IHG Hotels & Resorts will hold its annual IHG Run for Good charity event for the third consecutive year at Vachirabenjatas Park (Suan Rot Fai) in Bangkok on September 14, 2025, from 05.00 to 08.00. The event aims to raise funds to support visually impaired students across Thailand.
In 2024, the charity run took place in Bangkok, Phuket and Koh Samui, attracting over 5,000 participants and raising 1.1 million baht (US$31,000) for the Foundation for the Blind in Thailand under the Royal Patronage of HM The Queen. This year’s event will also be held in Phuket and Koh Samui with the same purpose.
The run is part of IHG’s Giving for Good Month in September, an annual initiative to support communities in more than 100 countries where IHG operates. This year’s event will raise funds to support visually impaired students across Thailand by purchasing a 3D Educational Material Production Machine for the Educational Technology for the Blind Centre.
The machine converts used PET plastic bottles into tactile 3D shapes and figures, such as animals and objects, to enhance learning for students. It will enable the centre to produce educational materials for 2,000 students from 16 schools for the blind throughout Thailand.
The theme for this year embraces empathy, inclusion and community empowerment under the concept of light and vision. Supporting the Foundation for the Blind in Thailand under the Royal Patronage of H M The Queen, the run encourages participants to “light the path” for those without sight, highlighting that while not everyone can see the world, everyone deserves to be seen, supported and included.
IHG Run for Good features three race categories – a two-kilometre walk and run, a four-kilometre fun run, and a nine-kilometre run – catering to all levels from casual walkers to experienced runners. Registration fees are 550 baht (US$15.50) per person for the two-kilometre walk and run and the four-kilometre fun run, and 650 baht for the nine-kilometre run. Fees include a running shirt, bag, medal and running bib. Running shirts are also available separately for 350 baht.
“IHG Run for Good is our core charitable activation in Thailand, bringing together thousands of our colleagues, partners and the local community to help others,” said Patrick Both, director of operations, luxury & lifestyle at IHG Hotels & Resorts. “We are committed to being a force for good and this meaningful cause, which we are deeply passionate about, helps build a more caring and inclusive society.”
