A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already
A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already
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Travellers' Checks by Adam Nebbs

Bangkok’s Dusit Thani joins list of Asian Modernist properties to face wrecking ball

A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already

Adam Nebbs
Adam Nebbs

Updated: 5:03pm, 15 Mar, 2017

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A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already
A symbol of Thai capital’s modernisation, and its first five-star hotel, the Dusit Thani will close in June 2018. Also in travel news: once-in-a-lifetime 180-day round-the-world cruise waitlisted already
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Adam Nebbs

Adam Nebbs

Adam has lived in Hong Kong since 1988. He briefly managed the demise of the Wanderlust travel bookshop on Hollywood road in the mid 1990s, then worked as Associate Editor on Cathay Pacific’s inflight magazine Discovery for several years. He began writing Travellers’ Checks for Post Magazine in 1998, working for several years under the pseudonym Peter Walbrook. A former contributing editor for the exclusive luxury travel guide NB Review, he has also edited several books, including the first-ever travel guide to Uzbekistan in 1996, and 'The Amazing Adventures of Betsy And Niki' (2008) by Captain Charles “Chic” Eather. His non-fiction book 'The Great Fire of Hong Kong', was published in 2010.