From left: Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts’ Holger Jakobs, vice president sales & marketing Asia; Bruno Huber, vice president operations; Jens Reichert, vice president development Asia; Andrew Langdon, senior vice president Asia; and Nusasiri’s Khun Visanu Thepcharoen, chairman; Siriya Thepcharoen; Somchitr Chaychana; Sithichai Sereepattanapol
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with developer Nusasiri to manage three new properties in Thailand: Mövenpick Residences Ekkamai (4Q2016), Mövenpick Resort Khao Yai (4Q2016) and Mövenpick Resort Mai Khao Phuket (4Q2017).
With this, Mövenpick’s portfolio in Thailand, including those in the pipeline, is increased to seven.
Andrew Langdon, Mövenpick’s senior vice president Asia, said: “This marks our second property in Bangkok and the debut of our serviced apartment brand, Mövenpick Residences. It’s (also) our third resort in Phuket, while in Khao Yai we are delighted to be opening up the first internationally-managed resort there.”
Mövenpick Residences Ekkamai will consist of 160 serviced apartments in configurations of one-, two- or three-bedrooms. Facilities on-site include an all-day dining restaurant, swimming pool, fitness centre, and rooftop lounge and bar.
Meanwhile, Mövenpick Resort Khao Yai will have 114 rooms comprising hotel suites and two-, three- and four-bedroom villas, as well as a clubhouse that contains an all-day dining restaurant, swimming pool, fitness centre and spa.
Lastly, Mövenpick Resort Mai Khao Phuket will feature 220 rooms and offer amenities such as meeting spaces, a beach club, kids club, three swimming pools and a spa.
Mövenpick currently has eight hotels in operation in Asia, four of which are in Thailand.
Other Mövenpick properties due to open in Asia soon are Mövenpick Resort & Spa Boracay by end 2016, followed by Mövenpick Resort & Spa Jimbaran Bali in early 2017. By 2020, the company hopes to manage over 30 hotels in Asia.
