U.S., March 17 -- The funeral of Alwin Zecha, chairman and founder of Pacific Leisure Group, was held at Saturday at Rangsit Methodist Church and Crematorium in Bangkok, Thailand

The Travel and Tourism industry lost one of the great pioneers of this industry.

Alwin Zecha passed away on March 12 suffering cardiac arrest in the age of 82.

Mr. Zecha is the founder of Pacific Leisure Group and was a citizen of Singapore and Indonesia residing in Thailand.

The Pacific Leisure Group was established in 1961 in Hong Kong. Alwin Zecha and Eckard Kremer together built up a network of offices across the globe and quickly gained a reputation as one of the leading destination management companies worldwide. The company had 24 offices around the wo...