Kimpton To Open Third Hotel in Thailand
Main Photo: Kimpton Hotels
Date: November 2021
Name: Kimpton Khao Yai – opening 2024
Location: Khao Yai National Park, Pak Chong, Thailand
Number of Keys: 100
Seller: The new hotel will be part of the Nusa MyOzone Project…prior to this, the site was a greenfield site
Buyer: Nusasiri Public Company
IHG Hotels and Resorts has signed its third Kimpton hotel in Thailand following the brand’s debut in the country in 2020.
The hotel group has partnered with Nusasiri Public Company Limited to open Kimpton Khao Yai. Opening in 2024, the 100-room luxury wellness resort will offer scenic mountain views across all of it’s 70 rooms and 30 pool villas. Guests will enjoy Kimpton’s innovative culinary experiences in its restaurants and locally inspired drinks in its lobby bar, along with its famed daily Social Hour.
Kimpton Khao Yai will also include a lobby bar with a daily social hour, a 50 sqm meeting space, swimming pool, fitness centre and spa.
Blessed with a lush mountainous landscape and all year cool climate, Khao Yai boasts a wealth of natural wonders including stunning waterfalls and fertile valleys. A two-hour drive from Bangkok, it is a popular luxury resort destination for city dwellers seeking a scenic weekend getaway.
Situated north of Khao Yai National Park and within Pak Chong, Kimpton Khao Yai will be part of the Nusa MyOzone Project, a 600-acre integrated resort which will include an 18-hole golf course, retail and recreational facilities including an organic farm, hotels and residences, and a private airport.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Khao Yai is a two-hour drive from Bangkok, making it a popular luxury resort destination for city dwellers.
Kimpton currently operates a property in Bangkok which opened in late 2020, which will be followed by a hotel on the Thai island of Koh Samui. IHG Hotels and Resorts operates 29 hotels across eight brands in Thailand, with another 34 in the pipeline. The company aims to double the size of the group’s estate in the country within the next five years and to grow its luxury and lifestyle portfolio by 50 per cent.
Serena Lim, Vice President, Development, South East Asia and Korea, IHG, said: “Kimpton continues to strengthen its positioning in Thailand with Kimpton Khao Yai. We have seen a lot of interest for the brand since we opened Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok in the middle of the pandemic to much fanfare, becoming a much-loved and popular destination for Bangkok residents and their pets. The signing of Kimpton Koh Samui swiftly followed and now the third Kimpton has been signed in Thailand. This is such a fantastic testament to the strength of the brand in both city and resort locations and is very much part of our plan to grow our luxury and lifestyle portfolio in Thailand by 50% in the next few years.
Khun Visanu Thepchareon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nusasiri Public Company Limited said: “Thailand is opening its borders to international travel and I am confident that the travel industry will rebound strongly. We want to establish a strong foothold in hospitality and are excited to work with IHG to bring the Kimpton brand to Khao Yai.
“We strongly believe that Kimpton’s heartfelt approach to hospitality, offering thoughtfully curated and meaningful experiences coupled with locally-loved and innovative restaurants and bars makes it the ideal choice for the Nusa Ozone mixed use development project. Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok launch was extremely well-received and set the standards for a distinctive, lifestyle-led hotel experience. We are confident that Kimpton Khao Yai will be a resounding success and further elevate Khao Yai as a luxury and lifestyle resort destination for local and international travellers.”
Price: Undisclosed
THPT Comment: IHG’s Kimpton brand is in the middle of an expansion drive into new urban markets and resort destinations across Asia, following Kimpton Da An in Taipei, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok in Thailand and Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo in Japan. With upcoming openings across Asia in Bali, Suzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nanjing, Sanya and Kuala Lumpur, the brand will also expand in Germany, Mexico and the Netherlands.
First Seen: Rus Tourism News
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