HotelChatter - Tag: Bangkok Hotels

Bangkok: Bangkok's Chaophya Park Hotel Has The Best Multi-Use Key Cards Ever

JetSetCD — 2009-10-01T16:21:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/ChaophyaPark.jpg" class="top"> Security issues aside for the moment, <a href="">Chaophya Park Hotel</a> in Bangkok, Thailand has what are possibly the best hotel room key cards ever: they also function as one-day subway passes. It's the first hotel in Bangkok to offer the amenity of hotel-keys-as-subway-passes since it lies along the MRT route of public transportation. But it won't be the last; the MRT is looking to partner up with further hotels in Bangkok and make this a regular perk. Still, the Chaophya Park might look like your typical business hotel in the picture above, but judging from this new feature and the fact that they've got iPod docking stations in the rooms, have greening initiatives, and are the first

Bangkok: Centara Bangkok's Circular Soaking Tub Would Round Out Our Week

MsRebecca — 2009-09-18T14:16:51-05:00

We don't know about you, but we feel like it's been a long week. And one of our favorite ways to unwind at week's end? A soak in the tub. One of the first things we do when entering a hotel room is to duck into the bathroom to check the shower/bath situation. Tubs—or rain showers and extra jets in shower-only setups—usually elicit whoops of glee. So when we saw this photo of the tub from a guest room at the Centara Grand Bangkok we swooned. We may have seen bigger tubs in our hotel travels, but this one is just so damn cute in its roundness. (All that space around it is pretty appealing, too.)

Bangkok: Jenga! More Photos of Edition Hotel Bangkok Revealed

juliana — 2009-08-05T14:36:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/editionbangkok_terrace.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelsmag.com/article/CA6673916.html">Hotels Magazine</a> has also discovered the forthcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/22/15460/7143/hotels/Edition_Bangkok_It_s_On_Baby">Edition Hotel Bangkok</a> in all its Jenga-esque glory. But that's not all that's inside this hotel. After you remove one block and place it on top of the pile, a Ritz-Carlton Residences is revealed with 200 "customized single-level and duplex condos." The 150-room Edition Hotel, spawned from Bill Marriott and Ian Schrager, will be also be a part of the 77-story tower, which will be the tallest hotel in Bangkok and include "a landscaped outdoor public plaza, 110,000-square-feet of retail space, gardens and terraces spread over several levels for restaurants, cafes, and a 24 hour marketplace." (Hotels Mag has a plethora of renderings to check out.)But goshdarnit, why does

Bangkok: Edition Bangkok: It's On, Baby

Jenna — 2009-07-22T15:51:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/editionbangkok.jpg" class="top"> <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edition hotels">Edition</a> lives! A website called <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/090722oma_mahanakhon.asp">Architectural Record</a> has announced that the Marriott-Schrager hybrid which has yet to open a single property is going to be coming to Bangkok as a component of the forthcoming MahaNakhon tower and plaza. Inside the 1.6 million-square-foot, $515 million complex will be 200 apartments and a 150-room Edition hotel, as well as "mixed-use public and commercial space." Construction on the tower won't be starting until later this year, so the expected (fairly generous, we think) completion date is going to be in late 2012. Some deets about the 77-story "centerpiece" tower: <blockquote>A spiraling incision of architectural pixels travels up the building, interrupting the curtain wall to reveal

Bangkok: Hotels for $100 or Less: The Dream Bangkok

juliana — 2009-04-23T16:51:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/dream86.jpg" class="top"> All this week, we'll be profiling hotels for $100 or less. Yay! Know of any other bargains? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us.</a>While we're not sure what's happening with Vikram Chatwal's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/22/16285/3547/hotels/Has_VCH_Given_Up_On_The_Chatwal_After_All_">Chatwal Hotel</a> in NYC, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+Hotel+Bangkok/local/559">Dream Bangkok</a> is still alive and offering room rates for under $90. A tipster let us know that room rates are currently at $86 but if you're an Amex card holder you can get your room for just $77. We checked for a room on May 3 and indeedy, a $86 rate popped up for a classic room with a plasma TV, iPod nanos to use during your stay and an all-time HotelChatter fave, bathrobes! Wanna spend more to get