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Phuket (Thailand) – December 25, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket today announces the opening of ‘Rum Chapel’, the new beachfront restaurant adding to its existing culinary offerings e.g. Tonsai, known for its engaging breakfast buffet, features a casual island-style atmosphere in the morning and afternoon that flawlessly transforms to an intimate date night retreat in the evening, My Grill, for the private and romantic dining options, home to the sound of sizzling steaks paired with a selection of exquisite wines and Z Bar, for a cocktail with the beautiful sunset view.

“The Rum Chapel restaurant is an engaging venue with in-door, out-door ambience, and design featuring a 50-seats hotspot right on the beach and connecting to the popular Infinity Pool. The guests can enjoy a family style dining with inspired sharing food platter with flavors from around the world. The delicious and refreshing cocktails made of the finest produced local rum and craft beer is the specialties to look forward to in an open bar with entertaining bartenders.,” said Erich Friedl, General Manager, The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection resort & Spa, Phuket. “We are thrilled to have Rum Chapel added into our resort’s dining destinations as whether guests are enjoying a simple breakfast, brunch, afternoon tea or lavish dinner, the variety of our culinary options featuring the dramatic limestone cliffs and magnificent oceans views of Phuket will of course satisfy all their needs.”

Operate daily from noon time until 530 p.m. for lunch and poolside snacks and drinks and from 6 p.m. until 1030 p.m. for dinner and expected to be home of the famous island’s upgraded weekend brunch, Rum Chapel will also be the ideal location for upcoming social events and wine dinners, also open for any opportunity of group private dinner. Guests can indulge in this new culinary destination while exploring the untouched Naka island as the restaurant will have its iconic bell that will ring 3 times a day announcing the Holy or Happy Hour and special offer’s time. During the evening, it will turn to be a casual beachside dinner of the highlighted sharing style from worldwide cuisine prepared from local ingredients.

Escape to the hidden paradise of our extraordinary luxury hotel, The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket is tucked away on a secluded island just off the east coast of Phuket, Thailand. Journey to the boutique resort by speedboat and take in the enchanting beauty of rich coconut groves, ivory sandy beaches and limestone cliffs as guests bounce along the waves surrounding Naka Island. Once guests arrive, taste unexpected flavors at one of our hotel’s beachside restaurants, My Grill, Tonsai and Rum Chapel, or unwind with a cocktail at the waterfront Z Bar.

This exclusive resort has transformed island living with 90 luxuriously appointed uniquely designed rooms and villas accompanied by numerous amenities, from state-of-the-art technology, including Wi-Fi and LCD TVs, to a relaxation sala with an outdoor soaking private pool.

About The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts
The Luxury Collection®, part of Marriott International, Inc., is comprised of world-renowned hotels and resorts offering unique, authentic experiences that evoke lasting, treasured memories. For the global explorer, The Luxury Collection offers a gateway to the world’s most exciting and desirable destinations. Each hotel and resort is a unique and cherished expression of its location; a portal to the destination’s indigenous charms and treasures. Originated in 1906 under the CIGA® brand as a collection of Europe’s most celebrated and iconic properties, today The Luxury Collection brand is a glittering ensemble, recently surpassing 100 of the world’s finest hotels and resorts in more than 30 countries and territories. All of these hotels, many of them centuries old, are internationally recognized as being among the world’s finest. The Luxury Collection is proud to participate in Marriott Bonvoy, the new name of Marriott’s travel program replacing Marriott Rewards®, The Ritz- Carlton Rewards®, and Starwood Preferred Guest® (SPG). The program offers members an extraordinary portfolio of global brands, experiences on Marriott Bonvoy Moments and unparalleled benefits including earning points toward free hotel stays and nights toward Elite status recognition.

Bangkok (Thailand) – December 26, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to welcome Hilton as the newest sustainability partner for Travel Lab Asia, a platform for triple-bottom-line innovation in Asia’s travel industry that helps corporates source technology solutions for their most pressing sustainability and environmental problems. Travel Lab Asia is an initiative of the Asian Development Bank’s ADB Ventures and is supported by PATA and Plug and Play.

“We are delighted to welcome Hilton as our newest corporate partner, joining both Minor Hotels and Jetwing Hotels, in seeking innovative CleanTech solutions for a more sustainable future,” said PATA CEO Dr. Mario Hardy. “It is inspiring to see these three organisations embrace sustainable and responsible business practices through technological solutions, and I do invite other corporates in the hospitality sector to join us along this journey.”

Jeannie Kwok, Director, Corporate Responsibility at Hilton, said, “We look forward to partnering with providers who can help us accelerate our progress in areas like energy reduction, in line with Hilton’s Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals to cut our environmental footprint in half and double our social impact. This collaboration with Plug and Play, ADB Ventures, and PATA is a great match.”

In the first year of the programme, Travel Lab Asia will focus on helping corporate partners source and integrate CleanTech solutions for improved business performance and environmental impact. Participating corporates will have unrivalled access to sustainability-focused technology solutions from around the world. They will receive support to articulate their sustainability-related technology needs and to develop pilot proposals with solution providers. Furthermore, they will have access to ADB’s research and counsel on environmental and social impact measurement, enabling them to tell clear and credible brand stories as regional leaders in sustainability. Travel Lab Asia also includes the potential for de-risked investment funding from ADB at the pilot, post-pilot, and adoption stages.

CleanTech includes technology for energy efficiency, waste reduction, recycling and circular economy, food waste management, reduced water use and loss, waste and effluent management, water collection and distribution, natural resource management, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Two additional corporate partners are still being considered for the programme, which begins January 1, 2020.

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About PATA
Founded in 1951, PATA is a not-for-profit membership association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. The Association provides aligned advocacy, insightful research and innovative events to its more than 800 member organisations, including 95 government, state and city tourism bodies, 20 international airlines and airports, 102 hospitality organisations and 70 educational institutions, as well as over 4,000 young tourism professional (YTP) members across the world. The PATA network also embraces the grassroots activism the PATA Chapters and Student Chapters, who organise numerous travel industry training programmes and business development events across the world. Thousands of travel professionals belong to the 35 local PATA Chapters worldwide, while hundreds of students are members of the 22 PATA Student Chapters globally. The PATAmPOWER platform delivers unrivalled data, forecasts and insights from the PATA Strategic Intelligence Centre to members’ desktops and mobile devices anywhere in the world. PATA’s Head Office has been in Bangkok since 1998. The Association also has official offices or representation in Beijing and London.

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Valle de Colchagua (Chile) – December 27, 2019 (travelindex.com) –The 4th Global Conference on Wine Tourism, hosted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Government of Chile, has concluded with a call to use the sector’s unique ability to rejuvenate and support rural communities.

Held in the Colchagua Valley, home to some of Chile’s most prominent wine producers, the event saw more than 400 participants from destinations including Argentina, France, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and USA, come together to explore the many opportunities that wine tourism can bring. The event further strengthened ties between UNWTO and Chile, a Member State since 1979. The previous week, the United Nations specialized agency also presented the case for tourism as a key contributor to the sustainability agenda at the UN Climate Change Summit, COP25 in Madrid, held under the Presidency of Chile.

Welcoming delegates, UNWTO General-Secretary Zurab Pololikashvili said: “Wine tourism creates jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities. It touches all areas of the regional economy through its linkages to handicrafts, gastronomy and agriculture. There lies its great potential to generate development opportunities in remote destinations.”

In this regard, the Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Lucas Palacios, said that “wine tourism continues to grow thanks to the thrust of the vineyards that are challenged to go further and further, expanding their horizons beyond production and the sale of wine, but it is also thanks to the fact that, as a State, we have implemented a public policy that fosters sustainable tourism development, where we have tremendous potential.”

The Undersecretary of Tourism, Mónica Zalaquett, said that “this is an opportunity to show our territory. Today there are more than 100 vineyards open to wine tourism and this congress is about that. They are going to transfer knowledge, share experiences, promote dialogues and deliver tools, so that we can improve this wine tourism offer”.

In particular, the fourth edition of the most important annual event in enotourism, focused on the sector’s ability to transform rural communities, build economies and create jobs outside of major cities. Alongside sessions on tourism as a driver of rural socio-economic development, the conference also featured workshops and debates on how destinations can diversify and market themselves to meet changing consumer demands. At the same time, UNWTO experts also explained the potential benefits of embracing digital transformation and entrepreneurship in tourism, particularly in rural areas.

The Alentejo region in Portugal will host the 2020 edition of the UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism. Next year will also be UNWTO’s year of ‘Tourism and Rural Development’, with a number of specially-themed events planned.

Bangkok (Thailand) – December 20, 2019 (travelindex.com) –Introducing VIVIN APÉRO BOX  “Gourmet Platter in a Box”  Moving into its fifth year, VIVIN, the maker and purveyor of all things local, artisanal and fine, is upping its game with gourmet delights in a box!

Introducing VIVIN APÉRO BOX, a box containing a mixed portion of the gourmet platter to be enjoyed and shared among friends and family (or alone) complementing by your choice of wines or spirits delivered right to your doorstep.

Imagine a ready-made platter of mixed cheeses, cold cuts and selections of local chutney delivered to your home in an environmental-friendly box complete with biodegradable utensils. No more going to the stores to pick out the cheeses, then the cold cuts, waiting forever in line to pay, then fight the traffic back home to prepare the platter. The VIVIN APÉRO BOX  is just a few clicks away to be received right at your door. Yay!

The APÉRO BOX also contains custom made cardboard food dividers to ensure each item stays separated and secure in transport. It also makes it fun and convenience to serve and eat directly from the box! Think of  it as a French Bento Box but filled with a variety of cheeses!

The secure box contains a range of cheeses from fresh goat and cow cheese from Chiang Mai to hard cheese from Chiang Rai together with cold cuts, the local Magret dried duck, the local Thai saucisse, the Cambodian Kampot Pepper or even a Phuket cashew nut and spicy Larb flavoured dried sausages. Not to mention VIVIN’s range of terrine, mousse and rillettes that are all 100 percent locally made without any artificial preservatives.

Choose from the Classic – a mix of cheese and cold cuts, the Vegetarian – a selection of VIVIN cheeses or the Carnivore – a variety of cold cuts and charcuterie. All are available in small or large box sizes that suit the number of guests you are sharing the gourmet goodies with.

The VIVIN APÉRO BOX  and products are available for private functions or parties and can support all corporate catering needs.

Geneva (Switzerland) – December 16, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) asked the European Union to support aviation’s energy transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as part of the bloc’s Green Deal, being launched tomorrow.

“Aviation has high hopes for the European Commission’s Green Deal. We want to be part of Europe’s building of a new energy economy and we will do everything we can to make sustainable aviation fuels a priority for aviation in Europe and around the world,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, at the Sustainable Innovation Forum running alongside the UN COP25 Climate Talks in Madrid, Spain.

Policy measures must be carefully considered. “Taxes are a politician’s way out. They are easy to put in place and make it look like action is being taken. It requires more time and more effort to put in place a package of measures that can actually reduce emissions in the long-term. But if designed correctly, they will advance sustainability much more than a blunt tax ever could,” said de Juniac.

Since SAF were first certified as ready for use in commercial operations in 2009, over 215,000 flights have taken off using some blend of this low carbon fuel. The industry believes that achieving 2% of global jet fuel from non-fossil sources by 2025 could create a tipping point for production and cost of SAF. The 14 production facilities currently operating, under construction or in the final stages of financing and planning take the industry a long way towards the 2% goal. But more progress is needed.

The role of governments in energy transition has been mapped in the successful development of solar and wind solutions for power generation. Aviation should be the priority for sustainable liquid fuels.

“Electrification of road vehicles is tried, tested, scalable and on the market today. Aviation should be a policy priority because it does not have a near-term electrification option,” said de Juniac.

Traditional energy suppliers must also prioritize investment in SAF. “The major oil companies have the expertise, the distribution networks and – importantly – the financial power to make a real difference. I call on them to make this an absolute priority, helping to underpin global connectivity for future generations by making sustainable aviation fuels a commercial reality,” said de Juniac.

SAF are a critical component of aviation’s long-term efforts to cut its emissions to half 2005 levels by 2050. The industry’s strategy to achieve this also includes significant investment in new technology aircraft, research into electric and hybrid propulsion, programs to improve operational efficiency, and the world’s first global sectoral climate mechanism, CORSIA.

SustainableFirst.com supports the efforts of IATA for the aviation’s sector Green Deal. More at www.SustainableFirst.com

Phuket (Thailand) – December 17, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket today announces the completion of its 7-month resort expansion and that this award winning resort will resume the relaxing and peaceful island environment for all guests from December 1, 2019 onwards.

The 7-month long project included building additional brand new 10 units of Deluxe Rooms to the existing portfolio and relocation of the gym to a new location with upgraded facilities and bigger size (219 sqm). Moreover, a trendy casual beachside restaurant/open bar ‘Rum Chapel’ was added as a new edition to Food & Beverage venue collection where in-house guests and locals go to eat, meet and drink.

The Rum Chapel restaurant is an engaging venue with in-door, out-door ambience, and design featuring a 50-seats hotspot right on the beach and connecting to the popular Infinity Pool. The guests can enjoy a family style dining with inspired sharing food platter with flavors from around the world. The delicious and refreshing cocktails made of the finest produced local rum and craft beer is the specialties to look forward to in an open bar with entertaining bartenders.

The spacious and comfortable Deluxe Rooms are addition to the existing 13 units opened in December 2017 and are welcoming our guests to experience them.

“We are delighted to share this exceptional update to all guests and we are confident that the enhancements in our services will be well received, optimize our guests’ experiences and increase satisfaction during the stay at our resort,” said Erich Friedl, General Manager, The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection resort & Spa, Phuket. “Whether guests are here for an island retreat, a rejuvenating spa getaway or adventurous Thailand expeditions, guests can find what they need at the enchanting Naka Island resort in Phuket.”

Escape to the hidden paradise of our extraordinary luxury hotel, The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket is tucked away on a secluded island just off the east coast of Phuket, Thailand. Journey to the boutique resort by speedboat and take in the enchanting beauty of rich coconut groves, ivory sandy beaches and limestone cliffs as guests bounce along the waves surrounding Naka Island. Once guests arrive, taste unexpected flavors at one of our hotel’s beachside restaurants, My Grill and Tonsai, or unwind with a cocktail at the waterfront Z Bar.

This exclusive resort has transformed island living with 90 luxuriously appointed uniquely designed rooms and villas accompanied by numerous amenities, from state-of-the-art technology, including Wi-Fi and LCD TVs, to a relaxation sala with an outdoor soaking private pool.

About The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts
The Luxury Collection, part of Marriott International, Inc., is comprised of world-renowned hotels and resorts offering unique, authentic experiences that evoke lasting, treasured memories. For the global explorer, The Luxury Collection offers a gateway to the world’s most exciting and desirable destinations. Each hotel and resort is a unique and cherished expression of its location; a portal to the destination’s indigenous charms and treasures. Originated in 1906 under the CIGA® brand as a collection of Europe’s most celebrated and iconic properties, today The Luxury Collection brand is a glittering ensemble, recently surpassing 100 of the world’s finest hotels and resorts in more than 30 countries and territories. All of these hotels, many of them centuries old, are internationally recognized as being among the world’s finest.

Bangkok (Thailand) – December 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The spectacular event took place on Wednesday 11th December 2019 with a record turnout. The Thai capital’s top travel associations, SKÅL International Bangkok and the PATA Thailand Chapter, put their considerable skills for organising outstanding memorable events to good use. This time to benefit needy causes for their combined Christmas Charity Fundraiser Lunch.

PATA’s Luzi Matzig welcomes all members and guests for a fun and Merry Christmas lunch

Over 140 travel and tourism executives attended the joint lunch event at the Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok. Hearty festive fare with appropriate libations and the accompaniment of the youthful talents of a new generation of carol singers was followed by the largest number of prizes ever for the lucky draw and silent auction.

The hard working Christmas Committee was led by Mr Tom Sorensen (SKÅL) with Ben Montgomery (PATA), Nicklas Moberg (SKÅL) and Khun Parichat Suntararak (PATA).

Aside from the opportunity to welcome in the festive season with industry colleagues and friends, the core objective for the two leading travel associations was to raise funds for charities.

The four selected charities this year were:

•The Bamboo School of the Mechai Viravaidya Foundation

•The Good Shepherd Sisters Centre

•The PATA Foundation

•The Kusa Panyarachun Scholarship Fund (which helps students studying innovation and tourism-related courses in Thailand).

The raffle and silent auctions were critical to the fundraising that supports these important charities.

Our organising committee was extremely grateful to our generous sponsors, Thai Airways, Serenity Wines, Paulaner Beers, CoffeeWORKS and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), who received the thanks of all those present led by Skål Bangkok’s President Andrew J Wood and PATA’s Luzi Matzig on behalf of Thailand Chapter Chairman Khun Nond Kalinta.

(Ras Fushi (Maldives) – December 19, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, has transformed one of its Maldives resorts into a self-sustaining solar energy generator after the adoption of a rooftop solar panel system that will begin producing electricity this month.

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Following the completion of solar panel installation atop the roofs of all of the resort’s main structures, Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives will generate enough power to supply close to 40% of the its energy needs, resulting in an annual energy savings equivalent to 307,000 kilowatt hours (kwh), or about 83,000 litres of diesel fuel.

“The rooftop solar conversion is one of Centara’s most ambitious sustainability projects undertaken at a single property,” said David Good, Centara’s VP Operations. “The benefits to the environment made it a compelling choice, and we will be looking at options for expanding the solar program to other properties going forward.”

Centara’s long-term commitment to sustainable business practices is reflected in a number of initiatives aimed at reducing the company’s environmental impact in the communities where it operates. Its ongoing engagement with EarthCheck, the world’s leading scientific benchmarking, certification and advisory group for travel and tourism, continues to yield consequential improvements in key sustainability metrics. To date, 15 Centara hotels and resorts have achieved EarthCheck certification and another four properties are enrolled in EarthCheck’s Evaluate Plus program, leading to significant reductions in carbon footprints and greenhouse gas emissions across a number of Centara’s certified properties.

Most recently, the company’s leadership in environmental sustainability was recognised for the second consecutive year by the Stock Exchange of Thailand, which awarded Centara Hotels & Resorts (CENTEL) its “Thailand Sustainability Investment 2019 (THSI)” designation, given annually in recognition of listed companies that operate with responsibility across Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects.

ABOUT CENTARA
Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading hotel operator. Its 76 properties span all major Thai destinations plus the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, China, Japan, Oman, Qatar, Cambodia, Turkey, Indonesia and the UAE. Centara’s portfolio comprises six brands -Centara Grand Hotels & Resorts, Centara Hotels & Resorts, Centara Boutique Collection, Centra by Centara, Centara Residences & Suites and COSI Hotels – ranging from 5-star city hotels and luxurious island retreats to family resorts and affordable lifestyle concepts supported by innovative technology. It also operates state-of-the-art convention centres and has its own award-winning spa brand, Cenvaree. Throughout the collection, Centara delivers and celebrates the hospitality and values Thailand is famous for including gracious service, exceptional food, pampering spas and the importance of families. Centara’s distinctive culture and diversity of formats allow it to serve and satisfy travellers of nearly every age and lifestyle.

Over the next five years Centara aims to double its size with additional properties in Thailand and new international markets, while spreading its footprint into new continents and market niches. As Centara continues to expand, a growing base of loyal customers will find the company’s unique style of hospitality in more locations. Centara’s global loyalty programme, Centara The1, reinforces their loyalty with rewards, privileges and special member pricing.

 

Madrid (Spain) – December 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Transport-related emissions from tourism are expected to account for 5.3% of all man-made CO2 emissions by 2030, up from 5% in 2016, a landmark new report from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the International Transport Forum (ITF) shows. At the same time, as tourist numbers rise and the sector makes progress in achieving low-carbon travel, emissions per passenger kilometer are expected to decline over the coming decade. Against this backdrop, UNWTO calls for enhanced cooperation between the transport and tourism sectors to effectively transform tourism for climate action.

Launched at an official side-event of the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme during the UN Climate Summit, COP25 in Madrid, the “” presents the emissions produced by the different modes of tourism transport. As the number of both international and domestic tourists continues to rise, this data is presented alongside the predicted growth in emissions to 2030 and is set against the so called “current ambition” for the decarbonization of transport.

Presenting the report, UNWTO Executive Director Manuel Butler said: “This comprehensive study analyses the environmental impact of the different modes of transport within the tourism sector. It is now for the tourism sector, especially tourism policy makers to use data effectively and ensure the sector plays a leading role in addressing the climate emergency.”

Ovais Sarmad, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) addressed the need to scale efforts towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement: “While tourism is mentioned in many Nationally Determined Contributions as a big concern, not enough has yet been done. Industry must do more, but governments must align their policies, so that at the international level we can collectively work to increase ambition. The One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme is a vital ongoing mechanism to promote sustainable tourism around the world.”

Some of the main conclusions of the research include:

• Against the current ambition scenario, transport-related CO2 emissions from tourism are predicted to increase from 1,597 million tonnes to 1,998 million tonnes between 2016 and 2030, representing a 25% rise.
• During the same period, international and domestic arrivals are expected to increase from 20 billion to 37 billion, mainly driven by domestic tourism (from 18.8 billion to 35.6 billion), followed by international arrivals (1.2 billion to 1.8 billion).
• Transport-related emissions from tourism represented 5% of all man-made emissions in 2016 and will increase to 5.3% by 2030.
• Tourism related transport emissions represented 22% of all transport emissions in 2016 and will continue doing so in 2030 (21%). 

Moving to a “high ambition scenario”

Tourism’s transport-related CO2 emissions remain a major challenge and require tourism to work closely with transport in order to support its commitment to accelerate the decarbonazition process and the implementation of a high ambition scenario.

In addition, the tourism sector must determine its own high ambition scenario, complementing the efforts of the transport sector. Here, tourism would advance towards significantly decoupling growth from emissions in order to grow within the international climate targets.

SustainableFirst.com supports the efforts of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for enhanced cooperation between the transport and tourism sectors to effectively transform tourism for climate action. More at www.SustainableFirst.com

Bangkok (Thailand) – December 12, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Leisure and business travelers visiting the Thai capital will find exceptional style and modern luxury at JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok following an extensive top-to-bottom renovation earlier this year. The transformative refurbishment raises the standard of accommodation in the city, offering a more exclusive stay in Bangkok. The makeover includes expansive updates to all 441 guestrooms and suites, refreshed meeting spaces, a reimagined lobby, and enhancements to some of its food and beverage outlets.

The experience begins the moment the travelers arrive. The spacious lobby has been enriched with stylish design details and unique objects d’art that emulate the rich culture of its location. Dark and light wood tones are accentuated by pops of color from the orange leather soft seating, vibrant floral arrangements, and the Thai-inspired geometric design of the plush carpet underfoot. Multiple intimate spaces allow for a quiet place to work or unwind with a favorite beverage. The new room design also seamlessly balances traditional Thai elements and modern architectural ideologies. Some unique features in the rooms provide intriguing insights into Thai history and culture.

Four of the hotel’s food and beverage outlets have also received a makeover. The interiors at the popular JW Café, have been enhanced with an inspired industrial look, from rustic exposed finishes and wooden flooring to bespoke lighting fixtures. Next door Bangkok’s favorite bakery, BBCO invites with comfortable settees and updated display cases, and its own a la carte menu. BBCO Terrace offers a new unique outdoor dining experience that makes it’s the perfect place for a coffee or a meal with friends and family.

The award-winning Man Ho Chinese restaurant re-opened with a new look and menu that offers guests modern interpretations of Chinese cuisine. The elegant interiors are a refined juxtaposition of Oriental artifacts, accentuated with contrasting materials, to reflect subtle luxury and depth.  Finally, Tsu Japanese restaurant boasts large windows that allow natural light into the open concept plan dressed in bright colors. The dining area has a mix of banquettes and tables with the aim of creating intimate spaces and also allowing the flexibility to seat large groups. Elevated seating allows diners to watch the chefs behind the sushi counter create their tempting bites.