About Us
FORBES COMMUNICATIONS was founded in 2006 by Alasdair Forbes (right). A professional journalist all his life, Alasdair worked as a reporter and sub-editor on newspapers in his native Britain and also on newspapers and magazines in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Dubai and Hong Kong.
In 1999 he moved to Phuket, Thailand, as Managing Editor of the local English-language newspaper, the Phuket Gazette. When he joined the newspaper, it had 48 pages an issue and was published twice a month. By the time he left it, it was averaging 56 pages an issue and was published weekly. (See Links)
In addition to providing editorial, PR services and advice to a wide variety of clients, Forbes Communications advises on the structure of websites (see, for example, The Yamu and Miramare in Links).
Having produced two issue of Fun Times magazine for Laguna Holiday Club, Forbes Communications is now working with the company to create a compelling online magazine. The company also provides almost all the content for one of Phuket’s most prominent and widely read blogs, phuketobserver.com.
