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Anantara Wants You to Play With Sea Cows in Si Kao

Jenna — 2008-08-08T09:15:06-05:00

Surely you thought we were clever and hilarious for the "Sea Cow in Si Kao" headline, but we must give credit where credit is due.

To the cute and funny folks over at the upcoming Anantara Si Kao in Si Kao have been using this clever and hilarious line as part of their marketing efforts for their soon-to-open Thailand property.

Located on Chang Lang Beach, the hotel is opening up in December -- hot on the heels of the Anantara Phuket -- in an area famous for its manatees.

Coming Soon to Northern Phuket: Another Eco-Friendly Anantara

amandak — 2008-07-15T10:23:29-05:00

Opening up later this year, the Anantara Phuket Resort & Spa is away from the overly-touristed Phuket areas, and will be at the Mai Khao Beach on the northern shore of Phuket instead. They're putting the finishing touches on 83 villas that each have their own infinity pool (we love this) and are arranged around a lagoon in the style of a traditional southern Thai village.

Room With an Anti-View: Don't Choose First House Hotel First in Bangkok

amandak — 2008-04-17T09:53:37-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_First_Guesthouse_Bangkok.jpg" class="imgborder"> This picture at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/First+House+Hotel/local/1190">First House Hotel</a> in Bangkok is

Bangkok's Luxury Hotel Wars Don't Seem to Be Affecting Guests, But Ugly Americans Are

mytwocents — 2008-03-27T12:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lebuabangkok.jpg" class="imgborder">Seems America isn't the world's only litigious society. There's Thailand, for example. In Bangkok, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Oriental+Bangkok/local/1080"> The Oriental</a> has been slapped with a defamation lawsuit by the Thai Attorney General, following a libel claim from another hotel competitor, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lebua+at+State+Tower/local/952">lebua</a>. Seems that an internal email memo sent by The Oriental's General Manager Kurt Wachtveitl last year to his hotel managers accused the lebua of poaching 26 staff members from yet another 5-star property <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Bangkok/ian/141136"> The Peninsula Bangkok</a>. Oh the humanity! Can you imagine some employee actually wanting to work elsewhere, and perhaps for more money. But Wachtveitl's email, which has been reportedly sent to several other Bangkok hotel managers, was leaked to the public.

A Green Hotel in Urban Bangkok: Yes, It's Possible

amandak — 2008-03-17T14:49:21-05:00

Gone are the days when being a green hotel meant guests slept in tents in the middle of a forest: these days you can be green even in the middle of a bustling metropolis like Bangkok. The Old Bangkok Inn is a small ten-room place that's got a number of neat strategies going to be environmentally friendly.

The owners of the hotel decided from the outset that they wanted to be environmentally sound and from the renovation of the original house to the hotel you see today, there were many decisions made to stay low impact. For example, only salvaged wood was used in the renovations and all the fixtures, linen and curtains were locally produced.