She greets every arriving guest personally at Ting Rai Bay Resort with a small fruit punch, and then works tirelessly at the front desk and throughout the hotel the whole day, overseeing a myriad of responsibilities and chores. Being a small hotel proprietor is not an easy job, but after 15 years working as an accountant for a large government bank, Khun Taam, the owner of Ting Rai Bay Resort, relishes having her own business on the small island of Koh Pu, the mountainous half of the island otherwise known as Koh Jum.
After touring the small island with her husband, Khun Taam fell in love with the Koh Pu, as this part of the island had both the mountains and the sea, and the mountains reminded her of the countryside just outside of her hometown of Chiang Mai. Khun Taam’s dream came to fruition in late 2003 with the opening of Ting Rai Bay Resort, an intimate 15 room property located on a steep hillside overlooking a lovely 1000 meter white sand beach. This relatively new resort, which survived the devastating Tsunami of Dec. 2004, has blossomed into one of the island’s more popular resorts and bears the stamp of Khun Taam’s warm and gracious personality.

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