HRH Princess Srirasmi, the Princess Consort to the Crown Prince of Thailand, and HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Graciously preside over the Official Grand Opening of KidZania Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand. KidZania Journal. May 6, 2013. (English). –HRH Princess Srirasmi, the Princess Consort to the Crown Prince of Thailand, and HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti today graciously presided over the Official Grand Opening of KidZania Bangkok at 10.00 a.m. at KidZania Bangkok. KidZania, the world’s fastest growing edutainment brand, welcomes visitors to its 12th site in the world, KidZania Bangkok, where children aged 4–14 years are offered an ultimate learn and play experience through role-playing more than 80 professions, teaching them essential life skills in a unique and fun way. Bangkok’s new edutainment facility is set as a meticulously realistic, scaled down city, on the 5th floor of Siam Paragon.

Mr. David Salim, Chairman of Kids Edutainment Holdings (Thailand) Co., Ltd., reported on the objective of the event, while Mrs. Cindy Sondakh and Mr. Scott Schubert, Chief Executive Officer of KidZania Bangkok, presented Their Royal Highnesses with souvenirs of the occasion. The Key to the city of KidZania Bangkok was then presented to HRH by Mr. David Salim.

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HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti cutting the ribbon that marked the Official Grand Opening of KidZania Bangkok[/caption]

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HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti cutting the ribbon that marked the Official Grand Opening of KidZania Bangkok[/caption]

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HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti trying out one of KidZania Bangkok’s flight simulators[/caption]

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HRH Prince Dipangkorn as a surgeon at KidZania Bangkok’s hospital[/caption]

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HRH Prince Dipangkorn experiencing the Building in Flames activity at KidZania Bangkok[/caption]

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Mr. Andrés Fabre, KidZania Minister of State[/caption]

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Mr. Andrés Fabre, KidZania Minister of State, presents a gift to HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti[/caption]

KidZania Bangkok is the largest KidZania built indoors anywhere in the world, with more than 10,000 square meters of floor space at Siam Paragon. KidZania Bangkok is open every day and can accommodate more than 4,000 visitors a day.

Built with an investment of over Bht 810 million, the Grand Opening of KidZania Bangkok also provides Bangkok with a new, landmark attraction that boosts Bangkok’s appeal as regional destination with a very sophisticated family edutainment product.

At KidZania Bangkok, children enjoy role-playing the real-world professional experiences in a tailor-made kid scaled city, in 65 establishments. Kids can role-play being doctors, fire fighters, news announcers, pilots, chefs, flight attendants and many more professions. No matter what profession they choose to explore, children learn essential life skills such as independent decision-making, teamwork, money management, and how to follow directions when learning something new.

KidZania Bangkok is open every day, Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00; Saturday- Sunday and official holidays from 10.00 to 15.00 and from 16.00 to 21.00. Admission tickets for children aged 4–14 years can be purchased at KidZania Bangkok on the 5th floor of Siam Paragon.

For additional information, please visit www.kidzania.co.th and www.facebook.com/KidZaniaBangkok or call KidZania Bangkok’s Customer Service Center (02) 683 1888.