Friday, February 3, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Explore The Monks Way of Life
Text courtesy: Touch Stone Magazine
Picture courtesy: Leng Oudom
Monday, October 24, 2011
Siem Reap shines in culinary competition
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| Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa, Siem Reap chef Phaing Sophai waits nervously with a colleague during prize announcements. |
“I think the competition made me love my profession more. At first I thought I cannot compete with these other cooks because they are also from the five stars hotels, but we won in the end.” he said.
Straight after the mystery box contest, Gnov Sopheakdey from Samaki Cafe in Battambang, grabbed the crowd’s attention with an impressive performance in the barista section of the competition.
Other winners included Long Borey from Riverhouse Lounge, who was unanimously selected as Cambodia’s best bartender, while Hagar Restaurant employee Lay Maly stuck up for smaller establishments with a victory in the fruit carving contest.
A team from Phnom Penh’s exclusive Topaz Restaurant & Piano Bar triumphed in a second black box contest, this one involving foreign ingredients, before Mao Srey Pov and Ngorn Sokhoeun from K-West Restaurant took home the “best bed-making” prize.
Minister of Tourism, Thong Khon, hailed the competition as a success, and said he would like to see it repeated next year as it segues with the government’s goal of promoting Cambodia as a fine dining destination.
“Food, beverage, and hospitality competitions are an essential factor in strengthening the quality of tourism services we provide in Cambodia. Cambodian foods have a special taste, compared to foods in other countries, and with the creativity of Cambodian cooks, they can make tourists remember their dishes and want to return to Cambodia,” he said.
Article by: phnompenhpost.com
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Weather in Cambodia
text courtesy: canbypublications.com
picture courtesy: forevergeek.com
Friday, October 14, 2011
Cambodia National Bird
Picture: courtesy of naturalist.co.uk
Text: courtesy of Cambodia Angkor Air
Saturday, October 1, 2011
“満足です。”
“We were satisfied” Some hotels say they have Japanese staff but we actually never saw their face during our stay however, at this hotel we could see Japanese staff everyday, which made us very happy.
All the staff were friendly and we felt very confortable during our stay. Benefits from the hotel such as massage and hi-tea was very nice too.
Only one thing disappointed us, which was that they were kind of late to serve hi-tea and dinner even the restaurant wasn’t so packed but it was ok, and was acceptable.
They had a souvenir shop in the resort, but it didn’t have anything like bottles of water, so we had to take a walk 5min to 10min from the resort to the shop outside. (But the hotel provided 1 bottle of water for each person everyday). It was dark at night so after the tour we could go by tour car.
There was one famous shop for aroma goods near the resort. (But we had to cross the road) It was good, only 15min from the Airport. (Other hotels were also not too far from the Airport) There were many aroma pots in the resot and we were very happy with the fragrance of lemonglass because we love aroma!
Original text!
よく「日本人スタッフ常駐」と言いながら、ホテル滞在中に一度もお見掛けしないホテルもあるのですが、こちらでは毎日どこかで日本人スタッフの方とお会いする事ができました。
ホテルの全従業員の感じがよく、とても居心地が良かったです。
ホテルからのおもてなしのアロママッサージ、ハイティーも、満足です。いい記念になりました。 夕飯もハイティーも同じレストランだったのですが、混んでいない割には少々時間がかかりましたが、スローフード??な感じで許容範囲です。
お土産店はありましたが、お水などを買うコンビニのようなお店がないため、ホテルから徒歩5~10分以内のところにある食品雑貨店まで行く必要があります。
(お水は1日1本もらえますが。)夜は暗いため、オプショナルに参加して戻る途中に寄ってもらいました。 アロマグッズで有名なお店もホテルの近くにありました。
(ただし道路を横断する必要あり。) 空港から15分程度なのもよかったです。(他のホテルも空港から近いけど。) またアロマポットがところどころに置いてあり、レモングラス(?)の香りが漂っていました。
アロマが好きなので嬉しかったです! More details click HERE!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
2011 World Luxury Hotel Awards
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Soluxe sees room for growth in hotel management deals
updated: 2011-08-11 07:47
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Speech by the Hotel's Chairman - His Excellency Mr. Ly Hong
- His Excellency Dr. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister, Minister of Commerce, and Lok Chumteav;
- His Excellency Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, and Lok Chumteav;
- His Excellency Dr. Sou Phirin, Governor of Governing Council of Siem Reap Province;
- Mr. Ching Yann, representative of the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Cambodia
- Mr. Wang Vinchang, General Manager of Soluxe Group in Beijing;
- Excellencies, Lok Oknha, Lok Chumteav, Distinguished guests, ladies and gentleman!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Press Release

Thursday, August 4, 2011
Monday, 01st August 2011 - The Official Opening Day of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace
H.E Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism At the Official Opening of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa
- H.E Dr. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister; Minister of Commerce
- H.E Dr. Sou Phirin, Governor of Siem Reap Province
- Mr. Jin Yuan, China’s Commercial Counselor to Cambodia
- Mr. Wang Wengcan, General Manager, China Huayou Group Corporation
- Mr. Ly Hong, Chairman of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa
- Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen!
First of all, on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism and myself, I have the great honor and pleasure to participate with Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen in the auspicious official opening of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa in this enchanting morning.
Today, Siem Reap province is proud to welcome the new tourism facility of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa which is to be officially launched in the moment. Taking this opportunity, I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciations to Mr. Ly Hong, Chairman of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa, who has made significant efforts in investing on this luxury hotel bearing the famous brand name in the precious land of Siem Reap-Angkor.
- Senior Minister; Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen
Tourism as a system is a priority sector which contributes to building up socio-economic development, job opportunities, income generation, improvement of livelihood and poverty reduction. Tourism is ia vital part of green economy since its revenue is directly integrated into national economic current taking part in enhancing GDP growth and stabilizing commercial balance. Following global economic crisis, economy has surged rapidly. In 2010, the world tourists were registered of around 935 million, an increase of 6.7%, in which Asia-Pacific, America, Europe, Middle East increased 13%, 8%, 3%, 6% and 14%, respectively. Tourism creates 230 million employments, equivalent to 7.6% of total global labor forces.
In 2010, ASEAN region received around 65 million tourists, an increase of around 12.5%, in which Intra-ASEAN travelers recorded around 28 million (shared 45%) while Chinese, Japanese and Korean tourists surged 23% to 15 million.
Cambodia, under the sound and brilliant leadership of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, tourism, known as “Culture and Nature Tourism", has been considered as one of the top 10 priority sectors in pushing up socio-economic development. Tourism, which is determined in the Rectangular Strategy of the Royal Government of Cambodia, is also considered as the “Green Gold" while rice is considered “White Gold".
In 2010, Cambodia’s domestic tourists were around 7.7 iinillion, an increase of around 8%; while international tourists were recorded around 2.5 million, an increase of 16%; in which tourists from Asia-Pacific were 1.7 million, shared around 67.70% of total arrivals (in which more than 800,000 from ASEAN of around 23.2%); Europe: 463.096 (around 19.51%); America: 182.850 (around 7.94%); other regions shared around 0.49%. Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, American, French, England, Thailand, Australian and Taiwanese tourists are the top 10 sourte markets of Cambodia. lt should be noted that, Russian and Indian tourists have be increasing remarkably.
Cambodia Tourism plays essential role in contributing to macro-economic stability and gains national revenue of around 1,700 million dollars, shared 12% of GDP in previous year whilst creating around 400,000 employments for Cambodian people.
- Senior Minister, Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen
Siem Reap-Angkor is the country’s main cultural-historical tourist destinations receiving international tourists around 1 million (shared around 60%) of total international tourists every year and domestic toprists of around l million.
Connectivity from this area to its peri-zones including PreahVihear temple area and Tonle Sap Biosphere zone and linkage to the coastal zones when our bay has been admitted as the fully-fledged member of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and various eco-tourism areas around the country will surely make the well-known cultural-historical Siem Reap-Angkor become sophisticated.
According to statistical projection, Cambodia will receive around 8 million international tourists in 2020, in which Siem Reap-Angkor will obtain around 4 million (excluding domestic tourists). Therefore, thorough consideration on tourism development in this area, including Angkor area, Siem Reap city, and Tonle Sap area to develop this area in a responsible and sustainable manner is our pivotal strategy.
- Senior Minister, Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen
Accommodation service, particularly hotel is the leading service which plays core role in tourism industry.
The official opening of the new brand name of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa truly responses to the market trend, which contributes to upgrading hotel industry quality and essentially promoting Cambbdia to the international market.
I strongly hope that this new brand name will attract more international tourists, especially Chinese tourists to visit Siem Reap province as well as Cambodia while Siem Reap province as well as Cambodia have been seen of fast-growing development.
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to praise the Angkor Palace Resort & Spa for being accredited as ASEAN Green Hotel Standard from ASEAN Hotel Association and also appeal that the management of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa to further makes greater effort in sustaining this standard so that it can contribute to protecting enviromnentand building up Siem Reap-Angkor city to be a model tourism city (Eco-City) which plays important role in mitigating against climate change and toward green economic development in a sustainable and responsible manner.
Once again, I strongly i hope that the hotel management and staff of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa will continuously endeavor in improving and. sustaining the famous hotel brand name with the purpose of upgrading the tourism industry quality in order to bring Cambodia hotel to be widely known in international arena. Meanwhile, I would also like to wish the Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa to have more tourists, better services with either quality and care of green environment in one hand and on the other hand to engaged in the promotional campaign of “Cambodia Kingdom of Wonder" and competitive movement of “Clean City, Clean Resort, Good service" (…..).
Finally, I wish the owner and the management of Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort & Spa a great success in business, and also wish H.E Senior Minister, Excellencies, Lok Chumteavs, ladies and gentlemen and staff of hotel four benedictions of Buddha: longevity, unfading beauty, peace and strength.
Thank you!
Courtesy of Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Angkor hotel targets high-end Chinese market

THE ANGKOR Palace Resort and Spa will be rebranded from today as the Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort and Spa to attract more high-end Chinese visitors.
The property’s chairman and owner, Ly Hong, said: “We have noticed that the hotels in Cambodia have not been able to attract many of the high-yielding Chinese tourists to visit Angkor temple complex.”
“We hope that through our partnership with the Soluxe Hospitality Group, (we) can help (our) country attract more of these tourists to visit our magnificent Angkor temples.”
Grand Soluxe Angkor Palace Resort and Spa, spanning an 11-hectare area in Siem Reap, offers 259 keys, a golf driving range, a swimming pool, a gym, tennis courts, a spa, two F&B outlets and function space for up to 120 on banquet.
China is the third largest source of visitors to Cambodia. Last year, the country attracted 177,636 Chinese arrivals, up from 128,201 in 2009. Of last year’s tally, some 138,012 people visited for leisure and 37,783 for business.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Cambodia Kingdom of Wonder Song
Witness the joy of magical scenes
It's a new place, a kingdom of wonder
A temple of smile, and the fustiness
It's a new place, a rising sun
A kingdom of wonder, Cambodia...
Cambodia....
And to our learn, discover the light
of blessing of gold and enchanting its night
It's in its center of kingdom of wonder on magical spell
You'll fall in Na Na...
It's in your place, a rising star
A kingdom of wonder, Cambodia...
Cambodia...
Cambodia...
Cambodia...
Cambodia...
Follow lake with dolphins sleep
Wonder of all was always gentle deep
It's an adventure of a kingdom of wonder
The dream of your life
Just cross the border
It's an adventure...
A kingdom of wonder...
Dream of your life
Cam-bo-dia...ah.....
Cambodia...
Cambodia...
The dream of your life
Cambodia...
A kingdom of wonder
Cambodia...
Rising star, Cambodia...
A kingdom of wonder
Monday, May 30, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Khmer Cousine (Amok Trey) អាម៉ុកត្រី
River Fish Amok (អាម៉ុកត្រី) is a traditional dish of Cambodian cuisine. It is fish coated in a thick coconut milk with kroeung, either steamed or baked in a cup made from banana leaves. It is often eaten during the Water Festival, which celebrates the reversal of the Tonle Sap River.[1]. Essential to the dish is the addition of the leaves of the noni tree and the use of fingerroot.
text courtesy of: Wikipedia Link
Monday, May 2, 2011
Kbach Kun Khmer Boran ( Martial Art ) "Bokator"

Bokator, known formally as Labokatao, is a Cambodian martial art form that involves close hand-to-hand combat, ground techniques and weapons.
Bokator is one of the earliest Cambodian martial art and is said to be the close quarter combat system used by the armies during the Angkor era.
Practitioners are trained to strike with knees, elbows, hands, feet and even the head. Short sticks are commonly used as weapon.
*Text courtesy of: Ministry of Tourism Link
*Picture courtesy of: http://videos-marciales.blogspot.com Link
Monday, April 25, 2011
Cambodia National Flag

The flag of Cambodia symbolizes the country’s religious dignity and royalty. Two large blue stripes representing royalty, embrace an even larger red stripe which represents the nation. The image of the white temple represents the nation’s religion. Generally speaking, the colors and image on the Cambodian flag personify the country’s slogan: Nation, Religion, King.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
We are a family
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
We are a member of PATA

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a membership association acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry. In partnership with PATA’s private and public sector members, we enhance the sustainable growth, value and quality of travel and tourism to, from and within the region.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Preferred Hotel Group Congratulates Its Asia Pacific Hotels And Resorts On Their Recent Accolades And Awards
ANGKOR PALACE RESORT & SPA
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Summit Hotels & Resorts
For the second consecutive year, the resort was awarded the ASEAN Green Hotel Standard Award for its environmental and energy conservation practices. These include a water-saving campaign, using energy-saving lights, and using treated wastewater to maintain the lush garden on the 11-hectare site.
For details click, HERE!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Villa All Inclusive Rate
Are you looking for privacy? Then park yourself in our charming & exclusive self-contained villa - tranquility surrounded by a lush tropical garden and yet have easy access to the rest of the Resort and its facilities.>>> Room Type
* Jasmine Villa: USD 1,200.00+++ per room per night for maximum of 02 people.
* Heliconia Villa: USD 1,500.00+++ per room per night for maximum of 02 people.
* Frangipani Villa: USD 2,000.00+++ per room per night for maximum of 02 people.
* Bird of Paradise Villa: USD 2,500.00+++ per room per night for maximum of 04 people.
>>> Package Rate Includes:
- Daily In-Room breakfast
- Free airport transfer (flight details is required one-day before arrival)
- Free use of in-room mini-bar daily. It will be replenished once a day only.
- Daily buffet breakfast or in-room breakfast
- Daily lunch and dinner in our restaurant (including room service; applicable only for all item in the room service menu)
- Daily afternoon hi-tea with assorted cake
- 24hours all-house beverages, soft drink, local beer, local wine-white or red, and local spirit such us gin, vodka, whisky, and rum.
- Full set of laundry at your demand per day including press service, except dry cleaning or express service.
- Enjoy 55mn massage treatment daily per person either in your Villa or at Kainnora Spa based on our A La Carte Menu only (not applicable for spa package menu order).
- Unlimited use our resort facilities such as swimming pool, outdoor Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and gymnasium room.
- Unlimited use of our tennis court during the day time only. Service includes use of tennis balls and tennis racket.
- Unlimited use of golf driving range. Service includes use of golf club and bay (one bay per person only) with unlimited use of golf balls at the driving ranges. A
- All rates are quoted in US Dollar per room per night
- All rates are subject to 5% service charge, 2% Accommodation Tax, and 10% VAT
- This promotion is not applicable for the (corporate) delegates who are scheduled to attend the meeting in the resort (applicable only for leisure travelers).
- Unused package benefits can not be exchanged in cash.
>>> Excludes / Conditions
- No takeaway for consumption outside of the resort is allowed. Takeaway food and service is chargeable based on our printed-tariff.
- Rate not include on all-out-going telephone call and facsimile.
- Additional 50% charge per child for aged between 06 years old and below 12 years; stay in an extra bed. Child age 05 years old and below using an existing bed with parent is free.
- Unused benefits can not be exchanged in cash.
- Accommodation is available from 1400hrs on the arrival day until 1200noon on the departure day. Additional charge is applicable 50% upon request based on our printed-tariff for early check-in and late check-out.
- All rates are quoted in US Dollar per room per night
- All rates are subject to 5% service charge, 2% Accommodation Tax, and 10% VAT
- This promotion is not applicable for the (corporate) delegates who are scheduled to attend the meeting in the resort (applicable only for leisure travelers).
- Unused package benefits can not be exchanged in cash.







