THAILAND’S capital saw the opening of its first Tune Hotel yesterday, marking the third outpost in the country for the budget hospitality brand after Hat Yai and Pattaya.
Owned and operated by franchisee Red Planet Hotels, the 130-room Tune Hotel Asoke, Bangkok is situated on Sukhumvit Soi 14, near the Terminal 21 shopping mall and the Asoke BTS Skytrain and Sukhumvit MRT stations.
Red Planet Hotels CEO, Tim Hansing, said: “We are on the verge of signing up to four or five more sites in Bangkok, as we expand the brand through a capital city receiving more and more leisure and corporate travellers each year.”
Following Bangkok, Phuket will welcome its first Tune Hotel with a 150-room property on Patong Beach in December.
Hansing added that 2012 had so far been a “milestone” year for Red Planet, which acquired a 16.05 per cent stake in Tune Hotels earlier this year to become the chain’s third-largest investor (TTG Asia e-Daily, July 17, 2012).
“By December, Red Planet Hotels will have achieved gaining ownership interests in 20 operating hotels in just 12 months,” he said.
