NEW World Hotels & Resorts has inked a management agreement with Thailand-based Grand Canal Land to manage New World Grand Rama 9, Bangkok Hotel, scheduled to open mid-2017.
The 285-room property is the latest addition to the brand’s existing portfolio of properties in China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Located at the Rama 9 Intersection off Ratchadapisek Road near Phra Ram 9 MRT station and the new Stock Exchange of Thailand, the hotel will be part of the Grand Rama 9 mixed-use development, which comprises eight residential towers, grade A office space, a 3,000m2 convention centre and The Shoppes Grand Rama 9 complex.
F&B choices will include a lobby lounge, café, specialty restaurant and rooftop pool bar, while event facilities totalling 1,300m2 will include a grand ballroom and four meeting rooms. For recreation, there will be a rooftop outdoor swimming pool and fitness centre.
“Bangkok represents an important strategic expansion for us in Asia and we are very pleased to partner with Grand Canal Land to showcase our ‘modern Oriental hospitality’ in such a significant development in the Thai capital,” says Sonia Cheng, CEO of Rosewood Hotel Group, New World Hotels & Resorts’ parent company.
