Shangri-La Bangkok is a 5-star resort resort owned by Shangri-La Lodges and Resorts, located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. With a quarter of a mile of river frontage, the two towers of the property face the Saphan Taksin BTS Station.

In 2014, the lodge joined the Bangkok Riverside Marketing Partnership (BRMP),[2] a group of eight 5-star motels on Bangkok’s riverside with a pledged a hundred and fifty billion baht in investment in the world in January 2015.[3]

The Shangri-La Resort, Bangkok was used for the ASEAN summit 2015 hosted by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha,[4] and by Aung San Suu Kyi and Wen Jiabao.[5]

History
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The lodge initially opened in 1986 as one building, now recognized as the Shangri-La Wing, before including the second Krungthep Wing in August 1991.[6] All the lodge’s amenities stay within the 25-storey Shangri-La Wing, with 673 rooms there, and 129 within the Krungthep Wing,[6] named after the native name for Bangkok.

In its opening year, the lodge worked with the Mandarin Oriental Resort and Royal Orchid Sheraton to spice up tourism, which noticed an increase in the number of occasions held in the city from the US, Europe, and Australia.[2]

The lodge went by way of a US$17 million renovation in 2001-2002, including its visitor rooms, foyer, restaurant, entrance, and spa[7] as a part of a wider US$130 million investment in the area, that included the Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur, the Makati Shangri-La, Manila, the China World Resort, Beijing and the Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong.[8]

Between late 2007 and 2010, the resort was renovated once more at a value of US$60 million.[9] This included all public areas with a design change that aimed to blend contemporary parts with a more conventional Thai design.”[10]

In 2014, the lodge formed a business group with seven different 5-star riverside inns in Bangkok known as the Bangkok Riverside Marketing Partnership (BRMP).[2] These seven motels are the Anantara Bangkok Riverside & Spa, Chatrium Lodge Riverside Bangkok, Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, Millennium Hilton Bangkok, The Peninsula Bangkok, Ramada Plaza Bangkok Menam Riverside, and Royal Orchid Sheraton Lodge & Towers.

In 2015, the group pledged an funding of a hundred and fifty billion baht.[3]

Design and development
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The lodge’s design was based mostly on the valley depicted in James Hilton’s 1933 novel, Lost Horizon.[5]

It was constructed by the Japanese architect firm Kanko Kikaku Sekkeisha (KKS Tokyo) on a site of 25,000 square meters, with 25 floors and one basement level. It initially opened with 716 rooms over a complete of 77,610 sq.m. flooring space.[11]

Leese Robertson Freeman Designers developed the inside of the lodge and oversaw the 2001-02 renovation at a price of US$17 million.[7] Public areas and rooms were designed by Wilson & Associates, including the colonnaded marble-floored foyer that includes the work “Golden Shangri-La” by Thai sculptor Thongchai Srisukprasert based mostly on writer James Hilton’s idea of “a harmonious place the place all of the weather are aligned.”[5] The landscape design was created by Invoice Bensley of Bangkok-based Bensley Design Studio.[1]

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Rooms and suites
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Shangri-La Lodge, Bangkok, includes 802 guestrooms in the two adjacent towers, the Shangri-La Wing and Krungthep Wing. The rooms are decorated with basic Thai type designed by Wilson & Associates,[5] embody elm burlwood paneling and carved Thai motifs.[9][5]

Eating places
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Restaurants within the hotel embrace Angelini, the Horizon Cruise personal riverboat on Chao Phraya River, the market-fashion NEXT2 Cafe designed by Tokyo’s Tremendous Potato,[5] Salathip, and Shang Palace.

Angelini – Italian

Angelini opened in 1995 as one in every of the primary excessive-end Italian eating places in Bangkok,[12] the 2-story Angelini was designed by Baldauf Catton von Eckartsberg Architects of California.[5] Run by Chef Omar Ugoletti of Marche in central Italy, previously of London’s Bertarelli Restaurant and Hong Kong’s Michelin 3-star Mezzo Bombana.[12]

Salathip – Thai

Chef de Cuisine on the Salathip is Tussanee Putkaew, a graduate of meals and nutrition from Bangkok Technical School who has overseen the restaurant since 2004 and who grew up in the southern province of Chumphon.[13][14] The restaurant is designed by Bensley Design Studios.[5]

Shang Palace – Cantonese

Opened with the resort in 1986, Shang Palace underwent a one hundred twenty million baht renovation in 2013.[15] The 300-seat Shang Palace is now run by Hong Kong native Sham Yun Ming.

Media Reviews
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The hotel was described by CNN as providing “quintessential Thai touches, together with silk and teak finishings.”[16]

^ a b c “Quick Details”. Shangri-La International Lodge Management Ltd. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b c Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit (2014-04-21). “Riverside motels band together”. TTR Weekly. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b Chadamas Chinmaneevong (2015-01-28). “Chao Phraya River flooded with travellers”. Bangkok Submit. Retrieved 2024-08-22.

^ “PM opens 14th TELMIN conference this morning”. Nationwide Information Bureau of Thailand. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b c d e f g h John Okay. Lindgren (2013-01-30). “A Legend Revitalised”. Pattaya As we speak. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b “The very best Room to Ebook at the Shangri-La Bangkok”. Lodge Chatter. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b Sally Wolchuck (2001-11-01). “Resort’s renovation report”. HighBeam Analysis. Archived from the unique on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ “Shangri-La Declares 130 Million USD Funding In Renovations Over The following Two Years”. Hospitalitynet. 2002-01-31. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b Margie T Logarta (2009-10-22). “FIRST LOOK: Shangri-La Bangkok’s newly renovated Deluxe rooms”. Business Traveller. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ Luc Citrinot (2010-11-18). “Shangri-La hotels appears to be like for enlargement in Thailand”. ETN. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ “Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok”. KKS Group. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ a b “Omar Ugoletti’s menu at Angelini is adventurous, creative, and served with a distinctly humorous contact”. Bangkok Put up. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ “Blissfully yours from the riverside”. Bangkok Post. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ “Actual Thai food at the EDSA Shangri-La”. ABS-CBN Corporation. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ Vanniya Sriangura (2013-10-18). “The lately relaunched Shang Palace on the Shangri-La Hotel hits the spot”. Bangkok Put up. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

^ “Bangkok accommodations: 20 of the town’s sweetest sleeping choices”. CNN. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2015-02-16.

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