Thailand to get first Kimpton in 2020

Bangkok will welcome a Kimpton hotel when InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) brings the boutique brand, which it acquired in January 2015, into the Thai capital come 2020.

Kimpton Bangkok will mark the brand’s first in Thailand, and second in South-east Asia after Bali.

From left: IHG’s Kenneth Macpherson and Clarence Tan; and Siam Sindhorn’s Chalaluck Bunnag and Chonpreya Pacharaswate

From left: IHG’s Kenneth Macpherson and Clarence Tan; and Siam Sindhorn’s Chalaluck Bunnag and Chonpreya Pacharaswate

The outcome of a management agreement between InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Siam Sindhorn, Kimpton Bangkok will feature 349 guestrooms, including 124 serviced residences.

The new-built property will offer two dining establishments, a hotel swimming pool, gym, spa and seven meeting rooms. Serviced residence occupants will have access to the executive club.

It will be located an hour’s drive from Suvarnabhumi Airport, in the heart of Bangkok’s Langsuan area and beside Lumpini park, and will form part of the 8.9ha Sindhorn Village mixed-use development with retail and dining options.

 

Source: https://www.ttgasia.com/2018/09/26/thailand-to-get-first-kimpton-in-2020/