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Should Colored Lighting Be Allowed In The Bathroom?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 141 Prachasamran Rd., Nai Muang, Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 40000
December 20, 2011 at 9:38 AM | by | Comments (0)

We've enjoyed seeing the way mood lighting has worked its way up as a kind of current hotel trend. Perhaps most notably seen inside Yotel's spaceship cabins, we've also documented the effects at The Water Club at the Borgata's rooftop spa and at the Peninsula Tokyo.

But should the trick be used in hotel bathrooms as well? @thomaswanhoff photographed and tweeted this show from a hotel in Thailand called the Glacier Hotel over the weekend. We're seriously digging the blue-lit sideways teardrop sink, but realize it might not be for everyone. In fact, a quick hop over to TripAdvisor shows at least one guest who, while approving of the hotel in general, couldn't get past the annoying blue light in the bathroom, which apparently can't be turned off.

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Inside the Newest Anantara Hotel: The Anantara Riverside Bangkok

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 257/1-3 Charoennakorn Road, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10600
December 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM | by | Comments (0)


The hotel's Longtail Bar on its private dock

While Thailand was flooding these past few months, a hotel right on the river in Bangkok was busy renovating and changing brands. Luckily the new Anantara Riverside (formerly the Marriott Riverside) wasn't effected by the high waters and now that the country is drying off, they're ready to welcome the return glut of travelers.

Until the end of April 2012, they're offering rooms from 3,888 THB ($125 USD) per night; it's the Journey Begins package, which includes a room upgrade, breakfast, internet and discounts on the spa and further dining.

During a recent trip to Thailand at the very start of the flooding, we spent two nights at the Anantara Riverside and found that wasn't near sufficient to both explore Bangkok and enjoy the hotel's amenities. This is a place for a long weekend, a return visitor to Bangkok, or really anything more than a quickie of two days.

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As Bangkok Dries Off, a Hotel Renovates and Relaunches

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 257/1-3 Charoennakorn Road, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand, 10600
December 15, 2011 at 4:54 PM | by | Comments (0)

Check out that pool. Would you believe that it's just outside the very middle of the bustling metropolis that is Bangkok, Thailand? Now that the city is drying off after catastrophic flooding, it's time to head back and luckily there's a new hotel to make things interesting.

Well, actually it's an old hotel. But it's a new hotel too! You see, the Marriott Riverside Bangkok has been renovated, revamped and relaunched as the Anantara Riverside.

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Who Is The Magic Doorman?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 155 RAJADAMRI ROAD , BANGKOK, Thailand, 10330
November 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

If our recent coverage of the Bangkok hotel scene hadn't already whetted your appetite to visit the Land of Smiles yourself (perhaps you could time your trip to the opening of the future W Bangkok?), then maybe this will get your travel wheels spinning. To the Four Seasons, that is.

Four Seasons Bangkok has a special trick up their sleeve, in the form of what they call the "Magic Doorman". Narongsak Khamkaew is a Bangkok-born doorman at the hotel who just so happens to be an amateur magician. Or is he an amateur magician who also happens to work at a hotel? We can't really be sure.

Either way, he bought a David Copperfield DVD on day on a whim, and now dazzles young guests with his "lightning-quick hand movements." His favorite trick? The flying card.

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The Hotel Pools of Phuket: Private Villas Mean Private Pools at the Anantara

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Phuket, Thailand
October 14, 2011 at 4:13 PM | by | Comment (1)

Sometimes you just don't want to share a hotel pool with other guests. Perhaps you want to skinnydip, or meditate, or have family time, or just float in the middle of the pool and completely, utterly zone out. Whatever your reasons, we get it. So does the Anantara Phuket Villas, because each of their 83 villas comes complete with its own private pool, plus deck with loungers, a traditional Thai Sala, outdoor shower and giant sunken bathtub.

Guests can easily spend the majority of a weeklong vacation here lost in the luxuries of their private abode—heck, there are even rose petals and salts provided for the fancy bathtub—but for the rest of the time, there's always the three main pools.

Here's the cool thing. There's only one suite at the Anantara Phuket; it's the two-bedroom Similan Suite and it boasts a larger pool than all the rest, obviously, but the 82 other villas are mostly the same save for a choice of blue or green pool tiling. It makes it kinda difficult to get jealous of your villas neighbors.

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The Hotel Pools of Phuket: Lounging and Lingering at the Anantara Villas

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Phuket, Thailand
October 13, 2011 at 5:43 PM | by | Comments (0)

If you love swimming, if you want to spend your vacation alternating between lounging in a pool and lounging next to a pool, and especially if you're a huge hotel pool geek like us, you'll want to add the three pools of the Anantara Phuket Villas to your bucketlist.

First off, it's extremely important to know that every single villa—all 83 of them—have their own private pools. If you're sleeping here, you've got a pool just outside your bedroom. There's no way around it. Second off, that means that the main pools out near the beach (the ones featured here) are blessedly calm and never packed. Guests come out to these pools to socialize, to get a drink, to enjoy the breeze and the Andaman Sea view, and to do serious tanning.

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The Hotel Pools of Phuket: Triple Dips at the JW Marriott Resort

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 231 Moo 3 Mai Khao,Talang, Phuket, Thailand, 83110
October 12, 2011 at 5:15 PM | by | Comments (0)

Next up in our Hotel Pools of Phuket series are the three—count 'em three—pools that sit nice and pretty between the buildings and the beach at the JW Marriott Resort.

To be perfectly clear, we didn't sleep at the JW Marriott, but next door in a hotel to be revealed tomorrow. The thing is, the hotels share a beachfront: Mai Khao Beach on the northwestern tip of Phuket Island. Because the beaches are public, it's quite easy to walk between the properties, and there's even a boardwalk and direction signs to guide vacationers around the area.

If you found yourself with a long stay, you could hop hotel pools no problem, but that wouldn't work very well if you fancy ordering cocktails at the swim-up bar and charging it back to your room.

Back to the pools. The JW has three of them for the general guests, because—as it goes in Phuket—there's also a selection of suites (and one villa) with private pools. For most, however, the North, Main and South pools will be more than enough aqua entertainment.

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The Hotel Pools of Phuket: Infinity Edge at The Vijitt Resort

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Viset Road, Rawai, Phuket, Thailand
October 11, 2011 at 5:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

There are infinity pools perched on cliffsides, infinity pools that encircle properties and infinity pools sunk into other bodies of water, but have you ever seen an infinity pool that appears like a solid sheet of black water? This is the main pool at The Vijitt Resort in Phuket, Thailand, where we recently stayed for several nights on a killer low season deal of only $128 per night for our own (pool-less) villa.

The Vijitt is a Thai-owned, all-villa resort and—surprise—that means you actually feel like you're in Thailand, instead of a giant chain hotel that could be anywhere. It sits on the other side of Phuket Island from the Andaman Sea, all the big beaches and big waves; it's in Rawai, on the calm Friendship Beach instead. Because the tide is often out, the pools are the focus here and they're worth it.

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Oh, The Places You'll Go...Like the Hotel Pools of Phuket, Thailand

Where: Phuket, Thailand
October 10, 2011 at 5:05 PM | by | Comment (1)

Who doesn't love a well-designed hotel pool? Even if you don't care much for swimming, just looking at an expanse of calm water can do wonders for your state of mind, and nowhere do you find more breathtaking pools and beaches than on an exotic island, specifically Phuket, Thailand.

We recently zipped over to Phuket on our own for some dragonfruit-devouring and scuba diving and yet managed to squeeze in time for sneaking around some resort pools and beaches.

All this week we'll be bringing you photo galleries of drool-worthy hotel pools in Phuket to combat the cooler air and falling leaves in the US. First up? This teaser of the main infinity pool at The Vijitt Resort, a place we scored on a low-season deal of 4,000 THB ($128) per night which included all sorts of extras (like airport transfers, yay!).

Get psyched, get your swimsuit out and get ready for a serious case of wanderlust. Tomorrow we'll reveal the rest of The Vijitt's pool deck.

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Inside the Affordable Boutique Hotel That is The Luxx Bangkok

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 6/11 Decho Road, Bangkok, Thailand, 10500
October 7, 2011 at 4:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

Thirteen rooms tucked away on a regular street in the busy center of Bangkok, and yet they're affordable and design-conscious with free breakfast and free WiFi. Can it be?! Yes, it's the Luxx Hotel, a tiny wonder we discovered while simply browsing the Mr. and Mrs. Smith Collection offerings in Bangkok and a tiny wonder at which we'd happily stay again.

The Luxx is what the the Smith Hotels site calls a "budget boutique" and we agree; we booked like normal online and only paid 2500 THB ($80) per night for the Studio-level room, one step down from a suite, but we were upgraded to a suite at check-in because of availability. Score!

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Around the Penthouse Suites and More of The Metropolitan Bangkok

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: South Sathorn Road, Bangkok, Thailand, 10120
October 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

It's hot in Bangkok, and often unbearably humid. The Metropolitan Bangkok knows this, which is why there are refresher towels waiting just inside the entrance to the lobby. Which is why there's an expansive indoor fitness facility complete with his and hers spa hottubs. Which is why there's a resort-quality outdoor swimming pool. Bangkok's urban tropical environment mean that guests at The Metropolitan are here for a multitude of reasons, from business to a getaway.

We were there as your usual tourists to Thailand, taking in every bit of the place and we've already shown you our Metropolitan room, but we also managed a peek into the Penthouse and COMO Suites while we were at it.

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Inside a Metropolitan Room at The Metropolitan Bangkok

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: South Sathorn Road, Bangkok, Thailand, 10120
October 4, 2011 at 7:04 PM | by | Comments (0)

So everyone who's everyone knows The Metropolitan London and its modern interiors, members-only Met Bar and prime location, but do you know it's got a sister site in The Metropolitan Bangkok? It's true; there's a sleek white hotel sitting a little off bustling Sathorn Road that also lights the logo of The Metropolitan, and it's just as cool, just as comfortable with two huge differences.

Big difference number one: this Metropolitan is a world away from London in Bangkok, and you'll know it through Thai elements in the rooms and an award-winning Thai restaurant, called nahm, which serves things like durian ice cream.

Big difference number two: the room rates are very affordable, but of course this is because we're talking Bangkok versus London here. We stayed for two nights via the Tablet Hotels private sale for $91 per night.

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