NoirFan01

ทรงพระเจริญ (Long live the King!)

RIP.

According to the Thai Press, he/the hotel had loss 10 million THB and they say that he had other hotels in Canada/USA which have apparently lost 30 million THB.

I have heard the expression "In Thailand never invest more than you can walk away from" Seems that it now applies to the US and Canada?

It seems there has to be more to the story than losing money on a hotel. If people committed suicide over a business failure, there'd be an awful lot more dead business owners out there. And, while losing money, it had only been open a couple months. Can't expect instant success and profit for such a huge business undertaking.

Sorry to learn this news about Jay passing. I stayed at the Lavender Lanna two weeks ago and had a couple brief conversations with him during my stay. When I returned home I sent him a thank you message and got a quick reply. Unfortunately, rumors of the cause of death are swirling out of control. The first news I received stated he drank mosquito repellant to commit suicide. I don't know about his health situation. When I met him, he was a little overweight, but not extremely so. I feel sorry for his friends and family and for the hotel employees, too. I met some really nice folk who work in the sauna and gogo club.