Anantara Luxury Serviced Apartments to Open in Bangkok

Anantara Baan Rajprasong Serviced Apartments will open in central Bangkok in March 2009. Working in partnership with Rajprasong Pattana Company Limited, Anantara will manage the 97 one and two bedroom apartments on a 5,000 square metre plot on Rajadamri Road, close to the city's main shopping and business areas.

In keeping with the Anantara brand pillars, Baan Rajprasong will have a boutique ambience with an accent on elegance and service. Each apartment will be decorated in contemporary moods with the essence of Thai service and hospitality. An elegant fusion of wood, glass and light will be accompanied by charming indigenous touches. The apartment-style living will be further enhanced by the addition of a fully-equipped kitchen, dining area and laundry service.

Facilities at Anantara Baan Rajprasong will include an excellent deli-style restaurant that will offer perfect home from home dining for the long-stay guest. The 12th-floor Club Lounge will be ideal for relaxing and working. It will feature a meeting and library area, and boast spectacular views over the Royal Bangkok Sports Club and across to Lumpini Park. Leisure services come in the shape of a state-of-the-art fitness centre, swimming pool, landscaped gardens, and an exquisite spa. Guests will be treated to the same genuine and heartfelt hospitality for which Anantara is renowned throughout the world.

Anantara Baan Rajprasong will offer the ideal base for long-term corporate guests as well as visitors to Bangkok wishing to explore the city before they travel on to other Anantara hotels and resorts throughout Thailand and the region. Anantara Baan Rajprasong is close to the business and shopping districts of Silom and Sukhumvit, and a BTS sky-train station is just 100 metres away. Siam Paragon and the Central World shopping and entertainment complexes are both within easy reach.

A member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World and Small Leading Hotels, Anantara has resorts in locations around Thailand, the Maldives and Indonesia. Recently it launched Anantara Desert Islands Resort & Spa, a unique destination experience in Abu Dhabi, in addition to an all-pool villa property in Phuket and in December 2008, and Anantara Si Kao south of Krabi. The group is set to open Anantara Qasr Al Sarab (late 2009) in the inspiring Liwa desert in Arabia’s Empty Quarter (Rub Al-Khali, Abu Dhabi), and a third Anantara Resort in the Maldives which is planned for late 2009. www.anantara.com