Travellers' Checks | ‘Poshtels’ put the deluxe in dormitory accommodation across Southeast Asia
With two Bangkok locations, one in Phuket, one just opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and one on the way in Manila, Thai-owned Lub D chain of ‘poshtels’ is going places
With two Bangkok locations, one in Phuket, one just opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and one on the way in Manila, Thai-owned Lub D chain is going places
The Narai was one of Bangkok’s finest hotels when it opened, in 1968, on Silom Road, with 500 rooms, one of the region’s earliest revolving restaurants (Manila and Kuala Lumpur got there first) and Thailand’s only pizzeria. In 1974, it hosted the cast and crew of James Bond movie The Man With the Golden Gun , when the film’s production company was headquartered there.
Half a century on, and the hotel – its revolving restaurant now closed – has obviously seen better days, and languishes in relative obscurity just outside the top 200 on TripAdvisor.
Parent company Narai Hotels Group, however, has adapted and seems to be doing well with its Lub D brand of upmarket hostels, or “poshtels”.