“Thailand is entering a sports-tourism era,” says Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, the Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports at the Thailand Travel Mart Conference in 2016.
Muay Thai, as a sport and fitness discipline, has been attracting international attention with its growing popularity and recent inclusion in the Olympic Games. The ministry is expected to use 100,000,000 THB ($2.8 million USD).
Khongsittha has taken a strong approach towards collaborating with a variety of different travel-oriented companies in 2017.
Airbnb, an online marketplace and hospitality service, partnered with Khongsittha as the premier gym in Bangkok to experience Muay Thai.
You can see the press conference from Joe Gebbia (Co-founder of Airbnb) here:
On March 20, 2017, Khongsittha was invited to hold a Muay Thai seminar for AirAsia’s management team at their ONE Regional Conference in Phuket, Thailand.
The trainers taught more than 40 AirAsia employees Muay Thai techniques, the “Wai Kru,” a traditional dance performed in the ring to pay respect to their teachers, and an intensive cardio session.
Chayanon Visutthithada and Matthew Deane, co-owners of Khongsittha with Tony Fernandes, CEO of Air Asia at their corporate retreat in Phuket.
Joe Gebbia and Matthew Deane at an Airbnb press conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Airbnb’s “Experiences” picks the best activities for tourists to do in major cities and allows their customers the option of booking it in addition to their lodging.
Joe Gebbia and Sueadam “Black Tiger” Khongsittha are doing the Wai Kru to pay respect to their teachers.
Khongsittha anticipates hosting or partnering with a variety of other high-profile businesses in 2017, and their all-inclusive experience has received highly positive reviews since its launch.
They are poised to be industry leaders in Thailand’s rising sports-tourism sector.
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