Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand. Located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, the site of Thailand’s first hotel.

Mandarin Oriental, BangkokBangkok, Thailand

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Address: Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
48 Oriental Avenue
Bangkok 10500
Thailand
Telephone: +66 2 659 9000
Official website: www.mandarinoriental.com
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Legendary venues including The Bamboo Bar, the Authors’ Lounge, Le Normandie by Anne-Sophie Pic, Lord Jim’s and The China House.
The Oriental Spa, opened in 1993, plus tennis and the Royal Ballroom.
Hotel shuttle boats to ICONSIAM and Sathorn Pier.
Located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, the site of Thailand’s first hotel.

12 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1865
An earlier Oriental Hotel, opened by Captain Dyers and J. E. Barnes for sailors after the Bowring Treaty, burns down.
1876
A replacement hotel run by Danish captains opens its River Wing, later adopted as the hotel’s official founding date.
1881
Danish businessman Hans Niels Andersen, aged 29, buys the premises.
19 May 1887
A new luxury hotel designed by Cardu & Rossi opens with 40 rooms, carpeted corridors and a billiards room, unprecedented outside Siam’s palaces.
April 1891
The first royal guests arrive: the entourage of Crown Prince Nicholas of Russia, the future Tsar Nicholas II.
1910
Marie Maire acquires and renovates the hotel; she sells it in 1932.
12 June 1947
After wartime use as a Japanese officers’ club, the hotel reopens under a partnership including Jim Thompson, managed by photographer Germaine Krull.
1958
The ten-storey Garden Wing opens, with the city’s first elevator and Le Normandie restaurant.
November 1967
Italthai, which has bought Germaine Krull’s share, appoints Kurt Wachtveitl general manager.
1974
Mandarin International Hotels acquires a 49% stake; in 1985 the group is renamed Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
1993
The Oriental Spa opens.
September 2008
The Oriental, Bangkok is renamed Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.