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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.

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Bangkok hotel closures & re-opening status

Bangkok hotel re-opening dates list updated daily.

Bangkok is now back to normal with all roads, hotels, shops and attractions operating as normal. I am leaving the previous updates below as a record of events.

Following the departure of UDD protesters in central Bangkok, the city is now in cleanup mode. A city-wide curfew remains until Sunday night. Hotels that were forced to close are cleaning up and preparing for re-opening, with most set to re-open Monday the 24th or Wednesday the 26th. This morning I have updated Bangkok hotel re-openings for the Ratchadamri and Siam areas which were the most severely affected areas, and will update the others later today.

Updated MapA full, annotated zoom-able Google map of the Bangkok protests is available here. The map is still online and marked with the danger spots at the peak of the unrest, however Bangkok is now back to normal and totally safe for visitors and residents alike.

I am calling many of the hotels in the affected areas every today to check whether they are open and when they are re-opening. I will list all hotel closures and re-opening dates here. Below is the list of their current status as of today. Check back daily as I will be updating this list of Bangkok hotel closures everyday until the situation is back to normal.

Updated 12 pm Bangkok time, Tuesday May 25th 2010

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