Marriott unveils Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong
- Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:03
The just opened Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong in Ploenchit adds another stunning 5 star property to Marriott’s already impressive Bangkok showcase.
This new property features 275 rooms and 58 suites over 22 floors and also offers 14 meeting rooms with a total of 20,000 square meters of meeting space.
Guest rooms feature beautiful hardwood floors and thick pile rugs. Thanks to the large windows (“oversized” according to Marriott.com), the rooms are brightly lit with natural sunlight and feature a modern “chic” decor. The bathrooms at the Renaissance Ratchaprasong are marble and they also follow the recent trend of having glass enclosed (read: glass walled) bathrooms, which in my opinion, is fine for couples or single travelers, but I certainly don’t want to stay there with my mother.
Sukhumvit Park Marriott Executive Apartments
- Friday, 12 February 2010 19:57
Another addition to Marriott’s expanding portfolio of executive serviced apartments.
In December of 2009 I spent a couple of nights at the newly opened Sukhumvit Park Bangkok, Marriott Executive Apartments. After finally opening on October 23rd after a number of delays, Sukhumvit Park is the third executive serviced apartments in Bangkok after the Mayfair Marriott on Soi Lang Suan and Sathorn Vista, which opened early in 2009 on South Sathorn Road.
Located on Soi 24, which is a road that runs between Sukhumvit Road, a major thoroughfare in Bangkok and Rama IX Road, the new Marriott is in a prime location for both business travelers and tourists. While it is possible to walk to Sukhumvit Road in under 10 minutes, the hotel provides a complimentary tuk-tuk to shuttle guests whenever needed. There is no schedule for the shuttle tuk-tuk, just ask at the front desk. On Sukhumvit Road at the end of Soi 24 there is there upscale Emporium shopping complex and a BTS Skytrain Phrom Phong station.
Z Through by the Zign, Pattaya
- Friday, 15 January 2010 23:56
The North end of Pattaya is undergoing a restoration of sorts…
The North end of Pattaya is undergoing a restoration of sorts thanks to one family run company in particular that is responsible for the huge Zign Hotel, the Tsix5 (supposed to sound like Three Six Five- as in 365 days in a year) as well as the recently opened boutique Z through by the Zign hotel, Pattaya.
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