In February the Sukosol Group announced a rebranding of the Pattaya properties, along with its five-star Siam City Hotel in Bangkok.
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But after long and tortuous negotiations, it refused to strike deals to sell two others, Bangkok Metropolitan Bank and Siam City Bank.
Upon returning to Bangkok, move through the city on a search for the best of its ubiquitous street food like drunken noodles and samosa pastries before you stick a fork in your trip.
Congestion in British cities has yet to reach the nightmarish gridlock of Mexico City, Cairo or Bangkok, but already the motorways around Birmingham and the main approach roads to London are jammed for many hours of the day.
Idle away the afternoon by exploring the narrow sois (side streets) of Rattanakosin, the old city, or Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown.
Thailand's prime minister has expressed optimism that central Bangkok will be mostly spared from the city's flooding, as defences held despite high tides.
BBC: Thailand PM Yingluck hopeful as inner Bangkok stays dry
This mammoth World Bank report assesses the imminent costs of climate change in three east megacity ports: Bangkok, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City.
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He then traveled to the beach resort of Pattaya, where closed-circuit television cameras captured the three suspects staying at a budget hotel in the city before moving on to Bangkok.
In South-East Asia Bangkok, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City are all low-lying urban areas, yet like Jakarta they have all taken too long to react to the threat of increased flooding.
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Problem is, Bangkok governors lack the authority to redeem their city.
Officials have been trying to protect the commercial centre of Bangkok after flooding spread to northern districts of the city earlier this month.
BBC: Thailand PM Yingluck hopeful as inner Bangkok stays dry
The Regent Hong Kong was rated No. 2, the city's Peninsula No. 3, the Oriental in Bangkok No. 4, Hong Kong's Island Shangri-La No. 6 and its sister property in Bangkok No. 8. (The No. 1 spot went to the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans).
City residents were urged to evacuate after the authorities warned them that Bangkok's Chao Phraya River could burst its banks over the weekend due to high tides, which are expected to last until Monday.
BBC: Thailand PM Yingluck hopeful as inner Bangkok stays dry
The largest concentrations of manufacturing locations are in the Bangkok area, but roughly 10% are close to Chiang Mai, the largest city in northern Thailand.
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Nor even the stunning efficiency with which the capital's airport taxi mafia manage to transport me to city center in vintage cars for only twice the fare that it costs in Bangkok.
When the capital eventually shifted to Bangkok and the Grand Palace was built in 1782, the Chinese were requested to move outside the city walls.
Bangkok jeweler Acharavadee Wongsakon, for instance, on June 30 led a procession of several hundred protesters through the city's famous Chatuchak weekend market and the Khao San Road backpacker district to persuade Thais and foreign tourists to show more respect.
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