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Asia-Pacific I Issue 8 I 2014

TREE CONDO The New Outlook Of Modern & Classy Style

Phuket’s

Gateways To Design HOT STUFF

Chic Rooftop Chill Out Vietnam, Macau, Pure Kiwi Experience

10 Things To Do

Before The Renovation 1

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360° DNA In Design

Contents 12 Daika Estate

The next trend of rewarding life by your design with future beach-sided project in Hua Hin.

18 Rooftop Chill Out

Chill restaurant, a cool new rooftop bar and restaurant and the latest fabulous addition to Ho Chi Minh City.

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22 Illumination Of Aquatic Ambience

Experience the taste and design-inspired ambience at the winner of the International Hotel and Property Award for Restaurant within Hotel.

26 Renovation Ideas

10 items to tick off your list before the chaos begins, for a safer and (slightly) less intrusive renovation.

30 Northern Boutique Style

Sireeampan Boutique Resort & Spa is one of the prominent boutique accommodations showing the exquisitely intricate design inspired by the Thai royal manors of the 18th century.

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34 Coloring Ideas for Life Check out the list of basic advices for your coloring planning at a dream living room.

38 Inspirational Living

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To create the ultimate living room showcase, we have gathered together some fresh design ideas and inspirations to help you modernize your living room interior.

42 Small but yet Luxury

SLH is a concept that enhances the quality and experience of a guest’s stay and it also helps improve the quality of destinations by encouraging responsible environmental, social and economical practices at hotels and within local communities and environments.

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Life & Style

Contents 48 Odyssey

To The Success

Thailand’s best-known lady polo player and co-founder of the Thai Polo & Equestrian Club Mrs. Nunthinee Tanner, Managing Director of Link and B. Grimm Co. (LBG) who has brought success to the company through the implementation of her outstanding art and design ideas, which have made the company one of the country’s principle dealers in, and distributors of, fashion and skin-care products.

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56 The Pure Kiwi

Experience

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If you are thinking of travelling to New Zealand, here is the travel plan and key tourism spots you need to know before you get here.

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Inspired Gateways

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Rest

In Motion

Here is the editor’s choice of design-inspired gateways in Phuket for honeymoon in style. Mövenpick Resort & Banyan Tree Phuket should be where you can enjoy great benefits and other special deals that guests can have a whale of the time and leave them with the unforgettable domestic leisure.

68 New Nocturnal

Denizen

Health & Beauty

70 Causes

of Heart Disease

Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatments and prevention of heart disease. Modifying your diet and lifestyle can have a large impact on blood pressure levels, enabling you to keep your heart healthy and functioning at its best.

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Property

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Review 84 The Outlook Of

Modern & Classy Style

TreeCondo Prasarnmit has been established in response to suit those wishing to achieve modern luxury comfort and the living space with unique design in the metropolis.

Zoom at Anantara Bangkok Sathorn is going to be Bangkok’s new favorite haunt for visitors wanting to have the evening break in style and enjoy a romantic tête-à-tête while sipping on a distinguished cocktail.

Hot Stuff 86 Classified &

Promotion

Check out the hot lists and reasons to live in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Pattaya, Samui, Phuket

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Asia-Pacific I Issue 8 I 2014

From the Publisher

The Mix Of Innovation & Creativity It’s not the exaggeration to claim that almost all cities across Pacific and Asian region are unquestionably the major magnets that draws tourists to explore their fabulous attractions, art, and culture. Apparently, the increasing numbers of both tourists and business travelers indicates the bright future of Asia’s tourism industry, including the promising growth of MICE sector ahead of the economic integration of AEC in late 2015. It’s just worth traveling and spending every dollar to make a deal in this rich mystery of Asia, where you can indefinitely experience the diversity of cultures, beautiful scenery, exciting activities, festivals, fascinating histories, ancient temples and monasteries, stunning landscape, and lot mores waiting to be discovered.

So, we are among those regional media featuring new scope of stylish living in the modern era for those interested in exploring lifestyle, natural wonders, and culture in Asia. This issue we proudly present the best combination of the quality of being innovative and creative in design while our DNA in design still highlights the expansive rank of new and award winning properties and leisure lifestyle destination throughout Thailand and other nations in Asia, including Vietnam and Macau.

The star attraction in this issue is the brand new rooftop “Chill Restaurant” in Vietnam designed by the world-class architecture and interior design firm “dwp”, it is an outstandingly chic new landmark design establishment, setting the benchmark for the region in rooftop wining and dining. The concept is something totally new to Vietnam and reflects the changing lifestyle and sophistication of the city. It revealed that the ultimate aim for the client is to set the stage for a great night out and maximize the views and create high volume. So, please don’t miss when you are in Vietnam.

Another unpredictable design ambience is in Macau, where “dwp” were employed to innovatively create the enhancing interior and add luxury chic idea for “Belon Oyster Bar & Grill”.

It’s not the new destination actually, but its impressive sense of underworld-infused excitement has never faded away to excite you try top quality oyster over there.

This issue also highlights how to create the ultimate living room showcase as we gather some fresh design ideas and inspirations to help you modernize your living room interior.

New for this issue is the commercial addition of the classified and promotion section at the later part of the magazine, which will be dedicated to featuring promotional update about new condominium, serviced apartment, and residential projects in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Pattaya, Samui, and Phuket, where there are still residential units available for sale or rent, please feel free to send us your info for the chance to beat your sale target and make profit.

Mr. Rangsan Srirat Editor-In-Chief www.facebook.com/TheResidence.Mag

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360째 Design Focus:

Experience The New DNA In Design & Style

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Property in Thailand and Asia-Pacific is still the largest asset class in property investment. The property industry is fluctuated while people in the up market don’t only look for coveted location and convenience for a day-to-day basic of living, but they are also growingly in search of residential project capable of sporting the conceptual design and style, the quality of value for money, enhancing idea in interior and construction, including the capability to deliver the preferable homey and unique comfort to all residents and visitors.

Here is the action in design featuring great rank of design destination, properties, residences, new residential projects and condos with refreshing design & style ambiance, design hotels resorts all over Thailand and Asia waiting for your visit to realize the essence of practical and design ideas for living. Hopefully that all our design and stylish ideas in architectural and interior design featured in this issue can no less inspire your inspiration and imagination to recreate your dream residence or redefine a new livable and refreshing ambience at your own residence, place, and space.

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360 Design Ideas

by Rangsan Srirat

The Innovative Sanctuary

For The Sense

The visibly innovative lifestyle development and world-class construction will come to no avail if it’s unable to help guest or resident achieve a day-to-day basic of living and fail to deliver them the maximum privacy and comfort. Developers become more aware while the market becomes more sophisticated and modern people are also growingly in search of residential project that sports conceptual design and style, the quality of value for money, idea in construction, and the environment that exudes the homey feeling to all customers or residents.

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General features include a contemporary tropical design, private beach and large common area with swimming pool, fitness center and tennis courts plus on-site security. Located at North Pattaya, Wong Amat beach, next to the Sanctuary of Truth and only an hour drive from Bangkok, The Sanctuary Wong Amat Condominium is a five-star living accommodation completed with the resort-style facilities and surrounded by an exceptional lush exotic tropical and landscape where residents are able to rediscover the tranquility and privacy.

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uch is the basement behind the lifestyle development and residential projects of the customer satisfaction-oriented Daika Estate Co., Ltd, the property development arm of Daika Group, to invent The Sanctuary Wong Amat, The Sanctuary Hua Hin a place to call home to retreat, recharge, and rejuvenate as its anticipated “R-Residences” is the company’s redefined lifestyle vision set to capture the next beach-front platform in Hua Hin that has been created as a reward for your success.

Daika Estate Co., Ltd is a major developer to venture its two sanctuaries of modern lifestyle, relax, and comfort by the sea in Pattaya and Hua Hin as the company views the trend of beach living in Thailand is on the rise.

The Sanctuary Hua Hin” and “R-Residences” is situated at the unspoiled location, uncrowded beaches, and ocean-front place to call home and they are sure to deliver homey comfort and help you achieve a modern living experience.

“R-Residences” is actually a response to what modern people are looking for true tranquility and serenity after the hectic lifestyle in Bangkok.

The Daika Estate’s awarding-winning The Sanctuary Wong Amat Condominium Complex” is a low-rise condominium project set on 9 rai of land. Residences range in size from 60-300sqm with up to five bedrooms, and prices run from Bt4.5 million to Bt38 million. General features include a contemporary tropical design, private beach and large common area with swimming pool, fitness center and tennis courts plus on-site security. Located at North Pattaya, Wong Amat beach, next to the Sanctuary of Truth and only an hour drive from Bangkok, The Sanctuary Wong Amat Condominium is a five-star living accommodation completed with the resort-style facilities and surrounded by an exceptional lush exotic tropical and landscape where residents are able to rediscover the tranquility and privacy.

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Residents are able to enjoy both sunrise from the condo and sunset from the golf course while its relaxing sky deck of the condo allows residents to enjoy the 360 view, not to mention to the coveted pristine nature surrounding, which is hedonistically the sensual benefit for guest staying with The Sanctuary Hua Hin.

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I believe everyone can create luxury and innovatively-designed building, but what can make it outstanding from other is the point of location, which might be growingly very scarce to have a unique location in Pattaya.

Following the success in Pattaya, the company speared head to venture another beach living opportunity in Hua Hin to do the second sanctuary for the sense-The Sanctuary Hua Hin, which will be fully finished in December 2012. The location of the second sanctuary is also unique as it’s adjacent to a well-designed Suan-Son Golf Course and beaches. Residents are able to enjoy both sunrise from the condo and sunset from the golf course while its relaxing sky deck of the condo allows residents to enjoy the 360 view, not to mention to the coveted pristine nature surrounding, which is hedonistically the sensual benefit for guest staying with The Sanctuary Hua Hin. The project is to provide an essential private holiday residences and villas with special harmony mingle, the nature of Ta-Kiab beach along with Suan-Son golf course and mountain views.

“I believe everyone can create luxury and innovatively-designed building, but what can make it outstanding from other is the point of location, which might be growingly very scarce to have a unique location in Pattaya. The Sanctuary Wong Amat excels others when it comes to terming with the location and the pristine environment as the breathtaking view of The Sanctuary of Truth, the country’s largest wood-constructed castle on the seashore, making it so unique while the surrounding

greenery area of the Sanctuary of Truth helps maximize the serenity and tranquility,” said Ph.D Suebpong Atichartakarn, Executive Director, Daika Estate Company Limited.

“Actually, I wish to conjure up a sense of relaxed family society when living at The Sanctuary Wong Amat that is able to provide all residents with different viewpoints from azure water, garden, and the wooden feature of the castle while privacy of guest or resident is top priority before cooking the idea laying out any condo and residential project.”

“We emphasize on the modern concept in the Sanctuary Wong Amat Condominium in Pattaya while The Sanctuary Hua Hin we need to go further than just the modern lifestyle.

The Sanctuary Hua Hin is done through the intriguing blend of modern style in construction, interior, and exterior design with the local character, art, and culture of Hua Hin into it in order to exude a romantic sense to enhance couple clienteles and deliver new beach living experience for customers,” he said.

“R-Residences” by The Sanctuary in Hua Hin vicinity is the company’s next heaven designed for those looking for a new dimension of lifestyle to reward the hardworking during the working life and the success in life following a well-received positive marketing response from customer satisfaction in The Sanctuary Hua Hin.

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“R-Residences” is a stylish condominium sit next to a stunning oceanfront golf course and pristine Suan Son Beach.

The Daika Estate’s future beach-sided project will concentrate on activities for the whole family to enjoy together from swimming pool, exercise area, golf putting, and chilling places. The new residential project is the next sanctuary for your sense, which it will come with good design and functionality for successful people and those wishing to make a reward of life following hardworking.

“We create a destination that can retreat, recharge, and rejuvenate to make anyone or future owners feel a new living here at R Residences, that’s the central core idea of the alphabet “R” to remind all our workforces to unfold the new relaxing sanctuary for the sense,” said Ph.D Suebpong Atichartakarn.

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activities for residents to do aside from achieving the element of relax in the residence.”

“R-Residences will deliver the new or never-experienced product for the customer.

The term of innovation, it’s not necessary to end up with visual and tangible effect in the beautiful construction design that we can touch and see. But sometime it refers to the invisible effect of lifestyle invention that we can naturally

feel and sense. At The Sanctuary Hua Hin, we have the sky deck filled with choice of relaxing activities with a 360 panoramic view of the gulf of Thailand and the greenery area, including the vast golf course and Mountain View. Such is, I think, the innovative benefit of life where you can enjoy nice sea view, clean air and sensual ambience from green area, which is beneficial for the health.”

“That’s our definition of “innovative and creativity” where guests are able to enjoy any activities for whole day. And I view that the trend in beach living in Thailand is still oriented to people going for a relax, but in the future, it will trend towards doing activities such as yachting, kite boarding, and biking as there are beach-side area suitable for doing activities by the beach.

Such will be a next trend of rewarding life by your design and that’s the invisible innovation of lifestyle development to the sense of mine,” said Ph.D Suebpong Atichartakarn.

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The Chic Rooftop

Chill Out

Chill Restaurant is an outstandingly chic new landmark design establishment, setting the benchmark for the region in rooftop wining and dining. The concept is something totally new to Vietnam and reflects the changing lifestyle and sophistication of the city.

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Lounging and dining close to the stars in the sky was conceptualised and implemented by world-class architecture and interior design firm dwp design worldwide partnership. Chill Restaurant, a cool new rooftop bar and restaurant, is the latest fabulous addition to Ho Chi Minh City.

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t highlights the world-class architecture and interior design firm dwp were called upon to create the interior and facade for a brand new rooftop location, originally not intended as an entertainment establishment at all. To enhance and create an instant landmark of the existing tower, with a chic new restaurant, lounge and bar experience, the ultimate aim for the client was to set the stage for a great night out and maximize the views and create high volume.

Key Aspects: Lounging and dining close to the stars in the sky was conceptualised and implemented by world-class architecture and interior design firm dwp design worldwide partnership. Chill Restaurant, a cool new rooftop bar and restaurant, is the latest fabulous addition to Ho Chi Minh City. Juxtaposed from the streamlined, robust character of the office building, upon which it perches, this venue enhances the enjoyment of all sensual pleasures with its curvaceous, fluid, urban drama.

Chill Restaurant crowns AB Tower, comprising two levels, on the 27th and 28th floors, with an upper lounge and lower dining area. From a design perspective, this rooftop venue was indeed challenging, since the location was

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originally not intended for as an entertainment venue, but for the less than glamorous housing of plant rooms, piping, lift motor rooms and exhaust stacks. The owner vision’s and desire to create something unique overrode these complications.

Smoked mirror walls create an illusion of endless space in the small lobby, where guests are greeted and invited indoors or out. The outdoor cigar lounge is where live jazz plays over resplendent views and warmly-toned colour changing lights. The indoor lounge area overlooks both the city and the dining area below. The VIP room, located at the end of the lounge, offers the best view spot, with a private balcony and shimmering drapery. Adding a fun

element, the bathrooms feature curvy walls in striped ceramics, evoking a style capable of drawing people come back again and again.

The curved façade and double-height slanted wall-glazing echo intrigue and impact, with a series of steel structures, along the length.

Levels are linked by a grand staircase, penetrating through the glazing wall out to the dining area.

The self-illuminating spiral sky bar keeps guests entertained, with the performance of expert mixologists, and resident dj close by. The aqua-blue tinted lighting of the curved glass balustrade generates an instant landmark from street level. The overall effect and ambience is one of a picture-perfect, timeless elegance, to keep guests flocking back for more.

360 Design Ideas

by Rangsan Srirat

The Illumination

Of Aquatic Ambience Belon Oyster Bar & Grill: The winner of the International Hotel and Property Award 2012 for Restaurant within Hotel.

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orld-class architecture and interior design firm dwp were commissioned to create the interiors for the new Belon Oyster Bar and Grill, evocative of an underwater experience.

From the glass arrival stairs, descending into the specialty restaurant, guests pass a waterfall and custom kinetic artwork, via a long, low and elegant reception, to arrive at the oyster bar.

Shapes and details, inspired by aquatic forms of scallop tails, jellyfish, waves and spiraling shells, envelop the entirety. From the bar, the whalebone arch corridor leads into the dining rooms with double-height starlit ceilings.

The focus of the dining spaces is the curvaceous grill bar and fresh food display. Gently glowing privacy screens encircle dining tables, set beneath sinuous blown glass chandeliers.

The wine cellar, private dining and cigar lounge spaces are just beyond.

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Belon Oyster Bar & Grill Banyan Tree, Macau, China Area: 1,994sqm Completion: September 2011

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The interior finishes consist of natural stones, rich timbers and coloured glass. Warm materials are illuminated translucent aqueous features and beaded panels. Custom-made curvilinear furniture pieces are upholstered in an oceanic tonal colour palette, leathers and soft fabrics. Deep carpets punctuate stone and timber flooring. The private dining rooms are clad in full double-height wall timber paneling and surrounded by tall flowing drapery.

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360 Design Ideas

by Laura Gaskill

10 Things to Do Before

the Renovation Begins

With workers traipsing in and out of your living space, dust and dirt everywhere, and entire areas of your home unusable for the duration, home remodeling projects can be extremely disruptive to daily life.

But a little smart planning ahead of time can make things run more smoothly. Here are 10 items to tick off your list before the chaos begins, for a safer and (slightly) less intrusive renovation.

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1. Pare down and pack up. Go through the room(s) that will be part of the remodel and pare back to the essentials. When you must go without your kitchen, it makes no sense to have to dig through mountains of stuff just to find your coffee mug and cereal bowl. Keep the things you will still be able to use in an accessible location and pack up the rest in boxes. If possible, move the boxes to a storage area that’s out of the main flow of traffic through the house - it’s going to feel crowded enough as it is with the workers and all of their gear.

2. Put rolling storage units to work. For the things you do want to access during the remodel, consider filling up a few storage carts on casters. This type of cart is lightweight and easy to move, and stores things in plain view so you can quickly find what you need. You could use one for towels and linens, kitchen tools and dishes, food, toiletries or anything else you need but suddenly have nowhere to put.

If possible, move the boxes to a storage area that’s out of the main flow of traffic through the house - it’s going to feel crowded enough as it is with the workers and all of their gear.

3. Beef up home security. Having lots of people in and out of your home leaves it more vulnerable to theft - not necessarily from your own team, but from opportunists who notice there is work going on at your house.

Consider adding a programmable lock to your front door that allows you to give your reno team access to your home during the work; and reprogram the lock when the work is done. Some smart-phone-controlled locks on the market now allow you to monitor who is in your house and when.

You can also move any highly valuable small items offsite to a safety deposit box or locked cabinet. And if you have a home security system, use it.

4. Protect your privacy. Think about what time you usually shower and get ready for your day - will the workers already be in your home at that time? If you’d like to be able to walk through the house in your PJs without running into your contractor, consider putting up a few folding screens or other opaque room dividers between the work areas and your private zones.

If you’ll be using the guest bath instead of the master bath, move your stuff over now. If you’d like to have your coffee in peace in the morning, consider setting up a coffee - making station in your bedroom. Shift your schedule, move your stuff, do whatever you need to do now, and you will feel less hassled when the work begins.

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Put up child safety gates at every entrance surrounding the work area, and make sure everyone on the remodeling team knows to keep them closed.

6. Keep kids out of work areas.

A construction area is dangerous for children - power tools, hazardous materials, sharp nails and saws, not to mention exposed electrical work and more. Put up child safety gates at every entrance surrounding the work area, and make sure everyone on the remodeling team knows to keep them closed. Kids are curious, so even with the gates up, keep a closer eye on them than usual to be sure they don’t drift into the construction zones.

7. Don’t forget outdoor danger zones. If workers are keeping tools and power equipment in your driveway or backyard, or if the actual work will be happening to the exterior of your home, it’s worth it to do what you can to keep the work contained. Set up safety gates at the entrances to the yard or driveway, and ask your contractor to set up a temporary fence around the area if it is especially dangerous - to your own kids or passersby.

8. Contact friends, family and neighbors who may be able to help.

During a long renovation, there may be times when you need to lean on others - for a place to spend the night, do a load of laundry, take a shower or just get a little moral support. Give your close friends, family and perhaps neighbors too a heads-up that you are starting a remodeling project, and they will likely be happy to help if you need something down the road.

5. Get your most important stuff together. Once work begins it can suddenly seem impossible to find anything. Get your stuff together now and put it all in one place - somewhere well out of the remodeling zone. If you won’t be using your regular entryway, set up a temporary command center elsewhere with room for your cell phones, chargers, keys, mail and other essentials.

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9. Think about pet safety. Cats and dogs can be quite frightened by work going on at the house - and work sites can be dangerous for pets. If your pets are skittish, curious or likely to run away, consider having them stay with a friend or relative for the duration, or board them in a kennel. If that is not possible, see if you can rig up a system of gates to keep them safely away from the work areas.

10. Set aside a little room in the budget for a getaway. Really! It doesn’t have to be a tropical vacation; the main thing is knowing you can get away if you want to.

Even zipping off for an impromptu weekend at a fun hotel can be enough to make the remodel seem more bearable.

360 Design Ideas

By Matthew Latham

The Uniqueness Of Northern Boutique Style The boutique hotel was first popularized in cities like New York and London back in the 1980s, and typically these hotels were furnished in a themed, stylish, comfortable and intimate manner. They pioneered the offering of such then novel ideas as Wi-Fi and honesty bars in the rooms, and there was usually a hip restaurant, bar or lounge on-site that was open to the public and hotel guests alike. At every turn these boutique hotels oozed individuality and spurned the cookie-cutter blandness of large chain hotels.

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It is built as a grand Thai house, with a cozy cloister of buildings that are encircled by lush gardens with 11 exquisitely appointed private guest suites, a full-service restaurant, a stylish piano lounge and wine cellar, and fully-equipped state-of-the-art fitness and business centers.

t didn’t take long for this idea to take off with a new generation of affluent young travelers.

With an emphasis on style first and foremost, these small hotels attracted a loyal clientele and the architects and interior designers who collaborated on these projects became instant celebrities in the upper echelons of the hip travel scene. These hotels were now destinations unto themselves, and the small independent hoteliers that operated them completely revitalized the hotel experience.

Sireeampan Boutique Resort & Spa, an intimate 11-suite luxury resort in the heart of

Chiang Mai, is one of the prominent boutique accommodations showing the exquisitely intricate design inspired by the Thai royal manors of the 18th century to bring together the rich traditions of Siamese hospitality with modern luxury, offering highly personalized experiences for each guest.

Tucked away in a lush setting created to enhance privacy, Sireeampan Boutique Resort & Spa is a secluded sanctuary drawing the inspiration from the intricate architecture of Thailand’s Ratanakosin era for a unique experience as guests are guaranteed to receive exceptionally bespoke hospitality service. It is built as a grand Thai house, with a cozy cloister of buildings that are encircled by lush gardens with 11 exquisitely appointed private guest suites, a full-service restaurant, a stylish piano lounge and wine cellar, and fully-equipped state-of-the-art fitness and business centers.

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All guestrooms range from 40 – 60 square meters available from cozy studios to two-bedroom suites, each guest accommodation features marble bathrooms with a rain shower and bathtub along with complimentary L’Occitane bath amenities.

The rooms are thoughtfully appointed with luxury 600-thread count bed linens; 40” LED televisions with Apple TV and satellite/ cable; iPod/iPad docking integrated Pioneer sound systems; free Wifi and high-speed internet access; and complimentary mini-bars

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with Nescafe Dolce Gusto coffee machine and kettle.

For your dining experiences, Sayomporn Dining Room offers regional and international cuisine, a delicious marriage between global and local Siamese flavors. In conjunction with its opening, Sireeampan Boutique Resort & Spa is introducing a limited time only opening special at Bt10,000 per night, including accommodation and breakfast. For more information or reservation, please email info@ sireeampan.com or visit www.sireeampan.com

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by Mike Massaroli

Color Ideas

For Lively Living Room The living room is a place where most of us relax as we are entertained by our TVs, and where we entertain others, so it’s an area where we like our surroundings to be both comfortable and stylish. It’s a room where you can spend a quick minute in the morning, or a whole day. From the adventurously modern to the comfortably classic, these living rooms offer space to entertain and space to escape, all while bringing in surprising elements of personality.

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1. Gray Platform Sofas 2. Pop Culture Living Room 3. Large White Sectional 4. Ultra Modern Living Room 5. Purple Teal Slate Living Room

he right colors can transform your living room into the classy, comfortable space of your dreams, but the wrong colors can quickly change it into the stuff of nightmares. Before selecting colors, you should gain a basic understanding of how to match colors and pick out dominant, secondary, and accent hues.

When the time comes to choose a palette you love, look for themes and colors that appeal to you and make the most out of the room itself.

The following is the list of basic advices for your coloring planning at your dream living room.

1. If what you like is a quiet, relaxing and enjoyable living room, you can use one of the softer colors, pale pink. It is a very soft color that when applied somewhere it immediately acquires a tinge warm and comfortable space such as in this living room.

On the other hand, if you want a more casual style, hippie, happy and positive environments, a combination of several bright colors can really transform your living room into a more lively and fun one.

2. Decorate the living room from dark to light. Use darker colors on the floor, medium shades on the walls, and light shades on the ceiling.

This creates a very comfortable “cookbook� setting, meaning a normal setting that mimics the natural world. In nature, the rich hue of soil is darker than the flowers, trees, and structures seen at eye level, and on a sunny day, the sky is even brighter.

3. Check your closet for ideas.

People tend to wear clothes in colors that complement their skin tone.

Likewise, your living room should also complement your skin tone. Choosing colors similar to those found in your closet will help to accomplish this goal.

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4. For those who think that white is an unfashionable color to decorate a living room, you have to tell them that there is nothing further from their wrong thoughts. Because white is the color of choice for decorating any style, whether modern, rustic, minimalist, etc.

5. The brown color is always a great ally to achieve an elegant and sober environment. Obviously depending on the shades chosen the result will be different. In this case the brown is much darker but blends perfectly with the immaculate white walls and the sofa creating a current and modern space.

6. Understand the effect that color has on the way a room is perceived.

Light colors open a room up, while darker colors make a space look more enclosed.

If you have a small living room, you can make it appear larger by filling it with lighter hues.

On the other hand, you can also make the same room look even cozier with a medium to dark shade.

7. Blue, on the walls, with beautiful flowers transform a virtually empty hall, a place with full of life and color.

This is another good option when you have lots of space and little furniture. It is an original way to fill that empty space. Although it is highly recommended that such applications in confined spaces.

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9. The rustic decor, currently in vogue. Although it may seem contradictory, you can also create a modern living room with this type of decoration, we just have to find the right colors and materials. As example, English red painted walls accompanied by a fake stone wall with two deer heads, sadly and dark leather sofas have made this room besides having a rich hue, a modern rustic space. We could not pass up the opportunity to mention that there are much more alternative, practical and less aggressive, violent and unpleasant way to decorate without a real deer heads.

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11. Gray Blue Living Room 12. Contemporary Sitting Area 13. Modern Green Gray White Living Room 14. Natural Materials Living Room

8. Create a modern living room by using neutral colors. White acts as the dominant color in most modern living rooms, with black or gray acting as a secondary color.

You can also add an intense, bright hue as an accent, such as lime green or fire engine red.

And don’t forget to give your living room an elegant twist with a traditional color scheme.

Traditional living room designs take their inspiration from the 18th and 19th centuries, and as a result, the shades are fairly deep. Use neutral colors for walls and dominant hues, while weaving in secondary and accent hues in rich shades of red, blue, and brown.

10. Of course to get a modern look for our living room we can not forget the wallpapers, these we offer a multitude of decorative options to decorate the room. In this case one gold and brown striped wallpaper accompanied by a broken target in the other walls give rise to a new and modern space. Besides the stripes itself give a sense of depth to this narrow room.

Essentials Stick with the colors you love. At the end of the day, you and your family are the only ones who have to live with your choice of hues.

Instead of trying to create a living room that looks impressive, create a living room that feels comfortable.

If your furnishings have a theme, your colors should match that theme. For instance, if you have modern furniture and decorations, you will probably be better off with a modern color scheme of white, black, and gray than you would be with a traditional color scheme filled with rich hues.

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360 Design Ideas

by Frederick Henry

Creating Inspirational Living Room

To create the ultimate living room showcase, we have gathered together some fresh design ideas and inspirations to help you modernize your living room interior. If you only could chose one space in your home to put your heart and soul into designing, we are sure you would chose the living room as the top of your list.

It is a treasured space that sets the tone for your entire decorating scheme throughout your home.

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ere is generally the photos run of living room with great views and ideas for you to bring patterns, prints, colors, textures and unique design elements fused together to create a harmonious and comfortable atmosphere. Depending on your home layout, your living room can serve many different functions. If you have a family room, it is often a formal sitting area or parlor used for reading, relaxing and entertaining guests. If it’s the only living space you have, it’s also used for watching TV, playing games and spending time with family. Regardless of its purpose, any good space has a comfortable sofa or sectional, a coffee table and a focal point, such as a fireplace or entertainment center.

As you start your living room remodel, think about the space’s overall purpose. If it’s going to have a more formal feel, adding an elegant fireplace mantel might be a worthy investment, while a built-in TV console would work best in

a more low-key setting. Once you determine the overall tone, consider what kind of storage would work best. Built-in bookshelves and cabinets are great additions, regardless of formality, while a desk, table or booth ensure there is plenty of space for family game night or homework help. Finally, be sure to bring some personality to the space by including fun decor, such as rugs, artwork, curtains and lighting.

If you already have a family room for more low-key activities, your living room can act as a more sophisticated setting for hosting and entertaining. To get the look, buy a bar cart, formal furniture like wingback armchairs and chesterfield sofas, and mahogany wood bookshelves and coffee tables. Use the fireplace as your focal point by opting for an eye-catching, sophisticated mantel. On the other hand, if it’s your primary living space, it should be used more like a TV room, complete with sofa sectional, media console

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Because living room serves many purposes, be sure to incorporate plenty of shelves, cabinets and drawers to accommodate all your goodies. While more expensive, built-ins are the best way to do this, since they take up less space and are often customized to meet your needs.

and gaming spot. In the end, think about your needs; after all, a family with small children will use a playroom more than a formal sitting room.

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space and are often customized to meet your needs. A built-in entertainment center is great for housing your TV, movies, video games and small electronics, while bookcases keep your books, picture frames and knickknacks in check. A desk, booth or large table can act as a craft station or homework spot, while a window seat can quickly become your go-to reading or nap station.

Because living room serves many purposes, be sure to incorporate plenty of shelves, cabinets and drawers to accommodate all your goodies. While more expensive, built-ins are the best way to do this, since they take up less space and are often customized to meet your needs.

When decorating your space, don’t be afraid of bright colors, but don’t go overboard either. Stick with neutral sofas, armchairs and ottomans and go bold with accessories-that way, you can easily swap out the small things when a new color scheme is in order. Picture frames, rugs, throw pillows and curtains are all great for adding color, while mirrors, table lamps and ceiling lights can help light flow throughout the space. Hang colorful artwork on the walls, and even add an accent wall by choosing a trendy new paint color.

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by Rangsan Srirat / Photo courtesy of SLH

Caring Luxury

By SLH World Brand “Small Luxury” is usually oriented to extravagance, elegance, materialism, superb and pricey, etc. Yes, it is, but not always so. Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) also want to show that “Luxury” can also be enriching and responsible. They have made commitments to reflect “Caring Luxury” by way of “Responsible Tourism” practices.

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otel and resort, service business or any properties or establishment offering as same style of service as appeared in the hotel and resort would be usually classified or just graded by the number of star such as 4-star hotel and 5-star hotel. The more stars mean the better benefit for the guest to take advantage of or just to have the impeccable service among excellent facilities and attentive staff. And guests are sure to stay in the lap of luxury if they stay in a 5-star hotel.

The Small Luxury Hotels of the World brand (SLH) is another rating institute established to classify and grade for the benefit of guest and hoteliers worldwide. SLH is a non-profit organization established in 1991 by merging between two existing hotel marketing organizations, Prestige Hotels Europe and Small Luxury Hotels & Resorts of North America. SLH is an exclusive collection of independently-owned luxury hotels worldwide.

The growth of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World brand from 100 properties in 1995 to over 520 hotels in 70 countries today reinforces the focus of discerning clientele on true luxury experiences that reflect the local flavor and culture of the destination,” said Lynne Ireland, Regional Director, Asia Pacific for Small Luxury Hotels Of The World.

Not only does SLH brand cover particularly on hotel and resort, it also features other award-winning properties and establishments including spas, country houses, golf resorts, island retreats, city sanctuaries, and game and wilderness lodges. Hotel and resort wishing to be included in the member of SLH have to submit their request and then SLH will send inspectors to secretly survey and check if the particular hotel and resort meet the stringent standard and qualifications of SLH. Hotels and resorts and properties or establishments that have already received the

gold brand of Small Luxury Hotels will be accessed and checked regularly so as to ensure that they adhere to stringent quality controls and maintain the very highest standards speculated by SLH. As a result, guests staying with SLH-branded hotels and resorts will receive the invincible level of quality and the unsurpassed service.

“The reassurance and credibility of the SLH brand, allows the independent hotels to reap the benefits of a luxury global clientele, whilst retaining the unique qualities and personality that make these properties so unique,” said SLH officials, “This is the essence of SLH, with the impressive increase in SLH in Thailand reinforcing the level of luxury hotels and services within the market, which has now become the number one destination and portfolio within the Asia Pacific region.”

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Northern Escape It could be located at city centre sanctuaries, a historic country retreat, deep forest, an idyllic private island or the headland of Phuket, and the most-favorite beachfront location at Samui Island of Thailand. Wherever you plan to sleepover with SLH-branded accommodation, you are guaranteed to have a memorable holiday experience helped by the unique character and charm of that particular hotels and resorts.

In Thailand, there are totally 22 SLH-branded hotels and resorts situated sporadically in the northern and southern part of Thailand.

SLH-branded hotels and resorts available in the north are Veranda, D2hotel in Chiang Mai, and Anantara Resort Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai. Anantara Resort & Spa Golden Triangle is a resort in the peaceful tranquility of nature in 160 acres of bamboo forest, is the irresistible hideaway if you need to get the most of natural touch. Particularly, it also evokes the soulful sense of Thai Lanna. The exterior and interior of the resort heralds back to the bygone day of the traditional Thai Lanna culture. Exquisite Lanna art and painting, elephant-shaped craft woods and stones are found in many corner of the resort, including guest rooms. Lobby area is designed in contemporary and tropical style, stunning and looks nice with two huge muslin draped swings for guest to relax.

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The exterior and interior of the resort heralds back to the bygone day of the traditional Thai Lanna culture. Exquisite Lanna art and painting, elephant-shaped craft woods and stones are found in many corner of the resort, including guest rooms.

Meanwhile, D2hotel in Chiang Mai is looked hip, trendy, modern and high-tech, and an exceptional five-star luxury. The interiors of dusitD2 Chiang Mai are modern, clean-cut and high-tech. They also feature the signature Deverana Spa, offering a blissful range of Thai treatments. It’s also a member of Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands.

Hop to the South Thailand has obviously gained the reputation as one of the must-visited leisure destinations in East Asia for decades. The blissful line-up of travel events the credible “WOW” factor that have catapulted the country to be a glistering pearl of Asia worth for spending your vacation, not to mention its friendly people and just Thai hospitality.

Meanwhile, a number of sought-after beaches and hectic coastal cities counting from Hua Hin, Samui, and Phuket have fabulously cemented Thailand’s pace as paradise of Southeast Asian. This also includes the sprawling beautiful and serene islets and the unscathed underwater world that can no less give you a glimpse of Maldives, actually.

So, it comes with no surprise why Hua Hin, Samui, and Phuket have seen the great influx of discerning travelers and the smorgasbord of first-rate hotels and resorts so as to serve sophisticated foreign and local people who wish to stay or expose to the sun for a longer period. There are many wonderful resorts in the eastern seaboard of Thailand such as the nature-inspired Samed Resort Group in Samed Island or unchained resorts in Koh Chang. They could be categorized as Small Luxury Hotel, but they opt to market themselves as boutique accommodation, which wants to differentiate themselves from large chain or branded hotels.

Boutique is small, but yet can provide the personalized accommodation, services, and facilities. They have also answered all executive and leisure travelers like SLH-branded resorts by creating exceptional, memorable and unique experiences through the new program like eco-tourism or cooking class.

They could be categorized as Small Luxury Hotel, but they opt to market themselves as boutique accommodation, which wants to differentiate themselves from large chain or branded hotels.

Boutique is small, but yet can provide the personalized accommodation, services, and facilities.

SLH-branded hotels and resorts could be variously found in the ideal location in Hua Hin, Samui, Krabi, and Phuket, including AKA Hotel Resort & Spa in Hua Hin, Aleenta Resort & Spa in Phuket and Hua Hin, Anantara Resort in Koh Samui, Briza Beach Resort & Spa in Samui, Six Senses Hideaway at Hua Hin, Samui, and Phang Nga, Pimalai Resort & Spa in Krabi, The Racha in Phuket, Sri Panwa in Phuket, Tongsai Grand Villas at Koh Samui, Twinpalms Phuket, and Zeavola at Koh Phi Phi. All of them have been established to create the sense of gastronomy, spa, adventure and cultural indulgences in the nature-inspired concept.

In principle, the prospective hotels will be secretly inspected and evaluated by a global team of business development personnel. SLH inspection will cover all areas of operation.

Once accepted into membership, that particular hotels and resorts will be inspected every other year to ensure all properties maintain the quality necessary to be part of the exclusive brand.

The award-winning Aleenta Resort and Spa is a also great place to rejuvenate on the beach while enjoy the exotic view of Andaman coast. The palatial residences, suites, villas, good food, traditional spa therapies, and other relaxing amenities and facilities at Aleenta will make your vacation an unforgettable experience in a truly tropical ambience. This is a place where you can sit back and watch the sunset from the Ocean View Lounge.

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Caring Luxury Adoption Responsible Environmental, Economic and Social Practices

In General, the definition of “Small Luxury Hotel” is usually oriented to extravagance, elegance, materialism, superb and pricey, etc. Yes, it is, but it’s not so anymore. SLH also needs to show that “Luxury” can also be enriching and responsible and have made a commitment towards practicing “Caring Luxury” by way of “Responsible Tourism” “Caring Luxury” means providing enriching experiences for guests through engaging in responsible tourism practices, which have to meet the needs of visitors, destinations, and community where that particular hotel and resort is located.

Responsible Tourism is concentrated on protecting the environment, social culture, and local development while enhancing the opportunities of the people for the better future.

Responsible Tourism will minimize the negative effects of tourism such as environmental damage and nature destruction, social and cultural degradation, and economic hardship on local communities.

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And vise versa, Responsible Tourism also aims to maximize positive effects such as creating jobs and doing something beneficial to small business, raising awareness of culture and traditions, making guests and general people to realize the importance of environment, the impact, and teaching local people to learn how to conserve and protect the surrounding environment and vicinity.

Anantara Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai and Sri Panwa, a boutique pool villa resort located at the southeastern tip of Cape Panwa, are one of the good examples of caring luxury or responsible tourism. Anantara in Chiang Rai has its own elephant camp where you can witness the good take care of elephants by the resort and learn the skills of a mahout (elephant driver). This is just to show the nature-inspire attitude to preserve Thai elephant and generate job for local people for the sustainable tourism.

Meanwhile, Sri Panwa has concentrated on protecting the environment. The resort has been completed just by the labor of human without any large machines or crane truck to help dig or set pillars so as to maintain the originality of the nature, the large plants will not be cut down if necessary while the resort also further replants in order to maintain surface of soil and the balance of the nature.

Sri Panwa has its own agricultural farming area and medium-sized kitchen garden area, and mushroom housing that hires local people to oversee the farm, which this is clearly to create job and minimize the economic hardship on local communities. It also supports other activities beneficial to society such as eco-tourism and nearby sea tortoise farming and marine conservation with the objective to raises awareness and makes guests and general people realize the importance of the nature and the environment, the impact, and indirectly teaches local people to learn how to conserve and protect the surrounding environment and vicinity.

This commitment is the win-win situation.

It enhances the quality and experience of a guest’s stay and, at the same time, it brings benefits to hotels and helps improve the quality of destinations by encouraging responsible environmental, social and economical practices at hotels and within local communities and environments.

Not only does Caring Luxury benefit hotels and guests by creating exceptional guest experiences, but also benefit local communities by engaging in responsible tourism practices.

Life In Style

A Lady’s Odyssey

To The Success In the world of sport, winning a trophy and furthering the existing successes or raking in the dough is the amazing accomplishment; even some may think that sport is for purely for the spirit. In the world of art, mood and appreciation are above all. In the world of business, raking in higher revenue with the invincible business development or just being the all-time winner in the industry are the central goal.

Those are just like three straight lines that seem to be never across as they have far different targets at the finishing point at the end of the day.

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t’s the matter of how we can properly mix such three fields of interest-art, sport, and business-and maintain the balance between them, what we love, what we have to do, and what we are keen to do for the happiness of our life. In this regard, we are referring to the lion-hearted and artistic Mrs. Nunthinee Tanner, Managing Director of Link and B. Grimm Co. (LBG) who has brought success to the company through the implementation of her outstanding art and design ideas, which have made the company one of the country’s principle dealers in, and distributors of, fashion and skin-care products.

But she displayed considerable daring and successfully brought about a balance in business and her passion in art to the company. She thus believes that if someone lacks the basic knowledge of something, but is enthusiastic enough to learn, he or she can be successful in what they do.

Thailand’s best-known lady polo player and co-founder of the Thai Polo & Equestrian Club is one of the sport’s most active promoters, Khun Nunthinee went to high school in England when she was 13 years old and took to the outdoor life like a fish to water. She later attended a university in the United States to study painting and interior design. She also possessed a great interest in sports and other leisure activities.

Over the years she has honed her skills at tennis, swimming, horse riding at a Bangkok-based polo club and flying light aircraft at the weekends.

One day Mr. Harald Link, owner of B. Grimm and also a lover of horses gave her a call asking if she would like to play a round of golf. Whilst on the golf course he broached the idea of opening a boutique shop since he had just obtained a licence to distribute Guerlain perfume, a top brand name from France and the world’s oldest perfume house. He asked Khun Nunthinee to help design a boutique shop to be opened as a Guerlain store and she immediately accepted his offer.

The boutique shop was to become a health and beauty institute, widely known as the Guerlain Institute, the first retail boutique in the city, selling perfumes, cosmetics and skin care products. Things were to change for Khun Nunthinee however, when the manager of the shop fell ill and returned to Switzerland to recover. Khun Nunthinee therefore agreed to serve as the acting manager of the institute until the Swiss manager returned.

But sometime later a call from Switzerland made the temporary managerial arrangement permanent. The regular manager informed Mr. Link that his illness was so severe it was unlikely he would be returning to Thailand in the foreseeable

future. A search for a suitably qualified replacement proved fruitless so Khun Nunthinee again stepped into the breach and took on the role of manager on a permanent basis.

With an impressive social network both in Thailand and abroad, especially in France where she enjoyed aligning LBG’s business with her love for the outdoors, Khun Nunthinee used this time to her and the institute’s advantage by achieving considerable success. Along with support from B. Grimm, expansion plans became a reality with the opening of a second branch at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel followed by a third outlet at the Peninsula Plaza. Guerlain became so famous and popular that leading department stores approached her asking for these products to be available in their stores.

Although an accidental chain of events finally saw Khun Nunthinee move from merely designing a shop interior to eventually taking the helm of Link and B. Grimm. Business management was not something she was very interested in, and she says she didn’t know too much about making money, it was art and design that remained her first love. But she displayed considerable daring and successfully brought about a balance in business and her passion in art to the company. She thus believes that if someone lacks the basic knowledge of something, but is enthusiastic enough to learn, he or she can be successful in what they do.

“It’s been sheer luck walking my path from that day until today. I put it down to the staff working as a team as the main reason behind the success of the company. I would be concerned if people listened or focused only upon what I have to say. In terms of working, I usually lead rather than pressure or push them.

As the leader I set the example by which they can follow and develop ideas for themselves and others”, said Khun Nunthinee.

“My husband provided the inspiration behind this working attitude. He took out a piece of string and told me to imagine my employees as this string. He told me the string will go in a straight line if you lead it, but will go astray or become entangled if we push it. It’s a very simple example, but it held me in good stead and continues to do so,” she said.

A setback for Link and B. Grimm Co., however, provided the impetus for a change in direction.

The foundation upon which the company was built-Guerlain perfume-was lost when the licence to sell Guerlain products was not renewed.

Khun Nunthinee, therefore, played an instrumental role in the transformation of the Guerlain Institute into the spa business. Under the name of Paris Spa, Khun Nunthinee oversaw the progression of the company and the import of famous spa products such as Thalgo from France.

Fortune was also on Khun Nunthinee’s side, for as luck would have it, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which had just completed establishing its “Oriental Spa”, approached her, seeking her assistance with regards to spa products and staff training. Out of this Thalgo, which is currently seen

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I have been a skilled rider and have had a close relationship with horses since I was a child. I never thought that one day I would become a polo player since it’s probably the most prestigious and most expensive kind of sport in equestrianism.

as the leading marine spa product, has been used at the spa ever since then. Moreover, she was also asked to train the first group of therapists at Chiva-Som, the luxurious health resort in Hua Hin, which also uses Thalgo products.

While Khun Nunthinee was enjoying success with the completion of Paris Spa, it was another French product that was blazing a trail at LBG. The L’Occitane store at the Peninsular Plaza became the company’s most notable successful enterprise, having made Bt250 million within five years. When you promote a brand there are certain guidelines and rules that you follow, but Khun Nunthinee added her personal knowledge from her rich history in art and design in order to make the shop more outstanding and interesting, but yet maintaining its basic, original concepts.

Khun Nunthinee’s personal touch and reputation was clearly evident and that was seen as HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the grand opening ceremony of L’Occitane.

Over two decades LBG has brought some of the finest fashion, fragrances and lifestyle products and services to Thailand. Currently, the company oversees leading fashion-brands like Burberry, Escada, the alluring fragrance Boucheron, L’Occitane and the spa brand Thalgo. The company also has two Provence restaurants, featuring the aromas and tastes of Southern French and Mediterranean cuisine, as well as Paris Spa, an elite spa that offers a modern lifestyle.

“What I am most proud of at LBG is product design. I have designed everything here, making it easier to lead the product brand or specify the position of the product since I design it myself, create and understand the concept of that particular product. So, it’s quite clear from the start when it comes to dealing with customers and planning an advertisement campaign.

“We are not looking at exploring any new markets at the moment; we are simply concentrating on improving what we have now.

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business projects, especially in sport. For example, I have taken care of the design of all the main facilities and amenities at the Pattaya Polo Club,” she added.

As many people know, England is home to many prestigious sports, including equestrian.

Khun Nunthinee took up horse riding while studying in England and still has a keen interest in equestrian activities.

She has her horses, while the company she works for has a stunning polo club in Pattaya, which attracts players from around the world.

Not content with just designing facilities for the club she took her love of horse riding a step further by becoming the country’s first female polo player, fearless of the rough and tumble of the sport. This passion has allowed her to stand out from other ladies who share her passion for horses.

“I have been a skilled rider and have had a close relationship with horses since I was a child. I never thought that one day I would become a polo player since it’s probably the most prestigious and most expensive kind of sport in equestrianism,” she said.

“I started playing polo about 10 years ago after Mr. Link and some of his friends asked if I wanted to take part in a game. Even though I’d never played before I thought it might be

exciting, so I accepted their invitation and have never looked back. I didn’t know at the time that by accepting their invitation it would make me the country’s first female polo player. I’m quite proud of that,” she smiled.

Even though polo has not broken into the ranks of the more commonly played sports here in Thailand, especially those played by ladies-perhaps many are put off by the speed and danger in the game of polo-she said the company is in the process of trying to open a polo clinic with an accredited polo instructor for those wishing to take up the game. In the meantime, a junior programme is also being developed for children aged between 6-8 years old, as well as the launch of “La Martina”, a polo equipment shop.

Looking back at the time when she was first approached by Mr. Link at the possibility of taking the management reigns, if she had declined the offer it is hard to see where she would have ended up today, after all she wasn’t educated in business.

But her spirit and a good blend of art and design, plus a pinch of determination and courage have seen her go from strength to strength and consequently become one of the country’s most well-known women. You might not dare to do something now, but we are sure that with a change of attitude you will be daring enough to do something in the near future which you think you are not trained for.

“I really believe we can fulfill what we set out to do if we have unwavering determination and inspiration. Even if you don’t have the academic qualifications or detailed knowledge of the things you are planning to do, you can always learn and make it successful if you are deeply interested in what you want to do and really want to be.”

“Sincerity and quality in all business dealings are also important in bringing about accomplishment and success. That is what I tell and try to infuse in all my employees,” she explained.

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Life In Style

by Rangsan Srirat

A Navigator

to Innovative Design

In some society and belief, it might be true that you have to attend and get an accolade and certificate from Harvard School of Business or any world-accredited business-oriented educational instituted so as to guarantee you have the righteousness paradigm and format in doing business and have the basic knowledge and protocol in doing business, we are not going to make a rebut to such idea, but in the actual world and environment in business, there are more things to consider than just sitting in the room listening to a lecturer as the secret of accomplishment in business is associated to the determination and distinctive way of thought of the leader to go or to shrink, the insight vision to do possible acquisition, sharing philosophy with partners, and the existing staff that you are happy to work with, which they are the natural sense and tip of the iceberg to gain potential in the market.

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oining us this issue is the Hawaiian-Japanese Mr. Clint Nagata, the creative director and founder of Blink Design Group, one of Asia’s rising and leading design firm specialized in the field of hospitality industry. He’s very much traveled to closely monitor the site project across the region to ensure what he thought with his team design was properly translated into reality. He made a stop in Bangkok office to share with us his vision to steer the growth, how he navigates his young star design company from a regional player to be a global

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player in the hospitality design industry within five years since its establishment in 2006.

The journey of creative design of the 43-year-old Waialua native Clint Nagata explicitly started in 1993 by becoming the shareholder of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), one of the world’s celebrated design and architectural firm, and was also appointed as a director at Honolulu office. Nagata went to work as a project designer on the Hawaii Convention Center under WATG partner Don Goo. WATG is a global design firm and its project portfolio

includes the Hawaii Convention Center, Atlantis in the Bahamas, the Venetian in Las Vegas, Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace, the Four Seasons Wailea and the Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort & Spa. He was a major force to help navigate WATG to become one of the world’s top ranking design firms specialized in the areas of hospitality & leisure and hotel & restaurant, which they have offices in Honolulu, Newport Beach, Calif., Seattle, Orlando and London, plus two site offices in Cairo and Singapore.

Considerably, such was a great flying start to

infuse about the entrepreneurial skill while his network or connection with customers and luxury brands started to increase from there until he thought it’s time to do the a design company himself by based on his personal connection, unique idea in creativities, and the natural sense.

Blink Design Group (BLINK) was established in 2006 with the sight and vision to become a global player in hospitality design industry. It offers the integrated end-to-end range of service and comprehensive solution to hospitality industry, including brand identity, master planning, and architecture, interior design, and computer visualization. Blink has collectively designed hotels and resorts, restaurants, clubs, spas, and residences for leading global brands. They were all designed under the cornerstone that each project is a platform to achieve something extraordinary and create spectacular icons in Asia-Pacific region as Nagata’s aesthetic idea in style and design has fostered more opportunities to create future icons across key hospitality sectors, enabling him to work with a handful of international hotel brands and prestigious names in hospitality like Conrad, Hilton, Jumeirah, Langham Place, Le Meridien, The Regent, Sheraton, Westin, and a number of properties within The Luxury Collection brand. They will come to consult with Nagata to guarantee their hotels resorts and spas will be completed with the unique design, total experience of enduring perfection, and lasting impression.

“It’s important to understand the position of a hospitality project or what we are going to design as Asian should be Asian while the addition of the touch of western modern is still always good. As a designer, we have to keep in mind the taste of interest and personality and character of the end-users of the target customers of a hospitality project or product.

We’ve tried to tailor to the specific audience in the particular area and market,” says Nagata.

“It’s tough for me to identify which projects ever done are the most challenging, most successful and I am mostly proud of because every project ever involved is so unique as I like to follow the project idea that has never got built very much and I do like to utilize my idea in design and knowledge to do different and new projects. You know, it’s challenging to get out of the box doing something non-traditional and unconventional,” he says.

As the environment in business is fast changing while the competition is noticeably growing and increasing in the promising hospitality industry, only the aesthetic idea in design and the common sense might not be enough to steer the company to maintain the company as a big player in the market. So, it’s the vision of the founder Nagata whether to go ahead or to shrink, to expand the scale and scope of working or to resize number of staff.

Clint Nagata decided to do adopt the strategic acquisition plan to collaborate with the Space

Matrix, the Singapore-based design firm, which he believed that the merger will help reinvigorate and diversify the design idea from Blink and Space Matrix’s studio to create powerful combination of innovative thinking and design, aiming to offer non-traditional architecture and design and also to be able to surpass the expectations in hospitality industry ever done since 2006.

“I joined force as the shareholder and director at Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) in Hawaii, it’s quite a big company, so I had had a lot of support before I formed my own company in Thailand five years ago. I didn’t foresee the growth will grow so fast like today with more than 40 people to control. It might be considered too much for me to manage it, so I made a decision whether to grow to do more things or shrink by doing small scale and cutting the number of staff. And one day the Space Matrix gave me a call to discuss the possibility to collaborate. Then I thought at the time and said to myself why should I collaborate, it took time thinking out about it for a certain period and it was not until I met Mr. Alan Barr, director of hospitality at Space Matrix and got off to a great start because we have same vision and share the same personal background. The acquisition initiative can help us gain more identity, credibility to support our customer network and also help strengthen the overall operation and management,” declares Nagata.

“So, the merger really helps support our network, enabling us to seek more brands and new and nice projects to do larger scope and scale of work,” he says. “I love Thailand and I also love Thai designers working here, but the acquisition plan gives us the chance to work in collaboration with other people in seven to nine different countries. So, I think it’s about building the brand on the staff and they can learn and experience from people with different background and it will help diversify the idea with people from the countries like Canada and other region.”

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The world is changing and you have to adapt the design as well so as to grow up being the leader as the hospitality design these days is increasingly entering the consumer sphere and trend to do mix-use between hotel and residence within one building and hotel-alike residential project are growingly obvious and popular.

Blink and Space Matrix have always tried to the design that tailors for the clients. And due to the well-deserved reputation for the tailor-made solution and the memorable record of unique design for distinguished hotel names, Blink was awarded a contract to design two of Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ new luxury 5-star properties in Saminyak, Bali, as the client looks for exceptional and innovative design from Blink. The collaboration of the two design teams from Space Matrix and Blink helped the new luxury resort in Bali achieved an enchanting atmosphere and the inspiring design.

Moreover, Leading luxury hospitality design company, BLINK Design Group, secured further recognition on the international stage by winning the Silver Award in the Hotel Space category at the Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards (APIDA) last year for its work on Regent Phuket Cape Panwa. Recognised across the board for its timeless tropical modern design melded with a subtle sense of cultural heritage, the US$42 million project also received distinction as a finalist in the Best Resort category at the prestigious 33rd annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design held last year.

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BLINK has been an important force behind the rebirth of Regent Hotels, with work continuing across three other Regent hotels in Bali, Taipei and Istanbul - as well as on the new Regent Place brand in Xi’an, China.

“We have never been satisfied about who you are, but we are more focusing on who you can be, which I think our concept in design are always following that way. We don’t want to copy the idea and trend that we have just done today or even successfully used in previous projects, but we want to set the trend for tomorrow,” Nagata points out. “We can’t go off the art of thinking without thinking and it’s my personal passion and perception to have to come up with the new idea within the blink of the eyes.”

“We have never been told in details what style to follow or what we must follow, it’s really come from our own sense and my personal and natural sense in design is oriented to simplicity

and elegance. My nature is Japanese which people in general will think that Japanese people’s natural sense will create things very clean and simple and yet modern and elegant.”

“About a level of accomplishment, I have to give the credit to my past experience working with WATG for 13 years, which helped me form a network of people and connection. And the second is the Thai staff, I’d like to give the credit of the amazing accomplishment of Blink to all of our Thai staff, which is one of the main reasons that why I have to move to work here in Thailand as Thais are much more creative and I really feel more relax working together with them,” he says.

Special thanks to Regent Phuket Cape Panwa for all resort photos. The leading luxury hospitality design company, BLINK Design Group, secured further recognition on the international stage by winning the Silver Award in the Hotel Space category at the Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards (APIDA) last year for its work on Regent Phuket Cape Panwa.

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Photos courtesy of Tourism New Zealand

Take A Flight

To Real Kiwi Experience New Zealand is famous for its natural wonders while the sightseeing tours is fantastically full of excitement and adventure suitable for all interests to chill out and relax. New Zealand train journeys has been said a every popular, or choose to go underground in the Waitomo Glowworm Caves, walk around Rotorua for thermal geysers and mud pools or stretch out on a golden beach at Coromandel Peninsula or Abel Tasman National Park is also not the bad idea to chill out in the peaceful country.

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ightseeing in New Zealand is also famed for offering fun, action or relaxation in the most spectacular scenic environment. The country has vast expanses of New Zealand National Parks and New Zealand World Heritage Areas, offering New Zealand adventure activities such

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as scenic eco-cruises, bush walking and hiking.

There is a huge variety of tourist attractions and sightseeing experiences for you to choose from. Whether you are interested to discover the mighty Milford Sound on a Red Boat Cruise, the awe inspiring whales of Kaikoura,

Te Papa the brilliant Museum of New Zealand or Sky Tower, the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere, enjoy a relaxing boat cruise on the beautiful Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown or just climb the New Zealand’s tallest mountain Mt Cook, you will find everything here.

Kiwi Road Sign The kiwi is a unique biological oddity-a survivor from an ancient evolutionary past. For New Zealanders the kiwi is a national emblem that stands for ‘kiwi’ uniqueness and ingenuity.

Kiwis are nocturnal, and not known for their road sense, so signs like this remind drivers to take extra care on routes that run through kiwi country.

Mount Cook Mount Cook National Park is a top spot for spectacular alpine scenery. All but one of its 29 peaks is over 3000m, so the park has become New Zealand’s mountain climbing mecca. Non-climbers can enjoy a selection of challenging alpine walks – from the one hour Red Tarns stair-climb to the relatively flat hike to Kea Point.

Balloon over Canterbury The central Canterbury Plains area is considered New Zealand’s premier hot air ballooning location. Flights are generally flown around day-break, when air conditions are clear, calm, cool and stable. As you drift along with the breeze, the Southern Alps become more distant and the Pacific coast emerges as a surf fringed blanket of blue.

Cape Kidnappers by coach Cape Kidnappers is a headland at the southwestern extremity of Hawke’s Bay. The cape was named by Captain Cook after an attempt by local Maori to abduct one of his crew.

In 1870, a local naturalist noted the existence of a small gannet colony at the cape – around 50 birds. Today the colony has grown to around 20,000 birds.

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Geothermal action, Rotorua The Rotorua geothermal field contains around 1200 geothermal features, including geysers, hot springs, mud pools and fumaroles.

In a geothermal field, rainwater runs through cracks in rocks towards an underground heat source, getting hotter as it descends. It then rises to the surface to create the visible phenomena that have made Rotorua so famous.

Milford Sound in summer Carved by glaciers over thousands of years, Fiordland is a world of deep waters, tall peaks and waterfalls. Milford Sound can be explored by cruise boat or sea kayak. There’s also a network of walking tracks in the area, including the world famous Milford Track. Most visitors use the lake town of Te Anau as a base for explorations.

White Island Offshore from the city of Whakatane is White Island, New Zealand’s most active volcano. Armed with a gas mask and hard hat, you can explore the island with a guide.

The question is, will you arrive by boat or helicopter? The boat trip has the potential for dolphin encounters; the helicopter ride provides astounding aerial views. A hard decision!

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Coastal view of Mt Taranaki Maori legend holds that Mt Taranaki once stood alongside Mt Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro on the central volcanic plateau, but a dispute over the affections of the beautiful Mt Pihanga caused Tongariro to blow his top and drove Taranaki to flee to the coast. Misty, rainy weather on the mountain is said to be a sign of the mountain’s loneliness and grief.

Misty Mountains The Southern Alps, which stretch for 550 km from Blenheim to Fiordland, were the obvious choice to portray the Misty Mountains. In many cases, helicopters were required to fly crew and cast to shooting locations. This scene shows the mountains above Glenorchy, which sits at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu.

Tongariro Crossing scenery.

You’ll need a whole day to complete the Tongariro Crossing, and a reasonable level of fitness, but the amazing sights make it all worthwhile. The barren volcanic landscape is punctuated by vividly coloured lakes, steaming fumaroles and lava formations. The area served as Mordor in the Lord of the Rings movies-it’s easy to see why.

Rangitoto on the horizon The perfectly symmetrical shape of volcanic Rangitoto Island provides a stunning backdrop for Auckland’s North Shore beaches. If you can’t manage to sail over to the island, pack a lunch and catch the ferry. The walk to Rangitoto’s summit is one of Auckland’s best adventures.

Ski-lift, Whakapapa Skiing on an active volcano is the coolest way to go. Whakapapa skifield on Mt Ruapehu has killer views looking west to Mt Taranaki, and it’s often open right through to the first month of summer. In spring the skifield holds its Snowboard Festival-a total blast for devoted boarders.

Cannibal Bay, Catlins The Catlins is an area on the south-east coast of the South Island. As a touring route, it is highly scenic-beaches, bays, waterfalls and wildlife promise to keep your camera busy. This beach, known as Cannibal Bay, is a breeding a resting ground for Hooker’s sea lions and elephant seals.

Whale tail, Kaikoura Kaikoura is one of the few locations in the world where whales can be seen from the shore. For an even closer look, visitors can board a whale watching tour. Sperm Whales, Humpback Whales, Orca and a variety of dolphins live in the nutrient-rich waters off the coast of Kaikoura. Snorkelling with seals and shark diving are other local specialities.

There are 79 species of whale and dolphin in the world today. 34 of these species have been sighted in New Zealand waters, and over half of these are in the waters off Kaikoura. Whale watching trips leave daily-you can just about guarantee you’ll see a sperm whale or two.

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Self-drive heaven Well-formed roads and clear signage support the freedom of self-drive exploration in New Zealand. The traffic is generally light and delightful stopovers appear frequently. The country offers steadily changing geographies, passing quickly from farms to forests, river plains to mountain passes and long stretches of dramatic coastline. Every day is distinctly different.

Karangahake Historic Walkway The Karangahake Historic Walkway can be explored on foot or, more quickly, on a bike.

Some of the walkway follows an old railway line, crossing a spectacular bridge and journeying through an 1100 metre tunnel. Along the way you’ll encounter old gold mining buildings and machinery. In summer you can cool off with a dip in the pool at Owharoa Falls.

Kiwifruit Take a fun-filled tour around a commercial kiwifruit orchard and learn all about this wonderfully healthy fruit. Grown mainly in the Tauranga and Te Puke areas, the kiwifruit has become a significant New Zealand export crop.

Today 80 million trays of kiwifruit are exported to 78 countries around the world.

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View of Mount Maunganui From the base of Mauao, a seemingly endless surf beach stretches around the Bay of Plenty to Whakatane and beyond. On the harbour side of the peninsula there’s a sheltered beach ideal for kayaks and sail boats. Soothing hot saltwater swimming pools at the base of the mountain provide a current-day reminder of the area’s fiery volcanic past.

Wine country, Wairarapa The Wairarapa is an incredibly versatile wine growing region. It produces outstanding pinot noir, merlot, chardonnay, gewürztraminer, sauvignon blanc, riesling and pinot gris.

A comprehensive wine trail should include the Martinborough Wine Village, Ponatahi Valley and Gladstone. A sprinkling of vineyard cafés provides sustenance along the way. http://www.newzealand.com/

Take Off

Airberlin & Etihad Unveil Joint Livery Aircraft Airberlin and Etihad Airways unveiled an Airbus A320 aircraft in specially designed joint livery, symbolising the close ties between the two airlines and marking the launch of a new Moving Forward media campaign. Both airlines will strengthen the commercial partnership in 2014, including the expansion of joint sales operations, building on the current services provided by 17 joint sales offices located around the world, and representation in more than 50 international markets. Airberlin and Etihad Airways, recently won ‘Best First Class Cabin’ at China’s 2013 Travel Awards, operate 42 weekly flights between destinations in Germany and Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. They increased to 49 weekly flights in February 2014 when a second daily Munich flight commences.

Emirates Spreads Its Wings to Boston Emirates recently launched a further transatlantic link with the start of flights to Boston. This will be the airline’s 8th route into the United States, 9th into North America and 12th into the wider Americas.

The flight will be operated by a GE-90 engine-powered Boeing 777-200LR and brings the winner of the Skytrax ‘World’s Best Airline’ 2013 award into Boston Logan International Airport on a daily basis. Boston is the largest city in Massachusetts and one of the oldest cities in America. With more than 12 million visitors a year, Boston boasts a world class reputation for medical and educational facilities, including Harvard University.

Emirates started flights to America in 2004, beginning with New York. The airline’s current seven U.S gateways form part of a 134-destination network.

Etihad’s Geneva Stuttgart Flights Etihad Regional, operated by Darwin Airline, has commenced a four times per week service from its hub in Geneva, Switzerland to Stuttgart , the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany, after the re-branding of Darwin Airline and the 16thyear-round destination on our network. The new flights have been introduced to serve the point-to-point market as well as provide seamless connectivity beyond the Geneva hub to numerous key destinations across Europe, including Cambridge, Valencia, Rome, Lugano, Florence, Toulouse (commencing in April 2014), Belgrade and Zurich (commencing in May 2014), and Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes and Verona (commencing in June 2014).

Southwest Airlines Unveils New Routes Southwest Airlines has revealed it first ever international destinations to the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Jamaica and the Bahamas, as it integrates the services of AirTran Airways into its network, starting from the coming July 2014. Flights to Aruba and the Jamaican city of Montego Bay will operate from both Atlanta and Orlando, while Aruba, Montego Bay and the Bahaman capital Nassau will also be served from Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

AirTran Airways will continue to operate some of the Caribbean services during 2014, but by the end of the year Southwest expects to take over all international routes, including those to Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

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ANA’s 2014 Summer Flights All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced new services to Vancouver (Canada) and Hanoi (Vietnam) for the first time this summer, starting March 30, 2014. The expansion makes ANA the biggest airline at Haneda airport, offering the most international flights to and from the airport as new destinations to Vancouver and Hanoi will depart from Haneda airport, including flights to London, Paris, Jakarta and Manila, which will also start flying from Haneda airport in addition to existing services from Narita airport.

ANA is also increasing the number of North American destinations it services from Asian cities via Narita, to improve convenience for transit passengers. Routes and schedules for destinations served from both airports are carefully planned to complement one another, offering passengers the greatest choice and convenience, and to meet the growing demand for international travel.

Qantas Goes Daily to Queenstown Qantas will increase its services between Sydney and Queenstown during the Easter school holidays and peak ski season from the current three flights per week to support demand over the Easter school holidays and support the Queenstown ski season with daily flights through to the end of October. “Qantas will add more than 650 seats each week and the additional services will mean greater flexibility and a premium experience for our customers travelling to Queenstown during the ski season. Our seasonal services reflect the continued popularity of the surrounding ski fields and will represent a boost to the New Zealand tourism industry, particularly as Emirates will codeshare on all the existing and additional services,” said Mr Hickey, Qantas CEO International. The additional services will commence on 7 April and finish on 24 October 2014.

THAI Contemporary Design Onboard Business-class passengers of Thai Airways International (THAI) will be able to experience the new future of travel in style as the national carrier recently revealed the new comfortable Royal Silk Class with eye-catching Thai contemporary interior design along with the employing of edge technology, including refreshing economy for its new Boeing B777-300ER, aiming to bring THAI’s passengers a more modern, comfortable and connected experience, and the warm of Thai touch. The first aircraft to be completely decorated in the new Thai contemporary concept is THAI’s Boeing 777-300ER, registration number HS-TKU, royally bestowed the name “ACHARASOBHIT”, which received delivery on 21 January 2014. This aircraft type is equipped to seat 348 passengers: 42 in Royal Silk Class and 306 in economy class, and will operate routes such as Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo.

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Rest In Style

by Rangsan Srirat / Photos courtesy Banyan Tree Phuket / Mövenpick Resort

Phuket’s Design-Inspired Gateways There are so many up-scale hotels and conceptual resorts in Thailand that international travelers can use them as a good excuse to book a flight and rest their body and mind in Thailand meanwhile many people living in Bangkok use them as the constructive reason to skip out of town enjoying domestic gateways for a memorable stay during their vacation.

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ere is the editor’s choice of design-inspired gateways in Phuket for honeymoon in style.

Mövenpick Resort is where you can enjoy great benefits and other special deals that guests can have a whale of the time and leave them with the unforgettable domestic leisure. They could be anywhere else, Why not be in the lap of luxury and comfort through the touch of irresistibly-silky hospitality in Thailand?

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Thai Architectural Indulgence As most up-scale resorts are increasingly jumping on the bandwagon of pool villa concept, where you can blissfully feel as if you were at your own residence amidst the complete set of luxurious facilities and amenities featured in the villa, including the surrounding lush tropical garden and swimming pool created to bring you a sense of oasis, it’s actually not up to how

we can build up those luxurious things to make you feel like a home and to pleasantly accomplish a hedonistic theme of living while you are on vacation at a remote beachfront resort, but it depends on how we can put the balance to all nature-inspired elements in order to fulfill a quintessential oasis within the villa ambience and also to create a sanctuary for the sense and for guest to realize the perfect embodiment of sensuality.

Banyan Tree Phuket’s all Pool Villas are dominated by tropical contemporary style. They are similarly designed with the warm earth-tone color painted outside and natural concept.

They are lavishly appointed, spacious, bright, and airy, suitable for guest to indulge in the lap of luxury amidst the lush tropical ambience.

Banyan Tree Phuket is one of the best examples for the ultimate romance and rejuvenation.

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The Excellence In Swiss Hospitality The Swiss-based “Mövenpick Hotel & Resort provides you with an eclectic mix of a wider choice of outstanding cuisine, a genuine dream hideaway, feel of romantic getaway, sense of family holiday, business lifestyle, and leisure aimed at creating a unique holiday pact or product for discerning travelers. Located on the famous Karon beach, Phuket, this is also where you will definitely find the typical Swiss hospitality meets Thai hospitality or East meets West in the fabulous setting of facilities. They feature blissful selection of international cuisines and large choice of accommodations peacefully surrounded by the vast area of its tropical gardens so as to achieve the growing demand of comfort in the tropical modernity. Actually, it’s like living in a tropical garden. The residence section is impressively created to answer all business and leisure needs with the full feature of modern facilities and other leisure things like plunge pool surrounding bedroom, outdoor Jacuzzi, alfresco showering area, and outdoor relaxing pavilion. You can also overlook the vistas ocean view through the large glass fracas while coddling on the puffy bed.

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Dining Room

by Rangsan Srirat / Photography Vasin Srivarathanabul

The New Perspective Of Nocturnal Denizen

Zoom 40th Floor, Anantara Bangkok Sathorn 36 Narathiwat-Ratchanakarin Road Yanawa, Sathorn, Bangkok Tel +66 (0) 2210 9000

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All dinners and food critics had high expectation when it comes to terming with the fusion food dating back to several years ago as fusion cuisine was a buzz word and many bistros in Bangkok jumped on the bandwagon cooking the idea to break the culinary norm to create cross-cultural motif on well-designed plate. But in the neck of the time the fusion food a bit confused customers while number of chefs wished to kick the word “fusion� out from the culinary dictionary.

Such collision course has made such culinary trend of fusion delights becomes less appeal while eateries have increasingly emphasized more on enhancing and playful atmosphere with captivating view to compliment the meal in recent years.

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3 1. Fresh Strawberries Cheese Cake (THB 250++) Madagascar Vanilla and Cheese Sponge, Red Berried Sorbet, Fresh Strawberries and Italian Pistachio Coulis 2. Sea Bass (THB 700++) Oven Baked Sea Bass with Roasted Parsnip and Juice of Clam 3. Duck Breast (THB 650++) Pan Roasted Duck Breast with Duck Leg Samosa, Carrot and Ginger Puree and Dark Cherry Jus 4. Thai Style Tuna Cheviche (THB 500++) Raw Akami Tuna Soaking in Spicy Garlic and Lime Sauce and Coriander Emulsion 5. Paradise on Earth (THB 375++) Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Banana Liquor, Lemon Juice and Grenadine Syrup. Sweet and sour deliciousness!

6. White Chocolate Margarita (THB 375++) Tres Magueyes Tequila infused with White Chocolate, Cinnamon and Honey. A smooth, sweet sensation

o, how you can cook up the gastronomic idea to deliver a “Wow” effect for a new dining experience is important as the tempting ambience is the perfect compliment to make possibly everything above the expectation.

The answer is here, “Zoom” is one of the newest sophisticated and stylish nocturnal denizens in town, which has been created in response to the growing global demand for unique, innovative and creative rooftop venue. Zoom, sky bar and restaurant, trends to delivery both an international perspective of Bangkok’s uninterrupted skyline view, the iconic design, and the redefined culinary delight done by a meticulous attention to detail and the highest quality.

Ideally located on the 40th floor of Anantara Bangkok Sathorn, it’s going to be a favorite haunt for visitors wanting to have the evening break in style and enjoy a romantic tête-à-tête while sipping on a distinguished cocktail or a glass of top class bubbly as the chic design ambience might hold your attention when you enter. The ingenious split level layout features a central light bar counter, where guest can gather at the high bar stools. Stepping down to the next level, tables with cushy sofas flank the

edges, accompanied by a DJ station as well as VIP areas for the ultimate private drinks and dining experience.

And those wishing to have superb exclusivity can descend to the hidden lover level at either end where oversized couches reveal a prime vantage point over Bangkok’s sweeping urban metropolis.

Looking at the menu, it provides impressive range of exotic dishes done with the concentrate on ingredients and cooking style while signature dishes employ the French Mediterranean idea with Asian twisted in order to create culinary vibrancy and dynamism to compliment with the extensive range of inventive cocktails and classic beverages.

Don’t miss to try fusion tapas along with the imaginative non-alcoholic creations for the new perspective of culinary delight at this new rooftop chill out venue. Food serving here is designed to give guest the chance to try for several times and they are suitable for sharing among friends. And don’t forget to compliment your meal with the line up of signature cocktails and end up with sip and dance excited by its resident DJ spin starting from 9pm until close.

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Health & Beauty

by Rangsan Srirat / Photography Vasin Srivarathanabul

The Hidden Causes

Of Heart Disease We might have generally heard that age is an important risk factor in developing cardiovascular diseases, coronary thrombosis or coronary heart disease, but in face such kind of cardiovascular diseases, especially the coronary artery disease, are relatively associated to the lack of stringent lifestyle when it comes to eating, tobacco smoking, and the excessive alcohol consumption. Meanwhile, the mercury found from food that we daily consume and the exposure to air pollution can lead to the accumulated metallic poison in our blood vessels, allowing the soft vulnerable plaque to build up in the structural properties of the vascular wall. The latter is the biggest hidden and invisible cause coronary heart disease, heart failure, and deaths worldwide.

Coronary heart disease is a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart muscle. When plaque builds up in the arteries, plaque can harden or rupture (break open).

Hardened plaque narrows the coronary arteries and reduces the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart. If the plaque ruptures, a blood clot can form on its surface.

A large blood clot can mostly or completely block blood flow through a coronary artery. Over time, ruptured plaque also hardens and narrows the coronary arteries, leading to the weakened heart muscle and heart failure.

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Risk Factors: Dr. Chatchai Sribundit MD from the Absolute Health Clinic explained that male gender during mid-range age is more possible to faze with cardiovascular or coronary heart

disease, depending on the reluctant way of spending their lifestyle.

Other risk factors to the disease is also closely related to high blood pressure, high serum cholesterol levels, tobacco smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, lack of physical activity, psychosocial factors, diabetes mellitus, including air pollution, which is the invisible cause of metallic poison in coronary arteries.

According to the American Heart Association, Coronary Hearth Disease is the most common type of heart disease and the number one cause of death for both men and women in the United States, highly depending on the changes of lifestyle, drug treatment or social

change. And the mercury found from some fishes and other seafoods and the exposure to air pollution can lead to the accumulated metallic poison in the blood, which is associated to cardiovascular disease.

Dr Chatchai also mentioned to the bad cholesterol or LDL as an individual contribution to causing the blockages of atherosclerosis.

There is both good cholesterol and bad, it’s an essential fat that provides support in the membranes of our bodies’ cells. Some cholesterol comes from diet and some is made by the liver. Cholesterol can’t dissolve in blood, so transport proteins carry it where it needs to go.

These carriers are called lipoproteins, and LDL (low-density lipoprotein) is one member of the lipoprotein family. Higher LDL levels put you at greater risk for a heart attack from a sudden blood clot in an artery narrowed by atherosclerosis. Getting your LDL cholesterol checked helps determine your risk for heart disease.

The ccoronary artery disease is associated to the development of plaque in the wall of artery. Dr. Chatchai explained that plaque is divided into hard plaque and soft vulnerable plaque, if hard plaque builds up in the arteries that supply blood to the heart; the blood flow slows or stops. This decreases the amount of oxygen that gets to the heart, which can lead to a heart attack, the patient will feel tired only after a little exercise, feel the pain at the heart area or chest pain, and feel uncomfortable to breathe. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain. They are the visible sign or symptom of 72

the coronary heart disease.

Unlike hard plaque, the patient with soft vulnerable plaque will not show the visible sign or symptom like having hard plaque in the coronary artery. And most heart attacks and death are caused by soft or vulnerable plaque.

This vulnerable plaque is a fragile and inflamed part of an artery that can burst or disrupt. This can lead to the formation of a blood clot, which can lead to heart attack. The high blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, and smoking are believed to lead to the development of plaque, including genetic factor, which can also cause plaque to build up in the arteries. The introduction of optical coherence tomography (OCT), a catheter-based invasive imaging system using light rather than ultrasound, has proven to be an innovative contribution to the diagnostic approach to

detect soft vulnerable plaque, but such method is still complex and not generally used.

Prevention & Healing: Coronary heart disease is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. It cannot be cured but it can be managed effectively with a combination of lifestyle changes, medicine and in some cases surgery. Meanwhile, the group of functional medicine will employ oxygen and ozone to get rid of waste metallic poison from the coronary arteries. The Absolute Health clinic will emphasize on finding the actual root of the problem so as to reduce the risk as soft plaque is hard to diagnose and show no symptom, and it’s significant to causing coronary heart disease and heart attack.

Simply being addicted to any low-fat intake and focus on high-fiber diet including whole grains and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables to avoid extra cholesterols that will build up inside the wall of the blood vessels, stopping smoking will quickly reduce your risk of coronary artery, including eating more healthily and being more physically active will also reduce your future risk of heart disease. Alcohol intake will increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, so let’s quit smoke and avoid being the secondhand smoker and stop drinking and be as physically active as you can. And last but not least, just be yourself and do what you love to do to reduce depression and avoid feeling stressed as the end result is the ultimate happiness in your life.

Don’t abuse your life by doing what’s against your will. That’s a real cause of heart disease today.

Supportive Information: American Heart Association

Property Roundup

Living With The Quality

The Start Of Enduring OccidentalRepose

Magnolia Finest Corporation Limited, a high end real estate developer under the DT Group of Companies officially launched “Magnolias Ratchadamri Boulevard” which is set to become the city’s most sought-after address for those who demand the absolute best in uncompromised luxury. With a project value of Bt6,000 million, on more than 6 rai of land at the heart of Bangkok, Magnolias Ratchadamri Boulevard residences comprise 316 units, from 17th to 54th floor, which range in size from 48 square metres (1-bedroom), average 80 square meters (2-bedroom) to the larger penthouses and duplex penthouses of between 250 to 360 square metres. Price starts at 170,000 Baht per square meter. www.magnolias-ratchadamri.com

Q Langsuan offers discerning guests with a new lap of luxury and comfort through the blissful complimentary luxurious amenities featured in each unit as the eclectic function, streamline of art décor, and geometric design help make it an invincibly-elegant residence.

It’s been established to cement the definition of “Quality” as the indisputably-distinguished style of interior, cutting-edged architecture, inspiring exterior, exceptional location, and the mainstream of art and design-led concept are eclectically blended to create a stylish living and become a sought-after oasis of the unique luxurious residence of the city. Q Langsuan features 177 units on the 36-storey high-rise building that provide guests with the vistas view of the city’s significant places and skyline. The majority of them are two-bedroom unit sized between 73 and 117 sq.m. All of them are harmoniously painted with soft-mute tone and artistically and stylishly furnished with elegant teak floor and fully finished with high-grade amenities and functions. www.qh.co.th

Vintage Modern In The Metropolis Quattro is a dream residential project in the coveted location amidst the mounting competitive environment in Bangkok, Thailand. It’s finished with luxury amenities and cutting-edge facilities and well equipped with internationally recognized furniture, aiming to fulfill the luxury comfort for sophisticated and modern people living in the city as Quattro believes that such well-appointed classic and high-end hardware in decoration and elegant design will play as the key role to accomplish a timeless and unsurpassable impression in each unit. Each unit is fully equipped with specially-selected interior and exterior elements throughout. The carefully designed layout priorities comfort and function in equal measure. The size and format of each unit is ranked from 49.5-295.5 sqm available from one to three-bedroom units and penthouse suites; they all are exclusively and aesthetically finished with art décor and elegant wood floor which is the good statement about natural outlook to add warmth and comfort. www.sansiri.com/en/project/quattro/ 74

A Prestigious Waterfront Home

The Era Of Ritzy Comfort 185 Rajadamri is one of a few luxury freehold ritzy sanctuaries in the city that has been established in response to sensually achieve individual comfort as the concept to associate the modernism theme with contemporary idea in design, which is growingly regarded as a timeless mantra in property development, help to sport the redefined modern contemporary architectural and interior design that dominates units ranging from one to four-bedroom type to duplexs, and the signature penthouses.

All units are also completed with concept of high ceiling to maximize the sense of spaciousness. They are fully equipped with standard amenities, built-in wardrobes, Gaggenau and Siemens, Ceramic hob, Exhaust hood, Kitchen cabinet, and the built-in fridge in order to ensure individual comfort and ultra modern within a unit. The use of large glass fracas and floor to ceiling window become predictable these days for majority of property development to provide an interrupted view of the city’s skyline as such idea also allows residents to take full advantage of natural light that will permeate in the living area and bedroom and to enable across ventilation to make the overall ambience more desirable as well. www.raimonland.com

“Allegra” is a stunning and admirable contemporary waterfront residence that sets new standards in luxurious Sovereign Island living at vibrant Gold Coast city of Australia. Its magnificent architectural design and exclusive corner-waterfront location impart a stately and embracing street presence. The ‘wow’ factor grows as you enter inside. A north-facing water aspect and full concrete construction secures the home’s value and attractiveness. Sophisticated in design and its interiors, Allegra raises the bar for prestigious waterfront homes and guarantees to become memorable and win hearts and minds. Allegra provides a unique opportunity for owners. It is a rare find – architectural excellence, a reliably solid concrete construction, and magnificent interior design, matched by peerless quality with stunning, luxurious furniture at an excellent location. All you need to do is enjoy the life style on offer.

The World Class Living In Shinjuku Concieria Nishi-Shinjuku Tower’s West is the highest residential building in Shinjuku. The property boasts the private open space for public use filled with green and variety of common facilities. It also provides space for shops, offices and a clinic between the 1st and 4th basement, independent from the residential floors. This soaring tower will fulfill your urban lifestyle in the heart of Tokyo.

The world-class residential project sought its elegance and harmony with the skyscraping cityscape of Nishi-Shinjuku. The white basal color of the exterior coordinates with the overall simple design.

The genuine stone-finished wall for lower floors creates stateliness and dignity. The rooftop design adopts a symbolic shape in solid black to give a clear contrast in appearance. The balconies placed all around the building will enable evacuation to the next door in case of fire as well as preventing broken glasses from falling to the ground in case of earthquakes. The luxuriant trees planted in the private open space adds a pleasant touch to the cityscape. www.chintai-n-shinjuku.com/en/

Northern Point Of Tropical Modernity The Northgate Ratchayothin Serviced Residence, developed and managed by P.N. Property Management Co., Ltd, provides modern and functional accommodations with the convenient services of a hotel. It is idyllically finished in the combination between the exclusive Hotel and Serviced Residence, boasting 130 Studio Rooms and 10 two bedroom suites, restaurant, fitness centre and sauna, swimming pool, tennis court, and free hi-speed wireless internet access.

Studio King and Studio Twin units combine the convenience of home with the luxury of western twisted design and comfort, perfect for any sort of guest. They are fully furnished in simple fresh lines to complement its natural wood finish and mute and soft neutral tones featured in all units as the ample built-in cupboard space and storage areas help add a charm and enhance a sensual moment of friendly living. All rooms and units offer a comfortable living space and dining area, convenient pantry facilities, well-appointed bedroom with standard slumber bed, and the expansive view from the relaxing balcony. www.northgatebangkok.com

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Update

Marriott to Dominate Asia in 2016

Blink Wins Interior Design Award Leading luxury hospitality design company, BLINK Design Group, has secured further recognition on the international stage by winning the Silver Award in the Hotel Space category at the 2013 Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards (APIDA) for its work on Regent Phuket Cape Panwa.

Recognised across the board for its timeless tropical modern design melded with a subtle sense of cultural heritage, the USD42 million project also received distinction as a finalist in the Best Resort category at the prestigious 33rd annual Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design held last month. BLINK has been an important force behind the rebirth of Regent Hotels, with work continuing across three other Regent hotels in Bali, Taipei and Istanbul - as well as on the new Regent Place brand in Xi’an, China.

Marriott International will open an average of one hotel every week in the Asia Pacific region over the next three years, aiming to reach its regional record of 330 hotels with more than 96,000 rooms across 16 Asian countries as The Harbin Marriott Hotel is expected to open in March 2014.

Globally, Marriott signed more than one new hotel per day in 2013, for a record 387 signed hotels, totalling 67,000 rooms. This increased the company’s total development pipeline by more than 30%. The new Marriott hotel openings in Asia this year will include the Beijing Marriott Hotel Central, Renaissance Chengdu Hotel, Courtyard Hangzhou Qianjiang, Harbin Marriott Hotel, Shanghai Marriott Hotel Parkview, JW Marriott Hotel Zhengzhou, Courtyard by Marriott Bali Seminyak, Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Station, Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel, Astana Marriott Hotel and JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul. Marriott International now has a portfolio 3,900 properties in 72 countries and territories around the world.

New Mandarin Oriental in Bali Mandarin Oriental has unveiled the new high-end leisure project to open its first hotel in Bali and set to welcome its first guests by the end of 2016. With a cliff-top setting, the resort will be developed across a series of elevated terraces, offering views of the Indian Ocean and access to a secluded sandy beach.

It will feature 121 rooms and suites, including 97 villas each with a private pool. There will be three restaurants, including a cantilevered cliff-top restaurant and beach bar and grill, plus a 100-metre-long outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre and a 1,725m² spa with eight treatment rooms. The hotel will be located 25 minutes’ drive from Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport and 30 minutes’ from Seminyak.

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Outrigger’s Presence in Indian Ocean The Hawaii-based Outrigger brand recently expanded its presence in beachfront hospitality business into Indian Ocean with the introduction of Outrigger Mauritius Resort and Spa. The Republic of Mauritius is located 2,000 kms off the southeast coast of Africa and 1,100 kms from the east coast of Madagascar. In Mauritius the absolute beachfront property has an idyllic location on the southern tip of the island in the Bel Ombre nature reserve, adjacent to the Heritage Golf Club.

The new Outrigger resort is surrounded on the landward side by expansive sugar cane plantations.

Modern Tradition in Chiang Mai Boutique Resort & Spa, an intimate 11-suite luxury resort in the heart of Chiang Mai, announced its official opening to welcome those prefer to experience the ultimate comfort and personalized service of boutique resort in Chiang Mai. The resort highlights the sensual combination of the rich traditions of Siamese hospitality and the modern luxury design. With just 11 guest suites and a service philosophy that is rooted in the revered Thai hospitality culture, Sireeampan delivers an exceptionally bespoke experience for each and every guest. The elevated service of Sireeampan offers guests the pleasure of being indulged like royalty. Ranging from 40 – 60 square meters, each guest suite is named for one of 11 gemstones that comprise Thailand’s rich jewelry heritage. For more information or reservation, please email info@sireeampan.com or visit www.sireeampan.com

Sip & Bite On The Beach You’re invited to get together with friends for indulgent bites and experiencing W Retreat Koh Samui’s original cocktails at SIP, where you can laze around on the beachfront and feast delicious BBQ dishes cooked fresh from new Beach Grill. Come check out daily chalkboard menus offering featuring a variety of hand formed burgers, chili-glazed chicken wings, Macaroni salad with grilled prawn and, Greek yogurt, New York and Chicago style hot dogs and our Jamaican style jerked chicken sandwich. And don’t miss to experience the next level of Beach Bar-B-Q at SIP Bar, where you lounge in lazy beach bean bags and sun beds, groove to house tunes and sip on white or red sangria, buckets of beer, drunken fruit and buy-one-get-one-free martinis. For more information and reservations, please contact +66 (0) 7791 5999 or email to bf.wkohsamui@whotels.com

The Total Unwinding On Island GLOW Elixir Koh Yao Yai Resort, the first resort in Thailand under GLOW by Zinc managed by Zinc I InVision Hospitality, is offering “Paradise Package” to totally unwind and enjoy the tranquility on Yao Yai Island, Phang Nga. When booking at a minimum of 3 nights, receive 20% discount on website room rates.

Rates start from Bt4,000 net per night for a Superior Villa inclusive of breakfast for 2 persons. “Paradise Package” promotion is also valid for all room types and is available from now - April 30, 2014. Situated 15 kilometers east of Phuket and 20 kilometers west of Krabi and only 20 minutes by car from Phuket International Airport and 30 minutes by speedboat from the pier to the resort, GLOW Elixir Koh Yao Yai consists of 35 private villas that sit on a 300-meter stretch of beach just steps away from the Andaman Sea. The resort conveys the concept of perfect combination between the economy pricing and the delightful stay.

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Romantic World Found In Pool Villa V Villas Hua Hin is pleased to announce the opening of the luxury resort’s new phase, with ten new One Bedroom Pool Villas for honeymoon and couples markets. The aim of the new phase is to bring into reality the kind of accommodation that lovers look for, with all the private luxury and romance that couples on honeymoon desire. A romantic and luxurious world is easily found in V Villas Hua Hin, with the newest phase of the property designed especially to accommodate couples in search of a beautiful place to express their love. One Bedroom Pool Villa is surrounded by breathtaking terraced architecture encapsulated by the endless sea and the invisible horizon of the resort’s infinity pool. All ten new units are ready for service and ready to be booked. When lovers need to get away together, this is the place they dream of. For more info, contact +66 (0) 2309 3939, email reservation@vvillashuahin.com

Everyday’s a Cocktail Day

Discover New Culinary Delights at Rossini Rossini’s, Chef Paride Noviello is presenting his new culinary delights in modern Italian cuisine for a memorable lunch or dinner in the sophisticated surroundings of Rossini’s Tuscan villa setting.

Highlights include rich and flavorful seared goose liver with pumpkin espuma and amaretti crumble, a satisfying Tuscan-style artichoke soup with 24 month aged Parmesan cheese, and perfectly cooked risotto with seafood, Prosecco and fava beans. Discerning diners can also enjoy homemade beetroot pappardelle with lamb ragout, succulent veal ossobuco with gremolata and butternut squash purée, and Adriatic John Dory with olives, bell peppers and Italian parsley emulsion. For more info, contact +66 (0) 2649 8364 or visit www.sheratongrandesukhumvit.com 78

Come and chase away the silence of the night at The Sundowner’s Bar, enclosed with attractive glass panels, just off the lobby of The Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, a warm cozy pub where you can unwind with your friends or business associates. “Everyday’s a Cocktail Day” Promotion is available to awaken your spirit or relax over your favorite drinks with different cocktail’s themes each night at your choice at only Bt150 net. Whether you prefer a Martini Monday, Tequila Tuesday, Whisky Wednesday, Thirsty Thursday, Finally Friday (Vodka), Sake Saturday or Sweet & Sour Sunday.

Moreover, best selected beers are also provided with special price starting from Bt150 net. For more info, contact +66 (0) 2261-9300 ext. 5008

Land Rover’s All-New Range Rover Sport City Automobiles Co., Ltd, the authorised distributor of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in Thailand, is presenting the All-New Range Rover Sport, its latest SUV from the Range Rover lineage to the Thai market. The All-New Range Rover Sport offers a luxurious and exhilarating sporty driving experience with state-of-the-art capability on-road and off, making it especially suited to the Thai market, and emphasising Land Rover’s commitment to growing its brand in Thailand. The SDV6 3.0 Diesels and LR-V8 5.0 Supercharged engines will be available in Thailand from Bt7,7500,000 – Bt10,050,000.”

Further product and technical information is available at www.landroverthailand.com

Vase Murano

Luxury Glam Make Up Factory, the professional and high end makeup from Germany introduces new collection ‘Luxury Glam’, the more luxurious cosmetics than ever. The focus is on precious metal gold. The noble, brilliant colors from Champagne to gold shimmer – have an appealing charm and give a sense of pure luxury. Illuminating Skin Perfector (By1,420), Luminous Skin Highlighter (Bt1,150 ) Make Up Factory Chromatic Glam Eye Shadow, Metallic Eyeliner, Full Intense Mascara Limited Design, Shimmer Lip Stick, and Chromatic Glam Nail Color. All are available at Make Up Factory counters at Siam Paragon and the Emporium.

For more details, please contact at Tel 02-678-9791-2.

DM HOME, the leader in luxury home decorations in Thailand, is offering the “VASE MURANO” from FENDI CASA, a unique diamond ruby red VASE MURANO originally from Italy to romance your home. The heritage of Murano made glass style spans back to 7th century in the Venetian island of Murano. With the use of colour, style and size, this glass collection plays an integral part in accessorizing any home. Please visit the DM HOME store at Thonglor19 and DM HOME at Siam Paragon 3rd floor. DM HOME also provide the world’s leading brands such a Ralph Lauren Home, Kathryn Ireland, Bunny Williams, Armani Casa, Versace Home, Kartell, Kohinoor and DM LOFT.

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Dancing Diamond

Unrestricted Glamour

Modern Diamond, a leading designed jewelry creation for Today’s women introduces ‘Dancing Diamond’ jewelry collection to make the magical memory for the Horse Year 2014. The design of Dancing Diamond makes a moving decoration on its diamond setting. New collection features ‘Happy Dancing Diamond’ and ‘Lucky Dancing Diamond’ The Dancing Diamond is inspired by the heart beating, as a key element in empowering endless well of happiness energy for your loved ones.

Available at Modern Diamond’s counters at leading department stores nationwide.

For more details, please contact Modern Diamond at Tel 02-679-8848.

RADO, innovative timepiece from Switzerland introduces ‘Rado HyperChrome Glam Slam mini-collection’, the unrestricted glamour watches for ladies and gentlemen. The Rado HyperChrome Glam Slam combines the high-tech materials for which it is famous together with the world precious substances: diamonds and gold. For gents, Rado HyperChrome Gold is gleaming black high-tech ceramic together with pure 18k gold. The two materials form a perfect fusion for a look of undeniable prestige. Just 333 individually numbered pieces of this Limited Edition in yellow gold, and 333 in rose gold have been produced, leaving many collectors disappointed and ensuring that fashion forward watch fans always look their best courtside and poolside. Available now at Rado counters at leading department stores nationwide.

For more details, please contact Rado at Tel 02-610-0247.

Calvin Klein Joyous Calvin Klein, the modern and minimalist timepiece and jewelry accompaniment to Swiss craftsmanship and creations introduces ‘Calvin Klein Joyous’, a sleek and feminine jewelry set that is perfect for honoring and celebrating your love or friendship at any day of the year. Sleek and rounded lines converge to create a sophisticated heart shape that is showcased in polished stainless steel piece. Bracelet is priced at 2,300 Baht. Necklace is priced between 2,500 – 2,600.- Baht depend on the necklace’s length. The new Calvin Klein Joyous is now available at Calvin Klein counters at leading department stores nationwide. For more details, please call Calvin Klein at Tel 02-610-0200 extension 261-262.

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Society

Numéro Thailand 1st Anniversary HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana graciously presided over the 1st year anniversary celebration for Numéro Thailand, the French fashion magazine in Thai edition at Mode Sathorn Hotel. Highlight of the night was the awards presentation ceremony on four fashion elite including Fashion Icon, Beauty Icon, Stylist Person and Best Dress. The magazine announced its’ fashion icon award to HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana for her fabulous sense of fashion style.

The beauty icon award went to Pimpayab Srikarnchana for her ultimate gorgeous who has been always keep us feel refreshing at every scene.

Charity Golf for Children Bangkok Post Foundation and Black Mountain Golf Club Hua Hin recently organized ‘The 2014 Bangkok Post – Black Mountain Charity Golf & Gourmet Dinner’, a one-of-a-kind charity golf tournament and a grand dinner at Black Mountain Golf Club Hua Hin. Proceeds of 4,000,000.- Baht, without any deductions, is allocated 50% for school construction and all-purposed building for 4 schools including Naresuan Baan Ta Kror School and Bann Hauy Khrai School in Hua Hin district; Baan Padeng School and Naresuan Huay Sok school in Kangkrachan district. The rest of the fund will go to support education of underprivileged school children across Thailand. The charity swing program was joined by many generosity of high-mind golfers including M.R.Pridiyathorn Devakula, Korn Chatikavanij, Worachai Bhicharnchitr, Dhongchai Lamsam, Karn Thongyai, Dr.Narongchai Akrasanee, Dr.Sompop Charoenkul, Chatchai Boonyarat, Tawan Na Ranong, Patinya Kuantrakul, Sumonrat Wattanaselarat, Roy Barrett, Hakan Palm, Bandit Rojanawongse, Arin Jira and many more.

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Trinity Of Prosperity

Siam Paragon, Siam center and Siam discovery welcomed the Chinese New Year and the year of horse by launching the festive 5-day celebration “Siam Chinese New Year 2014 – Trinity of Prosperity” to mark the auspicious occasion at Parc Paragon, Siam Paragon. The event features a series of special performances of six kirins, the rare horse gods that are believed to bring happiness and peace by the Luk Chee Fu troupe from Hong Kong, whose fame has lasted for over 60 years, plus the lion dance and a tri-coloured dragon dance to bring prosperity throughout this year and ahead.

Thai Polo Open 2014 HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana graciously presided over ‘BMW-B.Grimm Thai Polo Open 2014’, charity polo tournament to win Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Cup. The polo tournament was the 11th annual Thai Polo Open and organized by B.Grimm Group in co-operation with BMW Group (Thailand) and scheduled every year in January. The tournament took place at Thai Polo & Equestrian Club Pattaya.

The final polo match was the battle between Kotasas IBIL from Malaysia VS our host Thai Polo Team, which Thai Polo beat Kotasas IBIL 8-6 and won the royal cup. Proceeds from the event went to support education at Chitralada Vocational School under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Fans of polo match included Khunying Dhipawadee Meksawan, Prof.Dr.Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Pol.Maj.Gen.Angkul and Supatana Atornphatai, Assoc.Prof.Nareewan Chintakanond, Siriyos Devahasdin na Ayudhya, Luckana Champa, Jessica Amornkuldilok, Jitrsumarn Amatyakul, Bunnaporn Eiamamornpan, Natsupa Prachuabmoh, Sasina Napasab and many more.

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Special Review

by Rangsan Srirat

The New Outlook

Of Modern & Classy Living The property industry is fluctuated while people don’t only look for location and convenience for a day-to-day basic of living, but they are also growingly in search of residential project that sports conceptual design and style, the quality, value for money, idea in construction, management, and after-sale service or hospitality service that will help exude the homey feeling to all customers or residents. TreeCondo, particularly the new TreeCondo Prasarnmit, project has been established in response to such concept of living, suitable for those wishing to achieve modern luxury comfort while its unpredictably unique design makes the condo a perfect living space these days in the modern day lifestyle and urban living.

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eveloped and managed by the highly experienced Big Tree Asset Co., Ltd, The TreeCondo Prasarnmit is part of the company’s latest movement on creating stylish living in the urban. It’s realized that the property industry has been developed from the producer-led market to location-oriented approach in previous decades before transforming itself into the design-led market with the combination of green idea, natural connection to enhance livability. Such guiding principle of construction has actually catapulted TreeCondo brand into becoming a sought-after residential project for all passionate buyers in the city.

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Idyllically located at the well-established Asoke area, where future residents can access to the business district, music and entertainment venues, shopping malls and other surrounding urban lifestyle in the vicinity, TreeCondo Prasarnmit is a sensual response to the need of modern city dwellers, where owners can indulge in the tranquility and personal comfort amidst the diversity of the city. The diversity and modern lifestyles and the personality of customer are emphasized as the key element in layout and design to ensure individual taste and need.

The classy TreeCondo Prasarnmit features

well-appointed 131 exclusive residential units housed in the 33-storey tower on a 398-Square Wah. The project employs the modern oriental concept with the warm tone finishing and wooden floor concept help convey the natural harmony and the true meaning of serenity.

The lobby and other common areas are exquisitely decorated in a modern style to create a perfect match with modernity and luxurious interior of each residential unit.

The space and function of each unit is well-thought-out to serve all individual needs with three styles of design: one-bedroom (32-60 square meters), two-bedroom (65-90 square meters), and three-bedroom & Penthouse (101-188 square meters). Every unit is fully finished with hard wooden floor to help express about warmth and natural harmony as wooden floor increasingly becomes the strong statement of the aesthetic element for all modern contemporary condos. The living area of all units is spacious and well appointed with high-quality materials and specially designed with best-selected furnishings concept for all future residents to feel more comfortable.

The use of large glass fracas doesn’t only provide the expansive view of the city, but also it also helps maintain the sense of space as it allows the natural light to permeate, making the overall ambience more airy.

One-bedroom unit is done in response to the taste of new generation and modern executive with family in mind while the three-bedroom unit and Penthouse are more oriented to family. The wooden furniture is added to introduce warmth

Visit www.treecondo.com for the first-hand insights into the future living in the city. For more info, contact +66 (0) 2258 9111 or +66 (0) 2333 1125

and comfort as cream tone is considered a good statement to achieve a harmonious dĂŠcor and also to render the good connection between luxury comfort and the nature.

The Penthouse is the outstanding part of this tomorrow’s name in modern living, it’s a character study of luxury comfort and the total experience of enticing exotic, featuring the indisputably-distinguished style of interior, cutting-edged architecture, and inspiring exterior. The idea of interior design is intended to be tranquil and serene with an emphasis on individual comfort and privacy. The main living area is layout in open-plan to allow for flexible use of space to project your own individual requirements and style. The bedroom is well-appointed with standard slumber bed and the large glass window provides jaw-dropping view of the bustle Asoke and Petchaburi Road.

The bathroom is also well-designed with high quality sanitary fittings and fixtures.

TreeCondo Prasarnmit also guarantees the leisure comfort to all residents with the wide array of facilities created to achieve an ultimate indulgence and pleasurable living in the city, including swimming pool with salt water chlorination generator with Jacuzzi, Fitness and Steam rooms, Study Lounge, Sky Garden, and Library. ***TreeCondo Ekamai is another premium residential project run by Big Tree Asset that emphasizes on sense of serenity blending with international standard of modern design of all units for residents wishing to pamper in the oasis of serenity and tranquility in the city.

Ready to move in end of this year, all future residents are guaranteed to enjoy the full benefit and leisurely relish in an impeccable flavor of hospitality service amidst the indisputably superb rank of facilities such as swimming pool with salt water chlorination generator with Jacuzzi, standard fitness, sky garden and running tracks.

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Classified

Living In Bangkok Focus On The City Life

Bangkok still remains a key investment location for regional and expatriate executives, drawn to the city’s affordable market that offers much better value when compared to markets in other Asian capitals.

The urban lifestyle development in the up market has been considerably transformed or driven by the growing demand of sophisticated buyers and investors looking for the conceptually mix-used condos with modern design and stylish finishing, and the comprehensive idea to help achieve a modern day-to-day basic of living in the city.

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angkok and other tourism-potential destinations like Phuket, Samui, and Pattaya are smorgasbord with hotels resorts and residential property projects as the prospect of living at a resort-alike modern condominium in the city is growingly obvious, resulting in local residents being lulled by the bulldozers at the construction sites for the ongoing premier condos dotting along Sukhumvit, the outer Sukhumvit, Sathorn,

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Silom, Ladprao, Ratchadapisek, and other coveted locations in the Central Business Districts (CBD), suburban Bangkok, and other non-CBD areas with mass transit connection.

The residential development has noticeably evolved from the developer-led market, when buyers had very limited choice of product and service in the past decades, to location-oriented approach before innovatively transforming

itself into what experts and professionals in the industry widely call design-led market. It’s actually the sensation of modern lifestyle that has increasingly dominated and dictated what the architectural response would turn out to be.

The question of balance and the matter of taste of people are also playing as the key role to determine a whole new approach to design the interior in a residential unit.

Property Projects For Rent & Sales

House for rent near BTS Aree station Asking price 100,000 baht, negotiable.

300 sq.m., 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms with outdoor jacuzzi with the separated maid quarter. Fully Furnished. Short walk to BTS Aree, and Villa Supermarket. Call 081 629 5854

MARQUE Sukhumvit The new definition of modern family lifestyle with a touch of luxury located at the entrance of Sukhumvit 39, the name MARQUE is inspired by the word “marquise” which is a boat-shaped diamond cut. A single building 50-storey high-end condominium offering 149 units. The unit types include two-bedroom, three-bedroom and penthouse, with space ranging from 128 to 600 sq m. The highlights are its prime location right on Sukhumvit Road and the expansive space of 3 rai. www.marquesukhumvit.com

The Emporio Place The Emporio Place is where the finest elements combined to offer the highest quality of living featuring the vibrant location of Sukhumvit 24, unique and innovative architectural and interior design, and specially selected materials providing superbly tasteful final touches. Consisting of three towers ranging from 12-42 storeys, the development offers 361 residential units ranging in size from 44 to 164 square metres. www.tcccapitalland.co.th/emporio_place/ emporio_html Q Langsuan 177 units on the 36-storey high-rise building.

Two-bedroom unit sized between 73 and 117 sq.m. All of them are harmoniously painted with soft-mute tone and artistically and stylishly furnished with elegant teak floor and fully finished with high-grade amenities and functions. www.qh.co.th Bright Sukhumvit 24 Condominium For Rent Bright Sukhumvit 24 BTS E5 Phrom Phong 1 Bed 68 Sq.m.

Decorated same as showroom unit and furnished hi-end furniture and electric appliance, spacious and luxurious. Contact Thai 0810600433 English 0814478579

HYDE Sukhumvit Idyllically situated between Sukhumvit Soi 13-15, The Hyde Sukhumvit is the epitome of a mix-used development established to reflect a truly ultimate urban indulgence, comprising of 455 high-end residential units housed on the freehold 40-storey building, consisting of 227 one-bedroom units, 138 two-bedroom units, 78 three-bedroom units, eight three-bedroom duplex units and four penthouse apartments.

The construction is slated to completion in March 2014. www.hydesukhumvit.com Socio Ruamrudee A luxury residence with a striking modern design, SOCIO appeals to your sophisticated metropolitan lifestyle. Each apartment is thoughtfully designed to optimize your living space. SOCIO stands for living amongst the latest and most innovative technology. New state-of-the-art technology has been adapted to the amenities including FTTx, the latest broadband network architecture that connects you to the world with the fastest speed available with present technology. www.sociocondo.com/ruamrudee.html

MARQUE Sukhumvit The new definition of modern family lifestyle with a touch of luxury located at the entrance of Sukhumvit 39, the name MARQUE is inspired by the word “marquise” which is a boat-shaped diamond cut.

A single building 50-storey high-end condominium offering 149 units. The unit types include two-bedroom, three-bedroom and penthouse, with space ranging from 128 to 600 sq m. The highlights are its prime location right on Sukhumvit Road and the expansive space of 3 rai. www.marquesukhumvit.com

The Ritz-Carlton Residences Bangkok 200 residences featuring the legendary service of The Ritz-Carlton in the city’s most exclusive address. Residences are part of the mixed-use MahaNakhon development created

by The Office For Metropolitan Architecture.

Residents will enjoy outstanding facilities and privacy, and unique design features including skyboxes, terraces, double height ceilings, duplexes and interiors by David Collins Studio. www.rcr-bangkok.com MODE Sukhumvit 61 On nearly 2 rai of land, 2 buildings and only 84 units per building spread over 8 floors with ground floor green space. This is a unique condominium. Its architecture inspired by Italian modernism. All suites are defined by elegant proportions, generous window bays and an extraordinary level of quality, thoughtfulness and poetic design. www.modebangkok.com The Sukhothai Residences The Sukhothai, an icon of world-class luxury hospitality and elegant architectural design. The masterminds behind the development of this sophisticated hotel, Kerry Hill and Ed Tuttle, two internationally renowned architects, now reunite for The Sukhothai Residences, the most highly anticipated residential development in Bangkok. www.sukhothairesidences.com Canapaya Residence Situated on Rama III Road, Bangkok Thailand and within easy reach of the Sathorn and Sukhumvit CBD, CANAPAYA comprises; luxury high rise RESIDENCES, 4-floors of retail, dining, entertainment and a wide range of services, and featuring a wide selection of Thai and international brands; an international 5 star HOTEL with Bangkok’s largest ballroom and spectacular river views; and a MARINA with a riverbank esplanade. www.canapaya.com Q Asoke A High Rise 41 Floor Building near the MRT Petchburi. Easy access to shopping malls, schools/universities and hospitals, including Terminal 21, Central Chidlom, Central Rama 9, Emporium, Bumrungrad Hospital, Samitivej Hospital, Bangkok Hospital, the Airport Rail Link (Makkasan station), and Asoke pier.

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Living In Chiang Mai The Modern-Tradition Lifestyle

Chiang Mai is going beyond pondering about the pristine quaint, rustic town of picturesque way of living and farmers in ox-carts along the road as generally depicted in travel brochures. But the province is still the gem of the north as a result of the massive tourism campaigns and the thriving tourism industry, making it a bustling modern city with a rapid growth of new hotels and conceptual resorts. Chiang Mai’s condominium market is booming and still a popular location for condominium development. It has also seen a steep rise in the sale of new villas, invariably in gated communities. Many new buyers are generally Thais from Bangkok looking for a better quality of life.

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ccording to statistics from the Department of Land, there are approximately 18,640 condominium units in Chiang Mai, more than 6,000 of which have been launched in recent years. Currently, there are more than 10,000 condominium units in the city with an average price of Bt1.5 million per unit. The Government Housing Bank (GHB) reported that condo sales totaled 3,500 units or Bt8,000 million in 2011 with 3,000 of those units in the city distributed among 12 condo projects. 2012 saw 33 new condo projects launched.

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to attract more tourists and new residents.

In gated communities, the land price is increasing from Bt1 to Bt2 million per rai (1600sqm). The land prices in Chiang Mai have increased more than 100 percent in some locations such as the Nimmanhaemin Road and Super Highway, Chiang Mai-Lampang Road. Expecting that within the next five years, the price of land in the city will be much higher and there will be less land for gated communities.

It is expected that more Chiang Mai people will live in condos and the average price of a unit will be in the region of Bt1.5 million. Meanwhile, housing projects will be expanded to areas outside the city, like Mae Rim, San Sai,

Doi Saket, Sankampaeng and Saraphi.

Chiang Mai is increasingly enjoying the diversity of expatriates-mainly American, British, Australian, Dutch, French and German-and a growing number of Japanese and Korean retirees who spend four or five months a year in Chiang Mai during cold east Asian winters, drawn by the climate and good medical care. The region’s thriving economy has been bolstered by the arrival of 10 shopping malls, a planned fourth ring road and high-speed rail link to Bangkok.

The proposed creation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) by 2015 is set to cement Chiang Mai’s position as a commercial hub serving nearby Laos, Myanmar and southwest China.

Property Projects For Rent & Sales

Kantary Hills Chiang Mai This stunning hotel and serviced apartment is located in the heart of Chiang Mai’s most chic district with easy access to the best shopping and entertainment areas, the central business district and nearby industrial estates. The property offers all the luxury of a five star hotel with the space and comfort of a serviced apartment. Featuring spacious and comfortable rooms, this property is “the� place to stay in Chiang Mai. Suitable for both long and short term stays. www.kantarygroup.com/kantaryhills-chiangmai Veranda The High Residence Located outside the city of Chiangmai and away from the hustle and bustle.

Highlight a total Zen experience from the moment of arrival. Divided into two zones, on one side representing the cultural heritage of the north and the other the Contemporary Veranda style. A boutique northern retreat of just 80 rooms, all guests are ensured of the best personal service, 24 hours a day from its warm and friendly staff. www.verandaresortandspa.com

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Living In Hua Hin Focus On Modern Classic Life

People have different taste and interest when it comes to styling while people living in the up market are not only looking for just the superb location and convenience in order to enjoy the maximum day-to-day basic of living, but they are also in search of residential development that can sport the conceptual design and style, the quality of value for money, idea in construction, the impressive range of leisure facilities, not to mention the personalized hospitality service, which is the central core to imbue the lovely homely feel within a luxury condo.

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n the world of lifestyle development, it’s not always that the ultimate indulgence could be easily achieved when you arrive at some beachfront resorts to enjoy the most of your honeymoon. Sometime, staying in the modern luxury is not enough to enhance your personally preferred romance, but it’s about the addition of the good connection between the natural comfort, homey relax, and the concept of luxury simplicity to help you gain the most sensual touch of leisure comfort and fulfill a unique holiday break and as well as reflect the true honeymoon package while the breathtaking view is also important to enhance romantic moment in Hua Hin. Hua Hin property market is experiencing good times. Hua Hin is one of the best seaside locations to help you accomplish such the wonderful world of natural leisure for the

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pleasurable and serene honeymoon date as the Hua Hin is fraught with hotels resorts with international standard of innovative amenities and hospitality service, and Thai touch.

Historically, buyers wanted to be as close to the sea as possible, typically seeking good beach front property. However, the focus on the type of land sought has shifted from beach property to sea view. This is mainly due to supply shortages of quality beach land. Most seaside land is already occupied by hotels and resorts, forcing new developers to look to farmland for their projects.

Hua Hin has all the ingredients for a very special holiday experience. Besides sun-filled days on the mile-long white sandy beach and the superb seafood sold along the beach to tempt your palate and many fine seafood restaurants on the street and the main road,

discerning travelers can still sense the special atmosphere and the old charming through cultural attractions situated around Hua Hin town waiting for you to discover. The cultural sites include the Hua Hin railway station, the royal palace, Wang Klai Kangwon Palace.

Hua Hin is also renowned for its golf courses and becomes a paradise for golfers as the country’s first golf course was found in 1924, which was built in the lush countryside.

Other factors that help maintain Hua Hin as the top hideaway of the gulf of Thailand is the annual festival such as the King Cup’s Elephant Polo, Hua Hin Regatta, and of course Hua Hin Jazz Festival, the annual jazzy gig on the dazzling beach that catches the world’s eyes. All of those mentioned help lift Hua Hin to be a favorite vacation for Thais as well as expats.

Property Projects For Rent & Sales

Amari Residences Hua Hin These first hotel-serviced residential condominiums in Hua Hin are designed with meticulous attention to detail and all units are fully furnished by the high quality loose furniture exclusively provided by Chanintr Living.

The stunning and spacious tropical landscaping complements a modern contemporary architectural style. Services are provided by Amari, Thailand’s leading hospitality provider with over 3,800 rooms available nationwide.

The project is located only 4 kilometers from Hua Hin downtown. Amari Residences Hua Hin is the next generation of second home professionally managed residential complexes where your holiday becomes possible at anytime of the year. www.amariresidences.com/huahin Ocean View Condos in Exotic Huay Yang NishaVille, winner of the 2009 Thailand Property Award for the Best Villa Development in Hua Hin is proud to announce their new NishaVille Apartment Residence’s. With 30 units on 5 floors offering ocean views this project benefits from being located within the NishaVille Resort and Spa where you can enjoy the personal luxury and privacy of your own residence as well as those of the finest hotel in the area. Located in Huay Yang, approximately 80 minutes south of Hua Hin this project borders the Wanakorn National Forest and Marine Park. All units offer two bedrooms and bathrooms with sizes ranging from 110 to 127 square meters. More info, contact +66 (0) 84 387 5699

Malibu Kao Tao Malibu Kao Tao is located on an idyllic beach in the vicinity of Hua Hin. It’s a charming residential seaside community consisting of only 140 apartment units built on a sprawling 7.2-acre plot of beach front land. The unit is a 140 square meters 2 bedroom, 2 bathrooms with a dining and living room fully furnished condo unit. Fully furnished with beautiful style.

Spacious terrace situated next to the large swimming pool of the project. The community is a 5 star, high-end residential complex built in modern colonial architecture. Security is enhanced by a 24-hour guard service.

A lagoon style swimming pool equipped with a Jacuzzi surrounds the low-rise buildings offering a really enjoyable swim, creating quality time for the whole family. The beach itself is clean and the sea water clear. It is a tranquil spot that allows you to enjoy nice scenery of nature. www.villamalibu-huahin.com

Stylish Golf Course Condominium This almost brand new 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condominium is located in prestigious Palm Hills, Hua Hin’s premier golf and country club community just 8 minutes north of Hua Hin’s city center. This unit has been fully upgraded including a built in washer and dryer, built in dishwasher and refrigerator, air con and fans throughout, upgraded flooring, tiles and wallpaper set this unit apart from all the rest. Outstanding communal facilities include a lifetime family membership to the Palm Hills Golf Course and separate lifetime family membership to the Palm Hills Fitness Center with an extra large swimming pool, restaurant, tennis courts, weight room etc and the best 24 hour security in Hua Hin. www.exotiqproperty.com

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Living In Pattaya Property Focus On Pattaya

Chonburi province has considerably been developed from merely the sleepy town and roadside fishing village to be one of the country’s most visited beach resort. It has grown up with the smorgasbord of first-rate hotels and resorts, residential buildings, restaurants, and certainly night scenes. As the result of mass-market tourism campaign ever made, the city becomes the star attraction of the country as the nearest hectic beach vacation that discerning travelers have to visit after Bangkok.

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eal estate in Pattaya has been one of the fastest growing and most sustainable industries, and the number of property developments currently underway is a clear indicator that this trend is set to continue.

Developments in locales such as Jomtien, Sahathip, Pratumnak Hill and Mabrachan Lake are providing good investment opportunities.

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North, Central, and South Pattaya is still paying dividend even if economic sluggishness and poor consumer confidence are taking a toll on the property sector.

Breachfront residential properties completed with tremendous facilities are increasingly sought after in the modern lifestyle while the expansive view is a credible ‘wow’ factor to help maximize a unique and pleasurable

home-away-home, intimated ambience, and cosy, especially in the area where there’s scarcity of new building sites. There are so many residential projects these days in Pattaya that can help you achieve the space and time of modern luxury comfort as its brimming stylishness and exquisite ideas make it a unique place full of surprise and the sense of exclusivity is guaranteed to ensure all individual comfort.

Property Projects For Rent & Sales Palm Wongamat (Ocean Residential) The Palm comprises two towers, 26 and 45 stories respectively with a total of 544 units.

Unit sizes: studios 32 – 33 sqm, 1-bedroom 46 – 53 sqm and 2-bedroom units 62 – 96 sqm, as well as penthouses 500 – 520 sqm.

There is a large infinity edge swimming pool, a children’s pool, a sundeck, water features, a kids’ club, fitness and games rooms, floating pavilions and large open areas. Studios from 2.6 – 3.6 MB, 1-bedroom apartments from 4.5 – 7.5 MB and 2-bedroom apartments at 5.9 – 13.8 MB. www.thepalmpattaya.com Reflection Jomtien Beach Pattaya A luxurious condominium located in Pattaya, famous town of Thailand. Perfect for little vacation, or for long term living. The building is decorated with finely selected accessories.

Each unit is fully furnished with quality furniture.

Few minutes away from shopping complexes, hospitals, and international schools. Luxurious facilities such as jacuzzi, swimming pools, library, are available. www.reflectionpattaya.com Waterfront Suites & Residences A prestigious waterfront home set within an iconic, mixed use 50 Storey Hotel and Condominium overlooking the entire area of Pattaya Bay and Pattaya City with far reaching views to the tropical islands of Koh Larn, Koh Krok and Koh Phai. www.waterfrontpattaya.com Del Mare Bangsaray Beachfront Beachfront Condos at very affordable pric-

es in Bang Saray. This is an exciting addition to Pattaya’s Property market that offers incredible, close ocean sea views. The condos come in many different sizes and shapes to satisfy Pattaya’s discerning property investor with sizes ranging from 39.5sqm all the way up to 375sqm. Scheduled to commence construction in April 2014 and finish in November 2016. www.delmarepattaya.com The Riviera Wongamat Beach A newly announced high-rise condominium project in Wong Amat, consisting of two towers of 40 and 43 storeys housing 980 units, Studios, 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units are available.

Sized from 27 sqm studios to 134 sqm 3-bedrooms units. The studio will be 31 sqm, 1-bedroom units will be ranging in size from 35 to 50 sqm, 2-bedroom units will be ranging in size from from 72 to 84 sqm and 3-bedroom units will be ranging in size from from 129 to 134 sqm. Prices start from 71.500 THB per sqm. Prices for studio starting at only 2.2 MB. Construction will be starting within 2Q 2014 and due to completion on 2Q 2017. www.therivierapattaya.com Baan Plai Haad Total Unit : 353 UnA 6,400 sq. m. condo situated by the secluded Wong Amat beach.

The design concept is inspired by the pattern of the area available in the project with access to a private beach and the profile of the architecture is particularly designed for a sea view within sight of almost all condominium

units. Prices start from Bt3.59 million. www. sansiri.com/condominium/baanplaihaad_pattaya/en/ Veranda Residence Pattaya This wonderful villa is ideal for large family who looking for the privacy and space for their quality living. Veranda Residences Pattaya is a stunningly well designed new high rise development from a very experienced developer with a rich portfolio of finished developments.

Comprising of 33-storey residential tower housing 364 units with an 8-storey hotel with 149 rooms.

Residential unit sizes from 32 sqm to 272 sqm and prices starting at Bt100,000 per square meter. Prices from 3.2 MB. This latest creation from them quite simply oozes class and sophistication with stunning architecture from OBA and interior design by August – one of Thailand’s leading interior designers. www.verandapattaya.com Centara Grand Residence Pattaya This unique residential development combines a luxurious high-rise condominium with hotel facilities and services that are provided by Centara Grand Hotels and Resorts, and comprises ocean facing studios, one and two-bedroom units, and penthouses with the option of duplex accommodation with private pool. Centara Grand Residence Pattaya is only a 10-minute drive away from Jomtien and Pattaya city centre. 315 units facing the ocean Total living space ranges between 41 and 496 square metres. www.cgrpattaya.com

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Living In Phuket Focus On Modern Luxury On Island

Phuket and other Andaman-coastal provinces are going farther than contemplating how the natural disaster Tsunami deadly wave in December 2004 had happened, survivors are now beyond concern and never let the trauma and grief deter their endeavor to bring lives, community, and tourism industry back to normal. As the result of mass-market tourism campaign ever made, the Phuket island becomes the star attraction to considerably enhance inbound tourism industry as the paradise island has been proved as a prime sailing and the heart of marine leisure destination of Southeast Asia through the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, one of the largest sporting events on the Thai tourism calendar since 1987.

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huket, at 539 square kilometers in size, is not only Thailand’s largest island but also one of its wealthiest provinces. The beauty of the island is matched by its consistently tropical climate and undoubtedly the island’s largest source of income comes from the tourism market, but there are also thriving rubber and cashew nut industries. One of the good point of Phuket is that it’s very accessible, Phuket International Airport enjoys direct air services to major Asian cities like Hong-Kong, Singapore, Japan and Tapei, and now an increasing number

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cities outside of Asia, including London, Frankfurt, Perth, and connecting flights to anywhere in the world. The island actually benefits greatly with this solid infrastructure and it now sets to continue to grow further as several low-cost carriers from abroad.

Take a look at the real estate aspect in Phuket, the industry has been one of the fastest growing and most sustainable industries, and the number of property developments currently underway. Developments in locales such as Hat Karon, Laem Panwa, Patong, and Hat Rawai,

including other high potential beaches on the western side of the island, are still providing good investment opportunities. Phuket is one of Asia’s most sophisticated and certainly Thailand’s best established property market outside of Bangkok. For the past twenty years, developments have been sprouting up around the island, encouraging a large influx of investors.

At present, there is an increasing demand for new developments in areas such as Bang Tao Beach, Surin, Cherng Talay and Layan, as well as the southern coastal areas of Nai Harn and Kata.

Property Projects For Rent & Sales The Viva Patong Located on exclusive area of Tri Trang, South of Patong, home of luxury developments such as the Rosewood, Avista Hideaway and Amari Coral Resorts, overlooking stunning views of Tri Trang and Freedom beaches, Viva is a hotel style of living with the modern tropical concept offers the new sense in living and transforming perception of Patong into a more pleasant one, soothing all your living experience.

Two 7-storey low rise condominium buildings with ceiling height about 3 meters givean elegant feeling of the right balance. The price is inclusively of furniture package, pantry and wardrobe by IKEA, sanitary wears by Hafele, real wood bed, headboard and mattress, and luxurious sofa set. www.vivapatong.com Phuket Villa Resale The abode features a master bedroom, a twin bedroom, a fully equipped kitchen, a study room as well as dining area and lounge. This category is luxuriously furnished for family holidays as well as a destination escape for groups of friends. Discover ample charms for up to six people, with a large private outdoor pool measuring 3.5 by 9 meters, jet pool, outdoor and indoor showers, and an outdoor sala providing a relaxing overview of the villa. www. banyantree.com/en/phuket_doublepool_villas Oceana Phuket Oceana Phuket is Kamala’s latest ocean living condo residence for sale. Ideally located within easy walking distance of all the bars, shops and restaurants in Kamala village, as well as the fabulous beach and ocean. There are 135 units in total in 3 separate buildings ranging in size from 30sqm studios up to 88 sqm 2 bedroom penthouses, and most units have a special panoramic ocean view. Studio start Bt2,836,631 – Bt3,979,011 (31.78 sqm – 31.78 sqm) www.phuketoceana.com Chic Condo Chic condominium Karon is an ultra modern condominium featuring 7 floors of modern designed condos over looking Karon Bay on the West coast of Phuket. Common facilities include a large communal swimming pool, fitness center, wifi lounge and lobby. Merely 700 meters from Karon Beach and only 100 meters from international restaurants, entertainment and shopping areas and a 10 minute drive from Patong beach. www.phuketchiccondo.com The Charm Residence The closest condominium to the beach in Patong, The Charm Residence is seen by its attention to detail in the design components

of the resort, including the tropical architecture and the contemporary interior decor. The most attractive amenity is the rooftop sun deck and infinity pool with lounge and dining area. There is a fitness center on site for the active and health conscious. www.thecharmphuket.com The Deck Built on a 5-0-45-rai land plot on the north end of Rat-U-Thit 200 Years Road, only a five-minute stroll to Patong Beach and 10 minutes to the noted shopping and leisure venue of Jungceylon. Unit priced between Bt2.9 to Bt11.4 million, dwelling areas will range from 29 to 75 square meters. They include Studio type (29-38sqm); One-bedroom (40.5–50.5sqm) and Two-Bedroom, 63–75sqm). The project will be equipped with two state-of-the-art swimming pools, including one on the upper deck overlooking the western sea-view, and another one on a lower level which incorporates a jacuzzi, a fitness center, and a sauna room.

The development will be ready to occupy by mid-2015. www.sansiri.com/condominium/ thedeck_patong/en/ Vista Del Mar A unique and an exclusive development of luxury Phuket Villas, with stunning sea views and private pools. In a superb location carefully nestled amidst virgin tropical forest on the hilly slopes overlooking Naithon beach, arguably one of the best beaches in Thailand, – Asia’s growing top holiday destination. www.vistadelmarphuket.com The Pavilions Estate The Pavilions is Asia’s most romantic and intimate adults-only resort. Perched atop one of Phuket’s highest points, each lavish pool villa is utterly private, delightfully decadent and unusually spacious. Choose an Ocean View

Pavilion; tropical modern temples framing show-stopping seascapes. www.thepavilionsresorts.com/phuket-home Eva Beach Set on the beachfront, all units offer uninterrupted sea and island views of the south east coast of Phuket. Villas are surrounded by lush landscaping and natural rocks to the rear.

Enjoy only the sound of the sea and a calming breeze from all floors. This 22 villa beachfront development offers three design types with 3 - 4 bedrooms. The villas cover 485 sqm - 596 sqm of built up area and 310 - 385 sqm of living space. Prices range from 32.6 up to Bt46.7 million. www.evabeach.com Coco Chalong An ideal place for those seeking a charming and comfortable environment away from the hustle and bustle of the holiday crowds in Phuket. Each of the 80 private pool villas will delight you with the excellence of design, the feeling of space and the luxury of the villas at a remarkably affordable price.

Recreational facilities, which include swimming pool, fitness center and lush tropical gardens, are designed for escape and relaxation as though surrounded by the tropical atmosphere of such a peaceful place. www.cocovilla.net/ coco-chalong Dinso Residence Dinso Residence is ‘The Green Oasis of Patong’, occupying over 2,000 sqm. of a private hillside on Nanai Road, Dinso Residence features 60 exclusive condominium units ranging from 31 sqm. up to 88.6 sqm. Residents can enjoy Patong’s vibrant beach resort lifestyle and retreat to relax in a lush natural environment designed to complement the serene private hillside setting. www.dinsopatong.com 95

Living In Samui Focus On Samui

Koh Samui is the best exotic solution to make your way to Thailand’s third largest island, which is also reputed as one of the top islands in the world to live. Approximately one hour flight from Bangkok, Koh Samui is an increasingly popular destination both for tourists and real estate investors and the best destination for diving to see the multitude of colorful fishes if you don’t want to linger too long in town.

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hailand’s property market is incredibly diverse, offering buyers everything from high-end villas in Samui blissfully overlooking the Gulf of Thailand to luxury high-rise condominiums. Samui is still on the rise in popularity among investors, making the island becomes a preferred destination for those seeking holiday homes as its infrastructure develops and word of its natural beauty spreads.

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now fly direct to Samui from Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

This transformation is reflected in the real estate market where prices have risen dramatically, and at an increasing rate, over the last few years. Real estate prices continue to rise rapidly offering exciting investment opportunities in an idyllic setting.

Residential opportunities considerably expand while Samui Island offers an attractive lifestyle change for many people as it combines

the advantages of a tropical retreat with most of the amenities and services people in the West have come to rely on. As a tourist island, Samui boasts increasingly modern facilities, with a choice of excellent international restaurants and bars, as well as a multi-cultural atmosphere.

The property sector is also supported by professional services, such as English speaking lawyers, and a quality construction companies and building suppliers with standards expected by many foreign homeowners.

Property Projects For Rent & Sales The Ridge Freehold and Leasehold The Ridge is an exclusive luxury development of 11 private pool villas with panoramic sea views located in the prime North East of Koh Samui.

Freehold and leasehold. House/Villa located at northern Samui, price ranked Bt17,400,000 30,800,000. Space availability 276 - 859 sq.m.

2-5 Bedrooms. Land Area: 396 - 806 sq.m. No. of Units/Rooms: 9 units available of 11 units Tel (International): +66 (0) 856 920 550 / +66 (0) 831 079 684 Tel (within Thailand): 0856 920 550 / 0831 079 684 www.theridgesamui.com

sunsets and picturesque views. www.s-capesamui.com

S’Cape Resort Condominium Located in Plai Laem, one of the most sought-after locations in Samui which is close to Chaweng, S’Cape Resort Condominium, Koh Samui comprises 76 exclusive freehold condominiums on a stunning 2.8 acre hillside destination just minutes from Samui International Airport. One and two-bedroom units feature impressive Jacuzzi balconies and the super luxurious Penthouses have private pools. All units are overlooking stunning

Mandalay Beach Villas Mandalay Beach Villas provide an impressive, cutting edge visual experience.

The architects have introduced a distinctive and cohesive design aesthetic across the seven three bedroom luxury villas. Mandalay Beach Villas are an impressive balance between form and function, inside and out, modern and tropical. Facing the white sandy expanse of Laem Noi Beach and backed by lush palm stands, each of the seven exclusive villas has

The Residences @ W Retreat Koh Samui With just 12 ultra-exclusive villas available for purchase at W Koh Samui Retreat & Residences, you are invited to infuse every moment of your life with the signature touches, services and soul that have made W Hotels such an iconic presence. The W Koh Samui Residences adjoin the main W Koh Samui Retreat & Spa at Maenam Beach on the island’s sublime and beautiful north shore.

Priced from Bt100 to 205 million. www.kohsamuiresidences.com/villas

its own private courtyard, giving approximately 350-500 square meters of living space, with 17m beach frontage each, on land plots ranging from 800 to 1600 square meters. www.mandalaybeachvillas.com The Estates Samui The Estates Samui is an exclusive and private collection of 14 villas cradled on a hillside overlooking one of the most pristine stretches of beaches on the island, on stunning Laem Yai Bay, in a secluded cove above a private beach, adjacent to the Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui. The Estates is integrally part of the Four Seasons site and actually reach it through the Four Seasons lobby. www.theestates-samui.com Cascades Samui This exclusive private development derives its name from the spectacular infinity pools enjoyed by each owner, together with the natural seasonal streams that cascade through the enormous granite boulders. Cascades is about lush green rolling hillsides and coconut groves, picturesque waterfalls and magnificent ocean views. www.cascadessamui.com

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Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa offers the idyllic retreat on the bank of Mae Klong River which blends traditional Thai houses with contemporary Thai luxury to create a haven of historical elegance among the lush tropical landscape. The resort allows you to get close to the river of life with the comfortable and relaxing privacy home-like 61 units in traditional Thai house and contemporary Rattanakosin style houses. Each unit is nested in tropical garden creating the perfect hideaway for those looking to avoid Thailand’s mass tourism.

Located in heritage town of Amphawa, only 63 kilometers South of Bangkok, Baan Amphawa is a great base from which to explore various attractions including the wellknown Dumneon Saduak floating market. Various activities are available both within the resort and nearby. You can visit the cultural site of Amphawa Floating Market, stroll around local temples and observe the local Thai way of life. Come to experience the Thai way of life and stay in ‘Ruan Thai’, this will be your unforgettable vacation experience.

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