recognized business expert, Drew Noyes has been invited to numerous Thai government seminars on the Foreign Business Act (FBA), the Condominium Act as Revised in 2008 and Thai visa, civil and commercial law symposiums as they apply to foreigners in Thailand. Drew works in the capital of Bangkok and at his offices in the most popular beach destination in all of Asia, Pattaya. In 1998, Drew Noyes and his Thai partners began operating what became the largest American-managed advertising, promotion and publishing companies in Thailand, Pattaya Advertising, Promotion and Publishing Alliance. In 2000 they expanded and incorporated P.A.P.P.A. Co., Ltd. PAPPA Co., Ltd. is the exclusive, official souvenir merchandiser for the Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand's largest, annual International event. PAPPA Co., Ltd. is the publisher and exclusive distributor of the Official Thailand Survival Guide, the Official Maps of Pattaya, and the Pattaya Business Telephone Book. Five years ago he and a leading Thai lawyer added a Legal Division to their company, PAPPA Co., Ltd. and have aided hundreds of foreigners in Thailand. They provide Thai company formation, Board of Investment (BOI) qualification, business registration and management services as well as prenuptial agreements, purchase and sale contracts for property, ways to secure foreign investment on real estate by recording mortgages and long term leases. They also specialize in obtaining long-stay visas in Thailand for their foreign clients from around the world. PAPPA Co., Ltd. offers free information on the website: www.officialthailandinfo.com. In 2006 they added a Tour & Travel Division which holds a coveted license from the Tourism Authority of Thailand to handle inbound tourists, MICE participants and other groups into Thailand. PAPPA Co., Ltd. has been rewarded for offering tourists special packages and trips not offered elsewhere in Thailand, as well as the most popular sites and best entertainment. With residences and businesses in both America and Thailand Drew Noyes is one of the most connected businesspeople between the two governments and is considered a leading expert in Thai civil, immigration, labor, and commercial laws as they apply to non-Thais. AWARDS IN THAILAND: In 2005 Drew Noyes became a ceremonial recipient of the Her Majesty Queen of the Kingdom of Thailand, Queen Sirikit’s Service Merit medallion award at a ceremony on the Army base of the Queen’s Royal Guard. Over the last 10 years he has been distinguished by receiving Thai Royal, military and governmental awards rarely given to foreigners. ACCREDITATIONS: With FBI clearance, Drew Noyes has an extensive financial and investment background and has been licensed by the United States of America Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) with Series 3, 7, 24 licenses and has worked as a Securities Dealer, Initial Public Offering Dealer, and Commodities Futures & Options Broker and as an Investment Banker. He is also a licensed Real Estate Broker with the National Association of Realtors in North Carolina and has helped develop and market many marinas, housing estates and condominium developments around the world. Drew Noyes holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and is the author of the best selling book the Official Thailand Survival Guide. He is a registered journalist and the only foreigner as a life-time member of the Eastern Mass Media Association of Thailand. Through leadership in many civic organizations Drew Noyes has earned a stellar reputation. Drew Noyes is the Founding President of the Optimist International Club of Thailand, three-term Chairman of the Pattaya City Expats Club and a supportive member of many Thai business and media associations. Drew Noyes is one of the select members of the elite Siam Society in Bangkok Under Royal Patronage by PATRON: His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, VICE-PATRONS: Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. In November, 2003, Drew Noyes was selected by the Thai Royal Palace and US and Thai government officials to help host the first official visit to Pattaya by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. At a ceremony attended by leading Thai government and military officials as more than 20,000 onlookers crowed the streets to get a glimpse of the beloved Princess, HRH and her military students were introduced by Host Drew Noyes to retired American military men who in the late 1960’s and early 70’s built all of Thailand’s microwave towers for television reception and transmission, built the Friendship Highway from Korat through Bangkok and past Pattaya to Sattahip and built new schools and hospitals throughout Thailand. This meeting was to showcase what a strategic US ally and friend Thailand has been for hundreds of years and to educate HRH’s cadets on the Cold War Era. CHARITY WORKS IN THAILAND: Drew Noyes worked with Mayor Niran of Pattaya and the Pattaya City government on the “Save the South” campaign he organized which contributed millions of Thai baht to victims of the tsunami which devastated Phuket and other southern destinations in Thailand. Drew Noyes has made many contributions to Thai charities through his work with Thai government officials and civic leaders as an organizer and Master of Ceremonies over more that 50 fund-raising events. Drew Noyes was the Master of Ceremonies in 2007 for such auspicious charity events as the 80th Birthday Celebration for His Majesty the King of Thailand and the Commemoration of the 60th Year Celebration of His Majesty the King’s Ascension to the Throne. Both events were attended by foreign Ambassadors and diplomats to Thailand, Thailand’s High Society and members of the Thai Royal Family. Drew Noyes is thoroughly vetted and has high security clearance as he has been cleared to meet with members of the Thai Royal Family, American and Australian Ambassador's in their residences in Bangkok.
