AccorHotels debuts World-First Luxurious Orient Express Hotel in Bangkok
Dec 18, 18, 6:22 pm
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AccorHotels debuts World-First Luxurious Orient Express Hotel in Bangkok
AccorHotels is proud to announce the first Orient Express hotel will open in the landmark King Power Mahanakhon Building in Bangkok. Imprinted in both history and imagination, the Orient Express brand has been reinvented for the future, with a vision to build a collection of prestigious hotels, steeped in tradition, myth and adventure.
https://press.accorhotels.group/acco...er-mahanakhon/
Dec 18, 18, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by gilbertaue
Thank you for letting us know !
Dec 18, 18, 6:56 pm
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Dec 19, 18, 2:54 am
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Great to hear, although I find Accor's management spends far too little time multiplying the number of their high-end brands, vs. e.g. ensuring uniform standards or improving coverage (seems like they can even poach a property off Marwood!)... 
Dec 19, 18, 4:58 am
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Orient Express is currently listed as a brand NOT participating in Le Club 
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/leclu...xception.shtml
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/leclu...xception.shtml
Dec 19, 18, 10:39 pm
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Originally Posted by kaizen7
I believe its previously intended to be EDITION Bangkok
BTW, I did not know Accor bought Orient Express.
Dec 19, 18, 10:42 pm
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Originally Posted by starflyergold
Orient Express is currently listed as a brand NOT participating in Le Club
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/leclu...xception.shtml
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/leclu...xception.shtml
Dec 20, 18, 2:54 am
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Dec 20, 18, 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by lingua101
Actually I wonder if they are not participating like Raffles, then why people will stay there? For me I rather stay in Shangri-la or other brand.
Dec 20, 18, 3:36 am
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Originally Posted by Maelstrom
It is my understanding that Raffles is LeClub participating (with an upgrade ceiling of a Junior Suite), but not Accor Plus participating. Am I mistaken?
So go back to my first point, If you cannot earn and enjoy LCAH in OE, so why it is matter that OE is part of Accor?
Dec 20, 18, 3:54 am
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Originally Posted by lingua101
ahhhh you are probably right. why I keep mistaken about this.
So go back to my first point, If you cannot earn and enjoy LCAH in OE, so why it is matter that OE is part of Accor?
So go back to my first point, If you cannot earn and enjoy LCAH in OE, so why it is matter that OE is part of Accor?
Dec 20, 18, 7:00 am
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If a hotel is not participating, then it's essentially the same as staying in an independent hotel XYZ. While I might stay in such hotel if I hear that it's very good, and if there are not a lot of decent alternatives in that town, but in Bangkok given the choices available there is not a snowball's chance in hell that I will stay in any kind of non-participating hotel, Accor or whatever other brand.
