Thai-Norwegian Business Review 1-2011

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common languages spoken in Europe and Asia. Euro-Center was recently granted a Thailand Board of Investment licence for a call center, which opens up new opportunities for the company. Now it can handle calls from all over the world for banks, credit card firms, self-insurance companies and several Thai corporations. An expansion of the call center is still in the planning phase. Mrs Ellegaard is Danish, she is married to a Thai and they have a son. She is on the board of the DanishThai Chamber of Commerce and a member of ThaiNorwegian Chamber of Commerce. Her husband is involved with three enterprises so they always manage to stay busy. One hobby for her husband that may turn into another business is the fine art of Danish baking. Learning the trade from a neighbour during summer holidays, he now bakes on a small scale providing bread to the Scandinavian deli on Sukhumvit Soi 18 and Villa Market. “He’s the only real Danish baker in Thailand,” she said. “He makes actual marzipan but has to use less sugar. The humidity here changes the requirements for dough when making bread, and the butter here seems to have more water in it.”

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