INSPIRATIONS
Achiraya,32,has a master's degree in international luxury brand management from ESSEC Business School in Paris while her younger sister Chayanich,30,is a legal consultant, with a master's in law from Georgetown University in Washington DC.
The two sister both worked for international organisations before realising their dream of launching their own business The business was inspired by their desire to offer an alternative to mass-tourism programmes for their foreign friends.
"Before we started HiveSters, many friends asked our advice about where to visit when they came to Thailand.We didn't want to recommend that they ride elephants or see tigers. We wanted them to see the real Thailand ; Chayanich said