Boutique hotels offer bargain price rooms to help flood victims

Prices start at Bt850 with other rooms going at a discount of more than 70 per cent.

Pittaya Vorapanyasakul, executive vice president, Travel and Leisure Marketing Department of KTC or Krungthai Card Public Company Limited, says, “The catastrophic flood in Thailand is affecting increasingly wider parts of the country at this time. More and more victims are having to relocate out of flooded areas.

“The Thailand Boutique Awards programme by KTC and Krungthep Turakij newspaper are aware of the hardships the Thai people are facing and are launching the ‘Thailand Boutique Flood Relief’ campaign to offer short-term and long-term accommodation at special rates to disaster victims from now until January 15.

“More than 40 boutique hotels have agreed to participate in this campaign. The hotel price will start from Bt850 per night and rooms will be available at more than 70 per cent discount in Bangkok and other provinces such as Krabi, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chantaburi, Trad, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Rayong, Ratchaburi, Lampang, Phuket, Sukhothai and Ayutthaya. Some of hotel rates being offered are Charm Boutique Resort Khon Kaen at Bt850/night, HQ Hostel Bangkok at Bt900/night, Gord Chiang Mai at Bt1,071/night, and Sino House Phuket at Bt1,200/night. 

For more information, please call KTC World Travel Service Centre at (02) 631 3444 press 2 or visit www.thailandboutiqueawards.com, www.ktcworld.co.th or www.ktc.co.th.