Pullman King Power devotes 6th floor to high-end meetings
Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel has completed a renovation project worth Bt27 million to accommodate high-end events and business meetings.
The hotel turned its sixth floor, which previously comprised 20 guestrooms, into five meeting and conference rooms, called The Sixth, with the latest technologies and equipment.
The hotel had scheduled the launch of the new facilities for December 13, but it has opened them for booking earlier.
General manager Marc Begassat said the hotel would work with 150 existing clients – big companies and business organisations – to fill the meeting rooms. It will also seek new markets.
“We expect an average occupancy rate at The Sixth of 30-40 per cent in the first year of operation,” he said.
He said business events would soon be back to normal as many local and multinational companies were ready to resume their business after being disturbed by the flooding.
The new services are positioned higher than the hotel’s 14 existing meeting rooms with rates roughly 15 per cent higher.
Targeted operations are private business meetings as well as general business events.
Begassat said the hotel was making an introductory offer of “buy 10 get one free” at The Sixth from today until the end of March.
“The Sixth will be the new business magnet for the Phya Thai area,” he said.
Like all other players in the capital, the hotel experienced a negative impact from the inundation. It received cancellations of 3,000-4,000 room nights during the worst period. However, new bookings are coming in to Bangkok’s hotels.
Pullman Bangkok King Power is confident it will achieve an average occupancy rate of 74-75 per cent this year despite the flooding, higher than the 68 per cent it saw in 2010.
To boost meetings and events at the hotel, management met with operators in Hong Kong recently to encourage business travel to Thailand.
It plans to visit many other short-haul destinations including Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and India, as well as Russia.
Long-haul markets such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States are likely to continue to slow because of the economic downturn in much of the West.
