AdBdtd6JPD7nUMQSMzF45vDv.jpg' alt='Watch Small Apartments Online Freeform' title='Watch Small Apartments Online Freeform' />A Bangkok business hotels review, top conference and MICE hotels, ballrooms, and small corporate meetings venues. HOTEL REVIEWPlan on longer. The red carpet is out as hotels renovate and new brands launch from luxe to casual. A Bangkok business hotels review. From boutique stays to corporate meetings, snazzy ballrooms and top MICE venues. Vijay Verghese. SEE ALSOBangkok shopping Phuket resorts review Koh Samui resorts Chiang Mai guide Thai spas Singapore hotel guide Luang Prabang guide Hong Kong hotels Kuala Lumpur hotels Jakarta business hotels Hua Hin guide Isan, Khao Yai Small meetings in Asia Krabi resorts Pattaya fun guide. The Athenee Hotel, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok JUMP TOSukhumvit Hotels Central Bangkok Silom and Sathorn Road Bangkok River Hotels Chatuchak, Lad Prao, Chaengwattana, Don Muang, Chinatown, Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel Contacts. Verdant Lumpini Park views from So Sofitels many vantage points. The green is disappearing though pleasant strolls can still be undertaken in parks like this photo Vijay Verghese BANGKOK continues to pull in the crowds. Its a tremendous highwire act for a city that has teetered on the edge for years, buffeted by perverse politics, insurance crimping travel advisories, conference cancellations, and highwayman taxi drivers. The August 2. 01. Erawan Brahma statue which escaped almost entirely unscathed was put down as a miracle and further evidence of its protective powers. Bangkok, the City of Angels, epitomises the old adage in picking a hotel, what matters is location, location, location. The city is every travellers dream and nightmare. Daytime gridlock and the occasional Red exuberance ensures that despite all the khop khun kraps that you can muster, chasing appointments around this city can be a white knuckle affair. Watch Small Apartments Online Freeform' title='Watch Small Apartments Online Freeform' />The Athenee Hotel, rebranded 6 October 2. The Sky. Train, or BTS, as it is known, has changed all that. Along its snaking corridors, foreign businessmen and trendy tourists now travel with aplomb and speed, in comfort and airconditioning, high above the madding crowd. Showtime Full Man Up Online Free. It costs Bt. 14. 0 for a one day BTS pass. Underground, the whisper smooth comforts, and speed, of the Metro await. The enormous space age Suvarnabhumi Airport www. Pattaya highway 3. Bangkok has launched itself firmly into the new millennium albeit with snaking security queues and occasional taxi trauma. Still, its a bright Thai welcome with a huge amount of duty free shopping. Bangkoks airport rail link August 2. Bt. 15. 0 for the 1. City Terminal Makkasan in town. You can watch local TV online or get broadcast networks over the air. 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Sukhumvit Hotels, Asoke, Rachadapisek. Sukhumvit Road is home to a clutch of fine properties. The Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok, is quite a mouthful but it does serve up some jaw dropping service and attention to detail with the added convenience of covered step in access to the BTS Asoke station. This is an underground Metro station interchange stop too. Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit new Luxury Room photo Vijay Verghese. This is a plush address that has set the bar high since inception. A two and a half year refurbishment programme saw a new line up of rooms complete by November 2. Gone are the bright blond woods and ship cabin feel of the old rooms. A new Luxury room is decked out in goldy hues with dark wood trim and cabinets. Thoughtful touches include an elevated mini bar that eliminates the need to crouch low on the carpet at 2am fumbling around for a can of Singha Bt. A plump starched white bed sits against the pale gold head wall facing a 5. TV with DVD player. Lamps at either side of the bed have easy to reach individual switches and room control switches are tactile and finger friendly. Best of all are the two USB ports at either side of the bed for fast charging of multiple gadgets. Expect a digital clock, a white marble top desk with data port and two three pin universal electric sockets, large mirrors that create a roomy feel, a small walk in closet with the old vertical monster safe big enough for your mother in law iron and ironing board and more. The bathroom features Thann amenities with the old turquoise tiles in place with a soaking tub, one wash basin, a hairdryer, and a power shower cubicle. Grand Suites offer 7. The only evidence of the old blond wood is in the lobby and public areas where it is matched with beige marble and hints of polished brass to create an airy and bright welcome for guests. Like fine wine, the public spaces have aged well and a series of restaurant revamps have set the place abuzz. Check out the late 2. Dine in the Dark for a touchie feelie experience in total darkness served by blind staff as part of an interesting CSR initiative. Expect a four course Bt. Asian, vegetarian, Western, or just a surprise. This is right behind street level Barsu with its retro music and wine. Pop into the chic, Basil restaurant for Thai, now with just four region nine course set meals for lunch and dinner for a minimum of two. Sample Italian at Rossinis, or pop up to The Sala, poolside for light menus and alfresco breezes. Westin Deluxe photo hotel. The Grande Spa Fitness Club continues to offer its sophisticated arsenal of wellness menus and massage. Try the two hour herbal compress Luk Pra Kob. All in, this is a fine address for small corporate meetings in Bangkok and business travellers on the go, as well as for luxe leisure trippers with the Terminal 2. Send us your Feedback Letter to the Editor. Bang next to the BTS and MRTA stations is the Westin Grande Sukhumvit with its signature heavenly bed. Youll be queueing up to purchase it after just one heavenly night in Bangkok enveloped in quality down and feathers. Not a bad investment if a good nights sleep is top of your priority list. The Westin has done a complete makeover of the property with some stylish touches and expansive mood lighting that blends from hot oranges to cool purples in the blink of an eyelash. Disconcertingly, the lobby is on the seventh floor, but that little niggle aside, it is a crisp executive choice. Rooms offer high speed Internet access Bt. TV. Executive Club Floor guests at the Westin Grande Sukhumvit enjoy complimentary breakfast, cocktails and tea. The latest addition to the Westin armoury are the Westin. WORKOUT Rooms that come with indoor cycle, treadmill, dumbells and health DVDs. The inroom safe wont hold a laptop but a steam iron and ironing board are handy extras after the airport scrum. Wind down options include the Vareena Spa where facials, exfoliations, scrubs and wraps await. Of an evening, the Zest Bar is a relaxing watering hole with views of the Sky. Train whooshing past. There are a few outdoor seats too, weather permitting. The Bold Type Is the Best TV Surprise of 2. So Far. The Bold Type, a new series set at a Cosmopolitan like magazine in New York City, is the best surprise of the TV year so far. Its part journalism drama, part Sex and the Citystyle female bonding comedy with sex and romance its equally interested in being both things at once, to the best of its ability, and damned if it doesnt pull it off more often than youd think. The show starts tonight on Freeform formerly ABC Family. Created by Sara Watson, a writer on Parenthood, it keeps putting its central trio of women Katie Stevens, Meghann Fahy, and Aisha Dee as 2. Scarlet magazine in situations that could seem familiar, even hackneyed, on other shows. But then it surprises you by exploring the heroines conflicts from a fresh angle, then ending things on an unresolved or bittersweet note. Its also a rare series with a feel for how journalism of all types is actually made in 2. The heroines outlet is upper echelon a so called legacy media organization that still produces a glossy print magazine as well as a website and videos, and that apparently has sufficient budget thanks to covering the visuals driven fashion industry to foot the bill for a big staff, a sprawling office, and perks that most click stained wretches dont get no matter where they work such as a vast wardrobe closet that gets raided for fashion shoots but also used for impromptu private conferences and, um, other activities. Sutton Fahy, Kat Dee, and Jane Stevens are introduced working together in the editorial department, but this isnt permanent. One of the unexpected pleasures here is the genuine curiosity that The Bold Type displays about these womens career choices, and how they do or do not get them closer to their dreams, whatever they may be. As shiny and sumptuous as The Bold Type is with its young, gorgeous, impeccably dressed core cast, and its Carrie Bradshaw daydream vision of what it means to be a New York journalist dating hot guys, wearing great footwear, having sex in apartments with eye boggling views it respects journalism as work, in a way that more outwardly serious narratives about the profession sometimes dont. Theres a scene in an upcoming episode where a story that Jane is excited about falls through when shes denied access to the subject. Showtime Full Tiny Furniture Online Free. After licking her wounds, she realizes she can write a more original, attention getting piece by fusing the handful of fresh quotes she was able to obtain with the wealth of material thats already available online. Sutton, meanwhile, ends up being interviewed for a job by a boss Sam Page of Mad Men whom shes furtively sleeping with but hopes to legitimately date one day. The Bold Type is reasonable in how it deals with this breach, noting that the situation is unacceptable, but also that it happens all the time, often without anyone else knowing, because participants realize the penalties thatll accrue if the truth gets out. The series is also scrupulous about insisting that this is the story of women, one in which men are lovers, friends, foils, or unpredictable X factors. The male characters are never caricatured in fact there are points where the show cuts them more slack than they probably deserve. Watch Mostly Sunny Online Hoyts more. But the shows gaze, as well as its worldview, are stringently female. This is emphasized by a pop driven soundtrack dominated by women vocalists, but also by the attention it pays to subtle emotions that women pick up on immediately even as they sail right over the heads of men. The trios acting teamwork jells right away, and theyre equally effective in solo scenes. Kat gets the most compelling story lines at first, becoming so obsessed with a left wing Muslim lesbian photographer Nikohl Boosheri that she starts to question her own supposed straightness, and writing a misogynist troll baiting piece online and then wondering how long she can withstand a wave of anonymous rape threats without crumbling. The other two leads deepen over time, in less dynamic but equally convincing ways. Its clear right away that Sutton isnt someone whos invested in the grunt work of journalism, or even the most fun parts of the fashion magazine biz shed be better used elsewhere in the organization, but neither she nor her friends know where that might be. Jane, meanwhile, strains to mold herself into a particular kind of writer rather than developing her innate but still unformed natural talents. I dont want my writing about sex to be my brand, she says, which is a bummer for Jane because her writing about sex is both good and popular. Speaking of Janes creative struggles Best in show goes to the characters top boss and Scarlets editor in chief, Jacqueline Carlyle, played by Melora Hardin, a. Jane Levinson from The Office. Its refreshing to see the female boss of a major publication portrayed not as a pampered cult leader or a hateful witch on wheels, but simply as a quietly charismatic person whos great at what she does and derives her power from balancing polite bluntness and tactical silence. The most exciting moments in any of the episodes are the ones where Jacqueline asks a question or makes a demand that an employee didnt anticipate, then waits patiently for an answer, her mouth fixed in an expression that you wouldnt dare call a smile for fear that you might be wrong. Hardin walks off with every scene shes in, often in fabulous shoes The series introduces her via her feet, which are laced up in red cage heels. The character is supposedly based on Cosmopolitans chief content officer Joanna Coles and thats how this series was originally pitched in early press releases, for whatever reason but Watson and her collaborators treat the character more like John Houseman on The Paper Chase as a combination supervisor, aspirational figure, and teacher, best used in small but potent doses. Unlike many TV mentor characters, though, Jacquelines words of wisdom are actually wise. You have this idea of the kind of writer you should be, she tells Jane, but dont let it keep you from the kind of writer you could be. I have no idea what this show eventually could be, but I have faith in the people who make it. Not too many shamelessly entertaining series are as smart as this one. Fictionalized Cosmo TV Series Coming to Freeform.