Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for a peaceful solution, but warned that Thai soldiers would always defend Thai sovereignty if attacked.
In the mid-2000s, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation launched a campaign called "Food Safety: Edible Flowers" to push restaurants to start cooking with flowers and persuade farmers to stop using pesticides.
They tend to prefer the high-rise glamour of the Melia Hua Hin Hotel next door, though Thai families do enjoy the bungalows on the Sofitel's adjacent property, called Central Hua Hin Village (Central comes from the hotel's management by the Central Group).