Hotels & Accommodations
The Siam’s Antique-Filled Hotel Suites Make a Big Impression in Bangkok
THE SIAM IS NOT MERELY a hotel; rather it’s a distinctive destination that artfully blends Thailand’s rich cultural tapestry with modern luxury. Anchoring a particularly graceful curve of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok’s Old Town, the picturesque location offers guests a unique urban retreat bursting with character, providing a peaceful atmosphere while conveniently close to the dynamic pulse of one of the world’s most exciting cities.
The riverbank setting provides not only breathtaking sights of the mighty waterway but also easy access to Bangkok’s historic district, making it an ideal starting point for exploring the city’s iconic landmarks, from the Grand Palace to Wat Po and Wat Arun temples — which can be conveniently reached via the hotel’s private luxury river boat.
With interiors designed by architectural luminary and longtime resident of the Thai capital, Bill Bensley, the guest experience is never less than remarkable. But Bensley’s heart was clearly captured by this project, resulting in public spaces that never fail to surprise and delight guests with beauty, humour and individuality.
Intelligent Design
The hotel’s 38 rooms, divided into 28 suites and 10 exclusive pool villas, create the intimate and tailored feel of a true boutique stay. Each suite and villa is sumptuously appointed, featuring soaring ceilings, simple, elegant lines and references to colonial aesthetics.
The villas, each equipped with a private pool, lush garden and around-the-clock personalised butler service, offer an unparalleled level of privacy and indulgence. The sophisticated vibes are complemented by Bensley-esque elements, such as precise lines in black and white, and unique gallery-like spaces featuring carefully curated art and antiques.
The attention to detail found in the hotel’s design is reflected throughout its operations. The property’s selection of restaurants and bars offer style, charm and culinary excellence — a challenging task in a city renowned for its food and drink.
Flagship restaurant, Chon Thai, sits inside a restored teakwood structure, featuring a traditional dining room where guests can delve into a menu of Thai dishes and modern recipes perfected by the talented kitchen team using fresh locally sourced produce that showcases the vibrant tastes and techniques of the country.
Capping the culinary experience and transforming the kitchen into a classroom, the hotel also hosts personalised cooking classes, where guests can experience a day in the life of a chef, embarking on early morning market visits to select the freshest ingredients before creating their own Thai masterpieces. For a more leisurely pace, the hotel’s classic Afternoon Tea service at The Story House is an unforgettable selection of sweet treats and savoury snacks that reflect the hotel’s modern outlook and dedication to tradition.
Cultured and Relaxing
In addition to refined accommodations and culinary delights, The Siam offers facilities and cultural experiences that elevate any stay into something truly special.
For those seeking authentic cultural immersion, the hotel features a Sak Yant tattoo studio, where guests can receive sacred Thai tattoos steeped in tradition and spiritual meaning. The Muay Thai boxing ring allows for up-close-and-personal lessons in the national sport.
Opium Spa offers a vast array of wellness treatments, including the Samadara Ultimate Age-Defying Facial, Thermal Infusing Facial, Contouring Marine Body Wrap and Green Tea Salt Cleanse, each of which draws on ancient Thai therapeutic practices. Or revive yourself with massage options including the Aroma Journey Massage, Muay Thai Massage and Swedish Massage, for the ultimate in relaxation
Guests can escape into other worlds at the hotel’s private Screening Room, where movies can be enjoyed in an intimate, luxurious setting. And The Vinyl Room, which invites music aficionados to unwind amid an expansive collection of vinyl records, provides nostalgic, relaxing and inspiring memories.
For a lasting keepsake, guests can participate in an analog photo experience by ordering a “Collodion wet plate” portrait session, capturing the essence of their stay in a timeless format and providing a unique souvenir that will last forever.
Book now with The Siam Senses promotion, which offers guests staying three nights or longer the chance to explore the hotel’s services and amenities at their leisure. The package includes a choice of a massage treatment at Opium Spa and a delightful Afternoon Tea at The Story House. Guests will also receive a free bottle of wine upon arrival, daily breakfast at the riverside restaurant, and the personalised assistance of a dedicated butler.
With its stunning design, exceptional accommodations, curated dining and individualised services, The Siam is an unparalleled destination where every moment matters.
For reservations and more information about The Siam’s Signature Experiences, please visit www.thesiamhotel.com.
Article Sponsored by The Siam.
Images courtesy of The Siam.
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Oriental Hotels Limited’s (NSE:ORIENTHOT) CEO Looks Due For A Compensation Raise
Key Insights
- Oriental Hotels’ Annual General Meeting to take place on 24th of July
- Salary of ₹14.0m is part of CEO Pramod Ranjan’s total remuneration
- Total compensation is 50% below industry average
- Oriental Hotels’ total shareholder return over the past three years was 145% while its EPS grew by 59% over the past three years
The impressive results at Oriental Hotels Limited (NSE:ORIENTHOT) recently will be great news for shareholders. At the upcoming AGM on 24th of July, they would be interested to hear about the company strategy going forward and get a chance to cast their votes on resolutions such as executive remuneration and other company matters. Let’s take a look at why we think the CEO has done a good job and we’ll present the case for a bump in pay.
See our latest analysis for Oriental Hotels
How Does Total Compensation For Pramod Ranjan Compare With Other Companies In The Industry?
At the time of writing, our data shows that Oriental Hotels Limited has a market capitalization of ₹28b, and reported total annual CEO compensation of ₹25m for the year to March 2025. We note that’s an increase of 11% above last year. Notably, the salary which is ₹14.0m, represents a considerable chunk of the total compensation being paid.
On comparing similar companies from the Indian Hospitality industry with market caps ranging from ₹17b to ₹69b, we found that the median CEO total compensation was ₹49m. This suggests that Pramod Ranjan is paid below the industry median. What’s more, Pramod Ranjan holds ₹2.2b worth of shares in the company in their own name, indicating that they have a lot of skin in the game.
| Component | 2025 | 2024 | Proportion (2025) |
| Salary | ₹14m | ₹12m | 57% |
| Other | ₹11m | ₹9.7m | 43% |
| Total Compensation | ₹25m | ₹22m | 100% |
On an industry level, around 95% of total compensation represents salary and 5% is other remuneration. In Oriental Hotels’ case, non-salary compensation represents a greater slice of total remuneration, in comparison to the broader industry. If salary dominates total compensation, it suggests that CEO compensation is leaning less towards the variable component, which is usually linked with performance.
Oriental Hotels Limited’s Growth
Over the past three years, Oriental Hotels Limited has seen its earnings per share (EPS) grow by 59% per year. In the last year, its revenue is up 20%.
Overall this is a positive result for shareholders, showing that the company has improved in recent years. It’s also good to see decent revenue growth in the last year, suggesting the business is healthy and growing. While we don’t have analyst forecasts for the company, shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Has Oriental Hotels Limited Been A Good Investment?
Boasting a total shareholder return of 145% over three years, Oriental Hotels Limited has done well by shareholders. So they may not be at all concerned if the CEO were to be paid more than is normal for companies around the same size.
In Summary…
The company’s solid performance might have made most shareholders happy, possibly making CEO remuneration the least of the matters to be discussed in the AGM. However, investors will get the chance to engage on key strategic initiatives and future growth opportunities for the company and set their longer-term expectations.
While CEO pay is an important factor to be aware of, there are other areas that investors should be mindful of as well. We did our research and spotted 2 warning signs for Oriental Hotels that investors should look into moving forward.
Arguably, business quality is much more important than CEO compensation levels. So check out this free list of interesting companies that have HIGH return on equity and low debt.
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Data Journalist, BBC Verify
Political correspondent
The government spent nearly a third less on hotels to house asylum seekers between April 2024 and March 2025, according to newly published figures.
The Home Office’s annual accounts show £2.1bn was spent on hotel accommodation – an average of about £5.77m per day, down from £3bn or £8.3m per day, the previous year.
Data obtained by BBC Verify shows the saving has been driven by a reduction in the average nightly cost per person housed, after a government move to use cheaper forms of accommodation and room sharing.
But Dr Peter Walsh, from the Migration Observatory think tank at Oxford University, warned that the surge in small boat crossings seen since March could lead to a renewed reliance on hotels.
“I don’t think hotels are going away anytime soon based on current trends,” he said.
Hotel accommodation is used when there is no other housing available for asylum seekers, and the government has committed to stop using asylum hotels by the end of this Parliament.
There were 32,345 people in asylum hotels at the end of March 2025, up from 29,585 people at the end of June last year, but lower than the total in December.
A senior Home Office source said one of the main factors behind the saving was moving some asylum seekers from hotels into other types of cheaper accommodation.
They said the department had prioritised moving families and children into regular housing so they were not living in hotels for long periods of time.
BBC News understands the majority of people moved out of hotels are now living in local housing, or houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), a type of rented accommodation where at least three individuals share the use of a bathroom and kitchen.
Most of these properties have been acquired through the government’s contracts with Serco, one of the three companies responsible for asylum accommodation.
Some savings have also been made by renegotiating elements of those contracts, which were originally signed by the previous Conservative government.
Officials have previously told MPs that greater room-sharing in hotels has helped reduce the number of sites and per head costs over the past financial year.
It is not clear how many people usually share a room, but Home Office minister Angela Eagle has previously said “people can double up or treble up” if rooms are big enough.
The Home Office accounts suggest 273 hotels were in use in March 2024 but that number has now fallen by 71.
The average nightly cost per person fell from £162.16 in March 2023 to £118.87 by March 2025, according to BBC Verify’s analysis of official data obtained through a Freedom of Information request.
The Home Office’s accounts also show that almost £50m of public money was effectively written off after the Labour government scrapped a Conservative plan to use the RAF Scampton site in Lincolnshire to house asylum seekers.
Tens of millions had already been spent on the site when Labour came to power and axed the plans.
The Home office annual report says that decision resulted in a “constructive loss of £48.5m”, but a department source said the site would have been an even more expensive option than hotels, even taking into account the loss incurred.
The report also confirmed that £270m paid to Rwanda to help support the country’s economic development was not refunded after the UK government scrapped the Rwanda scheme.
Conservative ministers had planned to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda to deter people from crossing the Channel in small boats.
However, the scheme was stalled by legal challenges and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said it led to just four people being removed to the country voluntarily.
The Rwandan government said last year that it was “under no obligation” to pay back the £270m after Labour scrapped the deal.
Hotels & Accommodations
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Partners to Open Ramada Plaza in Ayodhya by 2028, ETHospitalityWorld
M/s Anuprit Solutions Private Limited, a prominent hospitality company in Ayodhya, announced a strategic partnership with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, to develop a new upscale hotel, the Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Ayodhya Masodha.
This greenfield development will feature 120 guest rooms and offer a comprehensive range of amenities including an all-day dining restaurant, expansive banquet and meeting spaces, a spa, swimming pool, and other premium facilities. Currently in the advanced planning stage, the hotel is expected to open in 2028, said a release issued by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
Aqeel Ahmed, director, M/s Anuprit Solutions Pvt. Ltd., said, “It is a privilege to bring the globally respected Ramada Plaza brand to Ayodhya in partnership with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. With Ayodhya evolving into a major religious and cultural destination, we aim to provide world-class accommodation and service that reflects both the city’s deep heritage and its modern growth story.”
Rahool Macarius, market managing director, Eurasia, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, added, “With Ayodhya emerging as a sought-after pilgrimage and cultural hub, this new signing represents our continued investment in high-potential markets. This marks our second hotel signing in the city – a reflection of our belief in Ayodhya’s growth trajectory and our intent to deliver exceptional stays where tradition and hospitality meet.”
This project further strengthens Wyndham’s commitment to expanding in India’s tier-2 and tier-3 cities, especially in fast-evolving religious and leisure markets.
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