raydon22 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Novotel Lotus Bangkok1spo Daeng Udom Sukhumvit 33Bangkok, ThailandCheck-In Date: Fri, Dec 3, 2004Check-Out Date: Sat, Dec 4, 2004Your Offer Price: $40.00Number of Rooms: 1Number of Nights: 1Subtotal: $40.00Taxes & Service Fees: $14.36Total Charges: $54.36----Their internet rate for that day is $85.26 + 17% tax = $99.75 Link to comment
thereuare Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Welcome to BetterBidding!Thank you for sharing your win with the rest of the board.Enjoy your stay. Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases Link to comment
flyme2 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Siam.net has the Novotel Lotus on your dates for $49 USD with breakfast and all taxes included. I have used them when I don't need stay credit with my favourite hotel chains. Their rates are rarely undersold. Priceline for 4*'s in Bangkok is becoming too much of a crap shoot. The best strategy, IMHO, is to use PL for 5* Riverside properties and plan on getting the superb Shangri-la for a few bucks more. The savings there really are significant.However, there is a silver lining. The Novotel gets generally favourable reviews at Siam.net. Link to comment
Chris26WI Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Just had a look at siam.net.. and they list the Holiday Inn (there still listed as Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza) as a 5-star!!!! What a joke!And they have another Holiday Inn, Ploenchit... there... strange... In holiday-inn.com I don't find a HI in Ploenchit. Is it a new one or a former HI? Link to comment
flyme2 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Just had a look at siam.net.. and they list the Holiday Inn (there still listed as Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza) as a 5-star!!!! What a joke! :) Siam.net's star ratings may certainly be inflated, but their prices aren't, and in my book that's the more important criteria. I do my own ratings according to my research and reviews I've read. I, personally, would assign the Holiday Inn no more than a 3* rating. If you really wanted to stay at the HI, better to pay $65 USD (including breakfast and taxes) than the $75 USD (+ 17% and no breakfast) at HI's own website. The property on Ploenchit mentioned by Chris26WI as being labelled a HI used to be the Meridien President. Right next door is the InterContinental, which used to be the Royal Meridien. I would image they were sold to the InterContinental Hotels Group, of which HI is a part, when the Siam InterContinental property on Rama I was sold to developers. Link to comment
LHFlyer Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 LeMeridien President is indeed supposed to become a Holiday Inn. But there's no way it's open yet, at least based on what it looked like three weeks ago when I stayed at the Intercon.A Crowne Plaza will open near Suk 25-27 as well in the near furute. Link to comment
Chris26WI Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 yeah, schedulded to be open in January 2006:see: http://www.ihgplc.com/media/index.a...2003&NewsID=737This hotel will not be of the same ownership as the Holiday Inn Silom (which belongs to the Harilela Group.Maybe they will sell via Priceline then too. Link to comment
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