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Ripe for revelry
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2017
» ‘If a festival’s worth celebrating, it’s worth celebrating thoroughly,” could be the motto of Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park’s buzzing, still relatively new communal kitchen’s upcoming Christmas and New Year programs of exquisite excess.
GoodWell to All
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 14/12/2016
» The holidays come but once a year but they do come. And yet every time feels kind of new which, in the case of Seasonal Tastes restaurant at 7th fl. The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok goes for the festive feasting too.
Precious gifts for special people
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 23/12/2015
» Thoughtful gifts, as ever, are at a premium this festive season. What with the year-end rush and a long gift list, it's a challenge to find something for the particularly special people that isn't just so-so.
Euforia at eforea
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 08/12/2014
» What a blessing it is for the inherently lazy that lying down doing nothing is one of the best ways you can give your "mind, body and soul" a thorough workout. And one of the ultimate places to do that currently is at eforea Spa, ensconced at the Hilton Pattaya and packaged with ocean views.
How the west was fed
News, Noel Maclean, Published on 08/12/2014
» My, how Empire Tower has struck back! For a while following its 1999 launch, Bangkok's tallest all-office skyscraper seemed on the brink of disproving the 'too big to fail' adage.
Land of the rising samba
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2014
» Panorama restaurant has been quietly picking up plaudits for bringing originality to the Bangkok buffet scene.
Spa tales from the river bank
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 17/12/2013
» Though ultra-contemporary, like the hotel that houses it, eforea Spa at the Millennium Hilton Hotel channels nature so effectively it actually enhances it, which is probably why treatments there leave you feeling so on top of the world.
Hot-to-trot spa offer
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 06/12/2013
» As a kind of Christmas present to everyone in need of a little respite and a fresh perspective during the festive season, the Centara Grand at CentralWorld flagship branch of the burgeoning SPA Cenvaree brand, has created a new "Spa Pick & Mix Package" that's almost too good to be true.
Out of the ivory tower into the indigenous fire
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 03/12/2013
» While there is an automatic close association between any Peninsula hotel and cosseted luxury, they also understand that too much buffering against life as it is lived by the masses in each of its exotic locations can be stifling.
Light my lantern
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2013
» The Lantern is basically the bakery shop at Millennium Hilton. It's mainly a place to drop by for a pot of tea, a mug of coffee, a hot chocolate and whatnot paired with some kind of sandwich, salad or slice.