Mandarin Oriental overhaul underway

Flagship Bangkok hotel gets update

- KUAKUL MORNKUM SOMHATAI MOSIKA

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is investing roughly US$100 million to renovate the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, with plans to complete the project by the fourth quarter of this year.

RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY

Laurent Kleitman, group chief executive of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, said the renovations focus on enhancing the guest accommodation in the Authors' Wing and Garden Wing, as well as upgrading the hotel's restaurants.

The comprehensive renovation programme is expected to be completed by November 2025, in time for the hotel's 150th anniversary celebrations next year.

Renovation work on the China House, the hotel’s Chinese restaurant, commenced in December 2024 and is scheduled to be completed by August 2025.

Le Normandie, a French restaurant and Bangkok’s first fine dining restaurant, is undergoing renovations during March to September 2025.

Meanwhile, the renovation of Baan Phraya, the hotel’s Thai restaurant, commences next month and is scheduled to be completed by October 2025.

The Garden Wing renovations began in April and are slated for completion by September 2025.

The renovations to the Royal Suite and Ambassador Suite started in May and are scheduled to be completed by June 2025.