past events - 2006 Winners of the inaugural 2006 Thailand Property Awards were announced on 13th December 2006, at a lavish Gala Dinner ceremony held at JW Marriott in Bangkok. The awards ceremony and Gala Dinner was attended by over 200 distinguished guests from a variety of sectors in the real estate industry including developers, agents, architects, interior designers and real estate associations and organisations. The winners reflected the high quality of real estate development throughout the country, with a mix from Bangkok, Phuket, Samui and Pattaya. One of the most popular award categories, Best Villa Development, saw a tie between Dhevatara Cove in Samui and Baan Yamu in Phuket. Other notable winners were TCC Capital Land, taking two awards (Best Developer and Best Condo Development) and Laguna Resorts & Hotels PLC who also took two awards (Green Development and Best Interior Designer). 2006 award winners were: Best Agent - Samui Villas and Homes. (Samui) Best Architect - Original Vision Ltd for Samsara. (Phuket) Best Condo Development - TCC Capital Land for Athenee Residence. (Bangkok) Best Developer - TCC Capital Land Limited. (Bangkok) Best Interior Designer - Laguna Resorts & Hotels PLC. (Phuket) Best Real Estate Website - Northpoint (www.northpointpattaya.com) from Raimon Land PLC. (Pattaya) Best Villa Development - Phuket Prime Property Ltd for Baan Yamu, and Dhevatara Properties Co. Ltd for Dhevatara Cove. (Phuket and Samui) Green Development - Laguna Resorts & Hotels PLC. (Phuket) The Real Estate Personality of the Year award was judged and awarded by Property Report magazine to Nigel J Cornick, CEO of Raimon Land PLC. A charity auction was held to raise money for the Children of the Forest (www.childrenoftheforest.com) and a total of 500,000THB was raised on the night.