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INDUSTRY SpEAkS StUdytrAvel mAgAZIne AUgUSt 2018
Industry speaks
www.tieca.com
Agency Q&A manager@tieca.com
This month, we interview
Annop Kanthatham of Thai What has TIECA been up to over ST Alphe UK and Study World in
agency association, TIECA. the last 12 months? London, ST Alphe Japan and IALC
We celebrated our 20th anniversa- in Bologna, Italy, in order to raise
Full name of association: Thai Interna- ry last year and we held the party awareness of the association.
tional Education Consultants Association
(Tieca) to coincide with our TIECA Expo
Year established: 1997 in November 2017. Many institu- Have there been any changes in
Number of members: 74
tions joined the event and also a Thai outbound student trends?
representative from JAOS who Thai students still prefer to go
came to congratulate us. We held to the USA, the UK, Australia,
our fi rst expo outside of Bangkok Canada and New Zealand. The
in February 2018 in Korat (north- number of students going for
east of Thailand). The event was postgraduate levels in the USA
well-received and we plan to hold and UK has declined.
the event again in the future. This
year, the TIECA Expo will be held Are Thai students experiencing
on November 3 in Bangkok. We any problems with visas?
also have a new committee which There have been reports of in-
became effective in March 2018. In creased visa refusals to the USA
the last 12 months, I have attended and Australia in the past year.
Read more at: bit.ly/AgencyAssoc-aug18
Agency of the month
Carmen Codinach,
“We have been
working with Travel travel & tuition, Spain
This month, Travel & Tui- & Tuition since 2015. “From the time we started
tion www.traveltuition.com We very much value their profes- to work with Mark, Kim and the
in Spain has been nominated sionalism and dedication to sup- rest of the team at Langley I can
by Langley School District porting their students’ cultural and only say good words. They have
#35 www.studyinlangley. academic experiences in Canada. demonstrated that we share the
com in Canada. Mark Leiper Their students are outstanding and same worries and values. It is
at the school board explains embrace the opportunity to travel very important for us to work
this decision. and study overseas.” with people with the same view.”
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