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Thailand: Boutique hotel operator 137 Pillars Hotels & Resorts has launched with its first property in Chiang Mai.
Thailand: Boutique hotel operator 137 Pillars Hotels & Resorts has launched with its first property in Chiang Mai.
The company takes its name from the 30-suite 137 Pillars House Chiang Mai, which isthe first property in the new collection. The Wongphanlert family, which owns the heritage hotel, has now created a new hotel group and is planning a series of new properties in Bangkok, Phuket and further afield.
The company’s website, 137pillarshotels.com, will go live on 17 April 2016.
The group will be led by Christopher Stafford, SilverNeedle Hospitality’s former vice president of hotel operations for Southeast Asia, who now becomes 137 Pillars Hotels & Resorts’ chief operating officer. Stafford will be tasked with overseeing the launch of the company’s second property, 137 Pillars Suites & Residences Bangkok, which is scheduled to open in late 2016 on Sukhumvit Soi 39.
Set on the 23rd to 30th floors of a new tower, the hotel will offer 34 suites, all featuring large balconies with rocking chairs and two-person daybeds. The Bangkok hotel will also offer 179 one- and two-bedroom private residences.
Facilities will include a 32nd floor sky bar and rooftop infinity pool, plus a spa with a yoga and meditation areas. The 26th floor will also feature “pods” for late-leaving and early-arriving guests whose rooms aren’t available, with separate shower facilities.
A third hotel, 137 Pillars Estate Phuket, is then scheduled to open in early 2019 on the north peninsula of Kata Beach. It will feature 16 villas and 46 suites, all with private pools.
The original 137 Pillars House in Chiang Mai dates back to the late 1800s and was the former headquarters of the East Borneo Company.Â
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