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Well, after my second stay at the Holiday Inn Silom now, and after my low expectations after my last experiences... I must now admit that the stay was not so bad after all.... Well, sure, I have to say that I once again upgraded my PL deal to an executive floor room (Crowne Tower) against 24US$++ surcharge, and I someway was happier with the room now than last time.. don't know why... just felt quite comfortable in this room though it was still not renovated, but spacious, offered a nice view (ask for the riverview-side) and had a nice large bathroom. The service in the Executive Floor (lounge) was really fine, nothing to complain about, the breakfast buffet in the lounge again nice (eggs done by order etc.) and the cocktails and snacks in the evening nice as well. For 24 US$ surcharge for sure a good deal, worth it.

The drawbacks for the Holiday Inn are still the ugly pool (cement everywhere, small, lacks decoration), the location (lower end of Silom Road) and maybe (for active non-smokers) the smokers-friendly attitude (I got a non-smoking room upon reservation; after I asked for a smoking room upon check-in I just got an ashtray brought by the room service, and this made a "smoking room" out of a "non-smoking room" in the non-smoking floor ;-) ).

However, all over, it's still IMHO more a 3-star-hotel, not more and not less (apart from executive floor to which I'd admit in terms of service a 4-star level, but that's not what you book in Priceline). By the way, for the first time I stayed in the Tawana Ramada too (Surawongse, Riverside-Silom) which was given to me as a 3-star priceline hotel for Bangkok, and was positively surprised (will post an separate review here later), and I would prefer the Tawana Ramada to the Holiday Inn - the Tawana Ramada was experienced by me as a very lovely, charming hotel, with a service-level worth of 4-stars or even higher! A real deal for Bangkok. The problem is just, that it might happen to be "upgraded to 4-star-hotel" in Priceline, when trying to get the 3-star Tawana Ramada in Priceline... as these hotels are in the same PL zones :-(. (Other story of course, when getting upgraded to 4-star and getting the Marriott Resort... but which is a risky tactics)....















(ps.: though these pictures have the logo "ciao!" these are my pictures which I also posted in this German web community)