American cruise company looking for 1,000 Thai service staff

All aboard! The American cruise company that owns the Princess Cruise, Holland America Line, has visited Thailand’s Department of Employment seeking Thai staff to work onboard. The company says they have more than 1,000 positions available for Thai people saying that the famous Thai smile is perfect for the hospitality industry.

The Director-General of the Employment Department, Pirot Choticsathian, welcomed the senior officers from the Holland America Line to his department office in Bangkok. Pirot said that he received the information from a Thai recruitment agency, Thai Seafarer Recruitment or TSTC, that the American company wanted to hire Thai people to work for various positions on the cruise.

The cruise line is looking for cooks, assistant cooks, waiters/waitresses, bartenders, receptionists, photographers, backstage staff, etc. The staff would be paid 30,000 to 100,000…