Posted By: Your
Connoisseur <yourc@email.com>
Date: 2/7/2000
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Dear TSM:
Thank you very much for your interest and invite Omni Tower to be included
in your internet travel club. Danny Chua who is the previous Manager has
already left this property and I am Jerry Gan who has recently replaced him.
We are indeed most interested to extend our rates at 20% discount to your
esteem club and appended below are the following :
Room Type Daily
Studio Standard Baht 1, 300.00 - 34 sq m ( include pantry area )
One Bedroom Suite Baht 2, 300.00 - 75 sq m ( include kitchen area )
Two Bedroom Suite Baht 3, 300.00 - 80 sq m ( include kitchen area )
The above rates are inclusive of value added tax and subject to change and
we will inform you accordingly.
Period of Rate Extension : 01 February - 31 December 2000
Rates are non-commissionable and for Single or Double occupancy.
Breakfast, airport transfers or tours can be arrange with us.
All accounts must be settled directly by your clients.
Please note that all our beddings are King and Queen Sized with Single or
Twin on the extra roomsOur facilities include the following :
Swimming Pool, Sauna, Gym, Squash Court, Billard Room, Children's playroom,
Aerobic Room amd Function roomsIn room amenities include:
Electronic Safe, Microwave oven, Coffee & Tea making facilities,
cutlieries, Toasters and attched bathrooms with bathtub
Location : Within walking distance from Nana Entertainment Centre,
Sukhumvit Road shopping areas, Macdonalds, supermarkets and Pubs
We hope the above information will be sufficient and our address is asfollows :
Omni Tower Serviced Apartments
69, Sukhumvit Soi 4 ( Soi Nanatai ) Klongtoey, Bangkok10110 Thailand
Tel : 662 - 656 8300Fax: 662 - 656 8333
Contact Person : Jerry Gan
- Resident Manager or Winan Kwansri - Guest
Services Manager
You can also correspond through
this E-mail at : omni@loxinfo.co.th
We are a company from Singapore that Managed and owned 24 Serviced
Apartments and boutique hotels in the Asia Pacific region.( i.e. Singapore,
Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Phillipines, China, Australia, New
Zeland ) If you would like to expand your portfolio of accommodation for
your members, do let me know.
Hope to hear favorably from
you soon and let me know how we will be able to
assist your clients.
Regards,Jerry Gan Resident Manager
Ronaldo's
Feb 2000 post on Gran President Y2K Rates
Posted By: void
<void1954@hotmail.com>
Date: 5/7/2000 06:26
In Response To: Grand President current rates?? (Tomshark)
I was cleaning my hard drive, and stumbled across this Feb 2000 TSM post of Ronaldo on GP Y2K rates (unfortunately it is too old to show up on a TSM Destination Board search):
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Y2K rates for the GP
Posted By: Ronaldo
Date: 2/2/2000 23:48
In Response To: Y2K rates for the GP? (Your Connoisseur)
I recently received this response from Anne re my inquiry for the new rates for 2000.
Please find herein our room
rates for 2000:
( Thai Baht)
STUDIOS Sq.m. Daily Weekly
Topaz 26 1,400 8,000
Executive 32 1,900 11,000
SUITES
Royal 50 2,800 16,000
Grand 60 3,100 19,000
Diamond (2 Bed Rm) 75 3,900 24,000
Sukhothai(3 Bed Rm)135 6,300 38,000
There is a VAT 7% on the above rates.
Now we have heavy demands on Pearl Suite for long term basis so we have cut some room categories for our long term guests which also include Pearl Suite but however SPECIAL ! for TSM members we are pleased to offer Pearl Suite at THB 2,300nett/day include taxes (VAT have been increased to 7% since 1st Dec.'99).
TSM still got 20% discount on our rack rates of year 2000.
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Garden Suite - kitchenette:
I stayed in the Grand President in April
Posted By: void
<void1954@hotmail.com>
Date: 5/6/2000 23:36
In Response To: Grand President current rates?? (Tomshark)
I spent 4 nights in the Grand President. Two days before I arrived in BKK I phoned Anne, identified myself as a TSM member, and asked for the 10% discount on a Topaz studio, for one person. Anne confirmed over the phone the room at 1200 baht/night (no breakfast).
I've read of others getting a Topaz studio for 1200 baht/night WITH breakfast, but Anne made it clear her offer did NOT include breakfast, ... perhaps I should have tried bargaining with Anne?
When I arrived two days later, the Grand President was pretty much full, and no Topaz Studio was available!! My Thai girlfriend was with me, so it was clear to Grand President staff I was looking for a room for two (as opposed to the room for one person that I had booked). But since Anne had promised me a room, the assistant front office manager (Malinee Yenjit) offered me a Garden Suite in Tower-2 for 1340 baht per night (for 4 nights), which I quickly agreed to (the Topaz studios were booked solid). A fabulous suite, and a great price for a suite. The 1340 included the 7% VAT.
I had two minor complaints about the suite: Neither of the two TVs (nor the VCR) had a video-input for my digital camera, nor did the TVs have a button to permit me to switch Star Sports from Thai to English. I ended up watching/listening to the Formula-One race in Thai. ... And I never did figure out how to properly control the air conditioner temperature. The Air Conditioner controls seems to be a consistent problem with most GP rooms. Fortunately it was not hot in BKK, (and the "hallway" was cooled to very cool temperatures), so we just turned off the air conditioner most of the time.
From my room one could see the swimming pool for Tower-1 (of the GP) [image below]. I believe each Tower has its own pool.
Image of Garden Suite
Posted By: void
<void1954@hotmail.com>
Date: 5/7/2000 03:45
In Response To: I stayed in the Grand President in April (void)
Further to my last post (above), here is an image I took of the Suite I stayed in the Grand President (tower-2).
I don't have a wide angle lens with my Canon S-10, so I took a number of shots, and "stitched" them together. I'm still rather new at taking the shots, and new at stitching them together, so the "microwave" got a little warped in the process. I think I moved a bit, and introduced a parallex error. The original stitched image was massive in size, so I used Adobe PhotoShop 5.5's web save option to reduce the image to a reasonable file size (along with a significant loss in image quality).
The room rate of 1340 Baht I got was very unusual. Normally these suites go for over double this price. I think the 1340 Baht rate was given to me only because Anne had earlier guaranteed me (verbally) a Topaz studio (and they were full when I checked in). I believe the GP Hotel staff did check with Anne and she verified my story/verbal guarantee before they gave me the room for 4 nights.
