InterContinental Bangkok Master Thread [merged]
Jun 28, 2018, 3:45 pm
#1246
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Francisco & London
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I am an Ambassador and considering a stay here on points.
Do the hotel provide free breakfast / club access to Ambassador? ( I am not expecting it).
What is the upsell to club level?
Do the hotel provide free breakfast / club access to Ambassador? ( I am not expecting it).
What is the upsell to club level?
Jun 28, 2018, 4:00 pm
#1247
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: London
Programs: Infinity Milage Lands Gold,Star Alliance Gold, IHG Diamond RA, Kimpton Inner Circle
Posts: 372
They stopped upgrading Ambassador to club last year if I remember correctly and I think i was offered access for 2000thb but that was more than a year ago now.
Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 pm
#1248
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: BKK
Posts: 6,741
I suggest contacting the club management team, who are outstanding by the way, and asking for an upsell offer. If you confirm it in advance you can go straight up to the 37th floor to check in, and it may improve your room allocation. Or, just ask at check in to see what they offer you.
And I would never again even think about going without club access. I mean, the rooms and suites are essentially the same, but having experienced their superb club level service I can say it’s absolutely worth it. The standard service is very good as well, but club level is highly personalized.
Jun 29, 2018, 8:14 am
#1250
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Hotel offered a price of 1700 THB for upgrade to Club.
I have no problem with the price, my question is what makes this lounge so special?
I remember when my brother stayed here as an RA, the minibar had complimentary full sized bottles of liquor, that was unique!
I have no problem with the price, my question is what makes this lounge so special?
I remember when my brother stayed here as an RA, the minibar had complimentary full sized bottles of liquor, that was unique!
Jun 29, 2018, 9:50 am
#1251
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Amsterdam, Asia, UK
Programs: IHG RA (Spire), HH Diamond, MR Platinum, SQ Gold, KLM Gold, BAEC Gold
Posts: 5,072
The staff at IC are excellent, the experience is very good.
In Thailand hotels can not source the 5cl spirit minatures. hence the 1/4 (20cl) spirit bottles in minibars. Not just at IC Bangkok but the other IC's too (and other hotel chains too)
Jun 29, 2018, 9:55 am
#1252
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: BKK
Posts: 6,741
Absolutely don’t even hesitate. Take the upsell. It’s the best club level in Bangkok and honestly closer to the level of Ritz-Carlton Tokyo’s club level service. The food and beverage alone makes it a good deal, but even more importantly you are getting the hotel’s highest level of personalised service as a club guest. I will never again stay without it, and that’s true even if I do not have time to use the lounge a lot.
Jun 30, 2018, 2:51 am
#1253
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The club is nice enough, but it wears thin after a couple of days. The Pattaya IC knocks it for six.
When travelling alone I appreciate not having to find somewhere to eat in the evenings, though I'm not sure I'd want to pay £50 for that convenience. Otherwise, when accompanied, I'd far prefer to get out into Bangkok the evening.
There again, I'm arguing from the position of a blasé RA who doesn't have to make such decisions
Jun 30, 2018, 4:49 am
#1254
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: London
Programs: Infinity Milage Lands Gold,Star Alliance Gold, IHG Diamond RA, Kimpton Inner Circle
Posts: 372
The club is nice enough, but it wears thin after a couple of days. The Pattaya IC knocks it for six.
When travelling alone I appreciate not having to find somewhere to eat in the evenings, though I'm not sure I'd want to pay £50 for that convenience. Otherwise, when accompanied, I'd far prefer to get out into Bangkok the evening.
There again, I'm arguing from the position of a blasé RA who doesn't have to make such decisions
When travelling alone I appreciate not having to find somewhere to eat in the evenings, though I'm not sure I'd want to pay £50 for that convenience. Otherwise, when accompanied, I'd far prefer to get out into Bangkok the evening.
There again, I'm arguing from the position of a blasé RA who doesn't have to make such decisions
Jun 30, 2018, 5:05 am
#1255
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: London
Programs: Infinity Milage Lands Gold,Star Alliance Gold, IHG Diamond RA, Kimpton Inner Circle
Posts: 372
Breakfast is pretty solid as well I have never had a bad poached egg yet there and steak for breakfast is a nice treat as well.
Jun 30, 2018, 5:29 am
#1256
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The power of subjectivity!
My view is perhaps coloured by two things:
I've only stayed at IC Pattaya off-season, when there were no more than a handful of guests in the lounge vs Bangkok club lounge, which can seem mobbed at times.
They are two very diferent properties: one a resort well furnished for a quality stay in delightful (upgrade) rooms with superb pools, the other a more business-focussed hotel with pretty much standard, perfectly nice but unremarkable rooms for its stars.
Both have the pretty much the same rules-based formulaic approach to hospitality management (much loved by at least one of our FT colleagues
), but one which I find grates just a little..
My view is perhaps coloured by two things:
I've only stayed at IC Pattaya off-season, when there were no more than a handful of guests in the lounge vs Bangkok club lounge, which can seem mobbed at times.
They are two very diferent properties: one a resort well furnished for a quality stay in delightful (upgrade) rooms with superb pools, the other a more business-focussed hotel with pretty much standard, perfectly nice but unremarkable rooms for its stars.
Both have the pretty much the same rules-based formulaic approach to hospitality management (much loved by at least one of our FT colleagues
), but one which I find grates just a little..
Jun 30, 2018, 6:08 am
#1257
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: London
Programs: Infinity Milage Lands Gold,Star Alliance Gold, IHG Diamond RA, Kimpton Inner Circle
Posts: 372
The power of subjectivity!
My view is perhaps coloured by two things:
I've only stayed at IC Pattaya off-season, when there were no more than a handful of guests in the lounge vs Bangkok club lounge, which can seem mobbed at times.
They are two very diferent properties: one a resort well furnished for a quality stay in delightful (upgrade) rooms with superb pools, the other a more business-focussed hotel with pretty much standard, perfectly nice but unremarkable rooms for its stars.
Both have the pretty much the same rules-based formulaic approach to hospitality management (much loved by at least one of our FT colleagues), but one which I find grates just a little..
My view is perhaps coloured by two things:
I've only stayed at IC Pattaya off-season, when there were no more than a handful of guests in the lounge vs Bangkok club lounge, which can seem mobbed at times.
They are two very diferent properties: one a resort well furnished for a quality stay in delightful (upgrade) rooms with superb pools, the other a more business-focussed hotel with pretty much standard, perfectly nice but unremarkable rooms for its stars.
Both have the pretty much the same rules-based formulaic approach to hospitality management (much loved by at least one of our FT colleagues
), but one which I find grates just a little..
Jun 30, 2018, 10:33 am
#1258
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Francisco & London
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How is the Pool area at this property? Do they have a Hot tub / Jacuzzi?
Also does the hotel have a a decent SPA and Steam Room facilities?
Also does the hotel have a a decent SPA and Steam Room facilities?
Jun 30, 2018, 10:52 am
#1259
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: BKK
Posts: 6,741
It’s a very pleasant rooftop swimming pool on the 37th floor. They have all the facilities you mention within the swimming pool, spa, and fitness areas on the top floors.
Jun 30, 2018, 1:02 pm
#1260
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perhaps i missed something, but isn't it a tiny pool they have up there?
Pleasant, maybe: but very small.