New Hotel

Yes, I agree that safety must be a top priority.

I fully understand that many visitors who come for extended periods of time would be looking for more economical accommodation and different facilities.

Points taken thank you. No, it is not a college project and we have experience but this venture is a lot of money and we'd rather take some time and get less things wrong. Or at least not as wrong. My time on the ground looking at Pattaya based businesses (as well as those in other areas - there is really no discernible difference) has shown me time and time again that many businesses are poorly managed and what scant resources they have are underutilised. This surfaces as waste and often the owners or managers are too busy keeping the wolf from the door. As our proposed business wil

One point which came up in discussions last week was how we price the rooms. I guess all the options are already familiar to most people what with various low, shoulder, high and peak seasons etc. and I'm taking it that everyone understands the economics of supply and demand. What I want you to think about is the use of yield management for room pricing. If you've used a budget airline such as Air Asia, then you know that many people pay different prices for the same flight on the same day. Outside of Bt1 offers etc. they have a cap and collar policy where fares cannot fall below a certain

Appreciate all the comments and thank you for your time. We know the Residence Garden and it does seem that many people like the room but not the location and then many state they do not use the pool but book it only because of the room. Others value location over all else whilst many comments on this thread talk about the room not being an issue over a certain minimum and there being no need for anything bar a kettle and some cups and tea/coffee. All interesting points, thanks.

Yes, we fully understand. The ideal at this point in development will be live and guaranteed online bookings. We are looking at both managing this in house and also contracting it out to a specialist provider and no final decision will be taken for a while, leaving us ample time to take on board any suggestions and comments from prospective guests. I am actually very glad you brought this up as the process is not as easy as one would imagine. The real problems stem from people booking and not turning up. The size of the business does not allow for people to leave us with unsold rooms a

To clarify, I think what we are trying to do is gauge how guests value things and perhaps whether they make a trade off. Everyone would choose a larger room were the price the same but on a daily basis, I wonder how much guests would be prepared to pay for space or how much of a discount they would need to receive to feel happy with a smaller space. Without being disrespectful, we are looking at a more coordinated approach than the Canterbury Tales in the pictures above, perhaps more akin to a boutique hotel but without the "boutique" price tag. For instance, there will be no chipboard

Some great comments on the main thread but I wanted to ask a specific question here. In Bangkok and elsewhere in the world, there has been a trend over the last few years towards providing hotel rooms which are smaller but well appointed, well designed and well thought out. Gone are the standard square rooms which leave large spaces unused, but which do make the room feel more spacious. As everything, including room size, comes at a cost, I would like your specific opinions. I'm not looking at an Ibis type prefabricated bathroom and shower which although great for a cheap business hote

Thanks a lot for the great response. Some items there which we had dealt with such as how simple it is to have hot water available at every water outlet (except the toilet of course !). Multipoint heaters will be the order of the day which will serve all showers and mixer taps. I don't like shaving in cold water either ! I thought it great that most of the comments seem to understand the trade off between the price and what you can have and the location. The balance for us and it is a difficult balance I will admit, is to make sure that most people use most of the services that they ar

Well, the funding is in place and a few locations have been checked out but we're still going through our options and we'd like to get some input from you guys, as you are our target market. We need your bums on our seats (well, beds actually) so instead of doing a Henry Ford and telling you what you were going to get, we thought we would actually listen to the people who will vote with their wallets because if we cannot attract them or even worse, cannot retain them as patrons, then we shouldn't be doing this. I'd love to give you the Marriott for Bt1000 a day but we all know that is not