Ifakwe ngaphakathi kweMagnolias Ratchadamri Boulevard enemigangatho engama-60, UWaldorf Astoria I-Bangkok namhlanje ibhengeza ukuvulwa ngokusesikweni kwehotele kumbindi we-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia. IWaldorf Astoria Bangkok yeyona nto yongezwayo kwipotfoliyo yeWaldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, iHilton's luxury brand yeehotele ezinomfanekiso. Ihotele ephawulekayo yeyoMQDC (Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited) kwaye ilawulwa nguHilton.
“NgeAsia Pacific isonwabele ixesha lokuhamba, sibona imfuno engazange ibonwe yeempawu zethu kwaye sisenza ezona hotele zinkulu emhlabeni,” utshilo u-Alan Watts, umongameli, uHilton, waseAsia Pacific. “NjengeWaldorf Astoria yokuqala kuMzantsi Mpuma Asia, ukuvulwa kweWaldorf Astoria Bangkok yongeza isahluko esele silindelwe kwibali lophawu eAsia. Yakha kuthotho lwethu lweehotele ezidumileyo eWaldorf Astoria eBeijing, eShanghai naseChengdu, ngelixa sisandulela ukufika kweehotele ezongezelelekileyo ezingalibalekiyo eWaldorf Astoria kungekudala.
IWaldorf Astoria Bangkok ibekwe kwindawo ephithizelayo yeRatchaprasong, kumgama wokuhamba weendawo zokuthenga ezidumileyo. Ukuhamba nje imizuzu embalwa ukuya kwi-Erawan Shrine, i-Gaysorn Village mall etofotofo kunye nemigca yomibini ye-Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) Skytrain, ihotele ibekwe kwindawo efanelekileyo yeendwendwe ukuba zizintywilisele kwinkcubeko enemibala yesixeko. Ezinye iimbalasane ngaphakathi kohambo lwemizuzu eli-10 ukuya kwengama-25 ziquka iSithili soBuchule saseCharoenkrung, iBhotwe elinomfanekiso omkhulu kunye nentengiso yeentyatyambo ezintle zesixeko.
"Ukusuka eWaldorf Astoria New York ukuya eWaldorf Astoria Chengdu, uphawu lweWaldorf Astoria lunelifa elide lokuchaza amava obubele kumhambi wale mihla," utshilo uMartin Rinck, usekela mongameli kunye nentloko yehlabathi, iLuxury & Lifestyle Group, Hilton. "Sikholelwa ngokwenene ukuba ukuvulwa kwendawo entsha, ephawulekayo ye-Waldorf Astoria Bangkok ayizukuchaza kuphela indawo yobumnandi obutofotofo kuwo wonke uMzantsi Mpuma Asia, kuya kudala amava angenakulibaleka kwiindwendwe zethu aza kuhlala ubomi bonke."
Umyili ophumelele imbasa u-André Fu kunye nesitudiyo sakhe soyilo i-AFSO bayiyile eyona hotele iphambili. Bamkelwa kwihlabathi jikelele ngomsebenzi wabo, osusela kwiiprojekthi zangoku zokwamkela iindwendwe kunye neendawo zobugcisa ukuya kwintsebenziswano yefashoni ephezulu, i-AFSO iye yaqinisekisa ngobugcisa amava ehotele eWaldorf Astoria Bangkok edibanisa ulwakhiwo lwangoku lwesakhiwo kunye nesiko lamagcisa aseThai. Icingelwa ukuba yamkele umoya onobubele waseThai kwindawo entle, indawo yokuhlala eyi-171, indawo enkulu kunye namagumbi eendwendwe abekwe kubunewunewu kunye namagumbi okuhlambela aneebhafu eziphefumlelweyo kunye neebhafu zebhastile.
Ubucwebe besithsaba sehotele bunwenwela kwimigangatho emithathu ephezulu ukusuka kumanqanaba angama-55 ukuya kwangama-57, kubandakanya neendawo ezintathu zokutyela ezikhethekileyo, ezigcinwe ngobugcisa ngoyilo olwaziwayo kwihlabathi kunye nefemu eyi-AvroKO. Ubukhazikhazi obugqithiselayo kunye nobunewunewu, ubunewunewu bangaphakathi beBull & Bear, iLoft kunye neChampagne Bar zibonisa ukunqwala ngakwilifa leWaldorf Astoria, zonke zikhatshwa ziimbono ezigcweleyo zesixeko.
“Siyavuya ukongeza iWaldorf Astoria Bangkok kwipotfoliyo yethu ekhula ngokukhawuleza apha eAsia Pacific,” utshilo uDino Michael, intloko yehlabathi, iWaldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. “Njengoko siqhubeleka nokuqalisa iihotele zala maxesha kunye nezaziwayo kwiindawo zokufikela eziphawulekayo kwihlabathi liphela, sikuthatha njengewonga lokwenyani ukwazisa uhlobo lwethu kwisixeko esinedlamko njengeBangkok. Sijonge phambili ekuboniseni utyikityo lwethu lweNkonzo yeWaldorf, eyenzelwe umntu, inkonzo enobubele eye yafana nohlobo lwethu. ”
