10 hotels closed by protests to be featured in new spotlight series

As if the Bangkok hotel industry in Thailand wasn’t suffering enough, with memories of Suvarnabhumi airport being closed down by protesters in late 2008, the global economic meltdown, and the havoc strewn by Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull this spring.

The two-month long street protests by anti-government protesters, followed by scenes of the military crackdown and subsequent rioting and arson attacks streaming into living rooms around the world certainly put any hopes of a recovery this year to bed.

While the tourism industry of Thailand as a whole, which makes up 6% of GDP and accounts for 12% of employment in Thailand, is set to suffer from the loss of confidence over at least the next 12 months, I believe that hotels and shops who were forced to close or suffered damages during the unrest are at an even bigger disadvantage.

With this in mind I would like to extend an offer to the management of any hotels that were forced to close down during the protests by the UDD and the subsequent unrest over the past few weeks.

I’m preparing to write a ten part series focusing on ten hotels in the Bangkok hotel industry, large or small that were forced to close down during the events of the past few weeks. If you are associated with such a property and would like to have a post featuring your hotel’s story, please get in contact with me by either leaving a comment to this post or on Twitter @Sabai_Sabai.

While what I can offer is not such a huge thing, I do believe that at times like this we are all in it together and any extra exposure or publicity can only help, especially if you have had to close down recently. It doesn’t matter if your hotel made my list of Bangkok hotel closures that received over 1300 unique visitors a day during the conflict or not, if you would like some free exposure in the post-protest market, please feel free to let me know.

What I am offering

I will dedicate a post in the 10 part series to your hotel and your story. Tell us how you were affected, what you did for your guests, why you closed, how long you were closed for, how it has affected your staff, when you opened or will be opened again, or anything you want to tell us.

Tell us what’s great about your hotel, the people, the facilities, or if you have made improvements or renovations to your property. Your story can be between 300 and 1000 words and you can include 3 or 4 photos if you like. The photos can be of damage you sustained, renovations you made, or even just general photos of your hotel.

I’ll include all your hotel information including a link back to your site- not an affiliate link to a booking company, with your hotel name in the do-follow link. The only thing that I do ask is that the material you submit is original.

I hope this small gesture can go at least a small way to improving the situation a lot of people in Bangkok, not just the Bangkok hotel industry are now faced with right now.  We can do this, let’s get the word out.

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