The deal struck earlier last year to incorporate Siem Reap's Angkor Palace Resort & Spa into the Preferred Hotel Group, part of the Summit Hotels & Resorts brand of more than 150 international hotels, was officially announced by the group in Hong Kong last week.
The hotel is the first Cambodian-owned luxury five-star resort and its design reflects traditional Khmer architecture.It features 251 guestrooms and suites and eight villas, all furnished in Cambodian style with inlaid teak floors and traditional poster beds. Balconies overlook the gardens of the resort, which is managed by the personable Weng Aow.
It also features four restaurants and bars, and the Kainnora Spa, with nine treatment rooms and four spa villas offering a wide range of "holistic body treatments", including traditional Khmer massage.It has a gym, two tennis courts and a large outdoor swimming pool. A new feature is a golf driving range within the hotel grounds, with 16 sheltered driving bays.
"Siem Reap is one of the major tourism hotspots in Asia, and we are thrilled to be partnered with a hotel that is truly representative of genuine Cambodian hospitality. We aim to bring high-end FIT and MICE business to the city and to the resort through our global channels," said Mark Simmons, area managing director for Preferred Hotel Group's Asia-Pacific operations, in a Hong Kong-released statement.
This makes the Angkor Palace Resort & Spa a sort of sister hotel to the soon-to-be-opened Sothea Courtyard luxury boutique hotel, which is a member of the Preferred Boutique "collection", also a division of the Preferred Hotel Group.
Source: The Phnom Penh Post. (29 January 2009). Link:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012923906/Siem-Reap-Insider/Siem-Reap-Scene.html
The hotel is the first Cambodian-owned luxury five-star resort and its design reflects traditional Khmer architecture.It features 251 guestrooms and suites and eight villas, all furnished in Cambodian style with inlaid teak floors and traditional poster beds. Balconies overlook the gardens of the resort, which is managed by the personable Weng Aow.
It also features four restaurants and bars, and the Kainnora Spa, with nine treatment rooms and four spa villas offering a wide range of "holistic body treatments", including traditional Khmer massage.It has a gym, two tennis courts and a large outdoor swimming pool. A new feature is a golf driving range within the hotel grounds, with 16 sheltered driving bays.
"Siem Reap is one of the major tourism hotspots in Asia, and we are thrilled to be partnered with a hotel that is truly representative of genuine Cambodian hospitality. We aim to bring high-end FIT and MICE business to the city and to the resort through our global channels," said Mark Simmons, area managing director for Preferred Hotel Group's Asia-Pacific operations, in a Hong Kong-released statement.
This makes the Angkor Palace Resort & Spa a sort of sister hotel to the soon-to-be-opened Sothea Courtyard luxury boutique hotel, which is a member of the Preferred Boutique "collection", also a division of the Preferred Hotel Group.
Source: The Phnom Penh Post. (29 January 2009). Link:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012923906/Siem-Reap-Insider/Siem-Reap-Scene.html
