New hotel to open on Thailand's border

A one billion bhat hotel project has just been launched on the part of a group of investors from China. The hotel will be located in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai.

The 300-room hotel will be built in the Chiang Khong district along the bank of the Mekong River, according to Nivat Teeprueksa, the project manager for Chie Chou International. The company is based in Yunnan but registered in Thailand in June this year.

The company believes that the North South Economic Corridor will experience an economic boom in the future, partially due to the construction of a new bridge connecting Chiang Khong in Thailand with the Huay Sai sub district in Laos.

The new bridge is currently open for trail service while final construction will be finished in two years. ''It takes only three hours for people who want to travel from Huay Sai to China's border by car,'' Mr Nivat said.

The site for the new hotel is located only three kilometers from the new bridge and will be ready to open in two years. When complete, the hotel will have eight stories and a mini golf course, a resort and a landing pad for helicopter.