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Late-night hideaway
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/02/2026
» After several iterations, name changes and relocations, Madame K Kitchen & Bar finds a new home near Soi Nana, Bangkok Chinatown's hip district.
The fifth Meliá in Thailand
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 13/10/2025
» Meliá Pattaya Hotel, the fifth Meliá in Thailand, is a 12-storey building on Pattaya Sai Song. Grand Sole Pattaya has been given a major glow-up and emerges anew as Meliá Pattaya Hotel. Had I not been told, I would have thought it was a new property built from the ground up.
Centara Grand Lagoon Maldives officially opens
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/04/2025
» Officially opened on April 1, Centara Grand Lagoon Maldives is Centara's fourth property in the Maldives and forms one-half of The Atollia by Centara Hotels & Resorts.
Centara Life Lamai Resort Samui opens today
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 15/08/2024
» Centara Life Lamai Resort Samui, Centara Hotels & Resorts' latest property, officially opens its doors on Aug 15.
Central Chidlom to reveal total new look by Q4
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 27/03/2024
» First opened on January 23, 1973, Central Chidlom is undergoing renovation, with a budget of four billion baht, and aims to launch a completely new look by the fourth quarter of this year.
'Tom kha' without 'kha' gets called out by Thai netizens
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 08/01/2024
» There's nothing that can unite Thais quite like foreigners butchering Thai cuisine. A digital creator couple by the names of Katherine and Randy of Katherine Wants recently shared a short cooking video of what they call 'tom kha' soup and it caught the attention of Thai netizens for the wrong reasons.
Africa in Pattaya
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 26/02/2021
» The Gems Mining Pool Villas Pattaya may not be next to the beach but it makes up with a unique vibe, spacious rooms and plenty of tree shade. Having opened its doors in November last year, the 77-room resort is a nod to the Africa continent, especially its safaris and precious gems. The decked-out, spacious reception building may give you a sense of arrival into another world where opulence, geometric shapes and nature meet. They do take the African theme seriously and it's evident in the colourful art piece in the shape of Africa above the reception desk, exotic room decors and toilet paper origami, which are in a diamond fold.
Disrobing Ghosts
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 12/07/2019
» Software engineer by profession and photographer by passion, Akkara Naktamna is best known for his street photography. The co-founder of Street Photo Thailand and proud dad has taught himself how to take pictures and was selected a finalist in international competitions such as Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Singapore Photo Festival 2016 and Photo Bangkok Festival 2015-2018. He also founded e-magazine "CTypeMag" in 2016 to promote interesting photo series from the unknown photographers around the globe. Akkara is having his solo exhibition titled "Demonic" to satire the unsavoury sides of monkhood in Thailand. It runs until Aug 31 at Kathmandu Photo Gallery. We talked to him about his photographic journey and his need to disrobe fake monks.