Special for new Ocean Tower at the Amari Orchid Resort !!!

History is now about to be repeated with the construction of the brand new Ocean Tower at the Amari Orchid Resort. Scheduled for completion in late 2006, the Ocean Tower will not only be on architectural landmark on the Pattaya skyline, but will also set new standards in terms of desigh and produst.

The Ocean Tower will consist of:

223 spacious Ocean Deluxe rooms. The innovative open plan design of the room will incorporate state of the art technology with a sense of style and comfort.
39 Horizon rooms on the exclusive executive floors, incorporating the Horizon Club
35 Junior and Horizon Suites.
Sivara Spa
Essence - the all - day dining restaurant
lce-the lobby bar
A new Ballroom which will be a free standing building

Setting new standards of design and comfort, the Ocean Tower will further position the Amari Orchid Resort as the hotel of choice for leisure and business travelers alike.

Oct 30, 2005 :

Tower Crain being erected.

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Location in Pattaya Construction Panorama Map :, In the center.

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I like this panoramic view. Good job, Chad!!

and how about "Bluesky Tower" proposed by mr.rangsan?

and how about "Bluesky Tower" proposed by mr.rangsan?
Yeah!!!I've not heard anything about this projects for months. Has it been scrapped? :)

No further news.

Jan 28, 2006 :

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Location in Pattaya Construction Panorama Map :, In the center.

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what a pity.there's no Le meridien ( the sail) on the map.

May 18, 2006

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This project will eventually join Pattaya's skyline very well.

Jul 8, 2006 :

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it's supposed to be completed in late 2006? i don't think it will be ah. but from reading the description, it will be really awesome I am sure:) any renderings?

Sep 2, 2006 :

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^^^^Wow!!! This project has been done really fast, about to be topped out very soon.

did we add a thread for the Erawan project coming next door?

did we add a thread for the Erawan project coming next door?

here is it, Zimoune.http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=389882 :)

Thanks Mozaic.

Amari banks on 'sexy hotel'

Doorless bathrooms to feature at Ocean Tower

The Amari Orchid Hotel Pattaya is spending Bt1 billion on a new tower block and convention hall that it says will be the first "sexy hotel" in the city resort. It is scheduled to open next June.

General manager Dominik Stamm said the development would be adjacent to the Amari Orchid Hotel in North Pattaya. The 20-storey tower will be built to five-star standards, featuring 297 rooms, four or five meeting rooms and a swimming pool.

It will also house a branch of Amari's in-house Sivara Spa, building on the existing network that includes Koh Chang, Koh Samui, Phuket, Trang and Bangkok's Amari Watergate Hotel.

The new tower will be named Ocean Tower and stand apart from the hotel's existing low-rise Garden Wing.

Seventy per cent of the rooms in the tower will be "sexy rooms", meaning they will have an open bathroom.

"We are the first hotel to dare to provide rooms without bathroom doors," Stamm said. "It is a part of our strategy to be different from all of the others."

A convention hall to seat 400 will be built alongside the tower and also open next June. It will be convertible to accommodate events or conferences.

With its new additions, the Amari Orchid Pattaya plans to attract more honeymoon couples, meetings and conference guests, as well as up-market tourists, both local and foreign.

It is the Amari chain's biggest investment in 33 years of operating in Thailand. The hotels were taken over by the giant construction firm Italian Thai several years ago, and over the past three years, the company has injected Bt400 million into renovations at the Pattaya hotel, including refurbishing all the rooms, the lobby and the coffee shop.

Moreover, Bt100 million was spent on the Mantra Restaurant and Bar, close to the hotel, which has now been operating for six months. It offers various cuisines from around the world. The hotel also houses Henry J Bean's Bar and Grill.

Stamm said the hotel business in Pattaya was growing in line with the number of tourist arrivals.

"Pattaya is also getting more players. Many five-star hotels have already started business, while a few more are under de-velopment," said Stamm.

Local investors have also launched tourist attractions, such as the Alangkarn Theatre, Underwater World and the Pattaya Dragon entertainment complex.

Stamm said the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport was the main driving force for the tourism industry, not only in Pattaya, but also in Bangkok and other major destinations. Despite this, hotels are facing tough competition, and the Amari management in Pattaya is building up its team and strategies to compete.

"We've also rebranded our properties from 'resort hotel' to 'resort and tower hotel', which means more and bigger facilities," he said.

The Amari Orchid Pattaya has a current occupancy rate of 81 per cent, which is 2 per cent lower from this time last year, due to fewer meetings.

Source : THE NATION " Nov 21, 2006

What a concept! Better choose the roommates carefully then :eek:

i like it .......... lets see how sexy it would be........

Jan 1, 2006 :

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It's Completed :

:)

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^^ wow. the colors are so vivid it looks like a rendering...anyways, i really love the "park" they've put there, not so much the building, though. at least its not ugly.

I stayed at the Amari Orchid(the old part of the hotel) in july and we never got told that the hotel would be a construction site while we were staying there! It turned out to be a very noisy holiday :mad:

Taken last week
a new present for Pattaya city :D

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The sign looks sorta cheap

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