Tourism recovery: One Million Baht Club privilege plan launched for first time in Thailand

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Tourism recovery: One Million Baht Club privilege plan launched for first time in Thailand

By Megha Paul 

TD Editor

 

 

Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit has announced its cooperation with five leading business and strategic partners for Tourism 2021 recovery plan with the launching of the ‘One Million Baht Club’, the first privilege package from Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit in Thailand.

 

Vitavas Vibhagool, chief executive officer of property development in Grande Asset Hotels and Property said: “Today’s initiative heralds the cooperation of leading companies and organizations aiming to boost and revitalize the Thai tourism and hospitality industry for its recovery in 2021. After a period of closing down in early 2020, Thailand has performed very well to control and eliminate the Covid-19 epidemic. Hotels under Grande Asset Hotels and Property, including Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit, have been upgraded and all adhere to the strictest and highest standards of hygiene safety for domestic travelers and are prepared to welcome back international tourists.”

 

Tanes Petsuwan, deputy governor for marketing communications of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has outlined a range of measures being taken by TAT to stimulate and promote domestic tourism to help the industry recover.

 

Full story: https://www.traveldailymedia.com/tourism-recovery-one-million-baht-club-privilege-plan-launched-for-first-time-in-thailand/

 

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[Olivie]

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Sammy Carolus, general manager of Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel, said: “To attract locals, expats and upcoming visitors, we have joined with our leading business partners to launch One Million Baht Club the first privilege package from Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit in Thailand. It is the signature unlimited stay privilege package from Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit. This is a wonderful value-for-money opportunity for our frequent guests who are seeking a semi-permanent stay in the city centre of Bangkok with a one-time fee, which includes various benefits from our leading business partners.”

 

What's included in this "1 million baht" package ?

[olfu]

Sounds like promotion for....???

[sammieuk1]

Think they must be going to pay you a million to come and be banged up ????

[baansgr]

19 minutes ago, Olivie said:

 

What's included in this "1 million baht" package ?

Unlimited stay...and various other benefits

[ezzra]

Any marketing schemes to fill those 10's of thousands of empty beds with warm bodies, for now though, because as soon as things will get back to normal those hotel's execs will revert back to playing gods again...

[bluesofa]

43 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Think they must be going to pay you a million to come and be banged up ????

I could go for that for two weeks in solitary quarantine. Where do I sign up?

[Enoon]

 

 

1 hour ago, baansgr said:

Unlimited stay...and various other benefits

 

The usual disingenuous sales double talk:

 

"The members will be offered ultimate privileges of unlimited stay for 365 nights"

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/12/03/hyatt-regency-bangkok-sukhumvit-launches-one-million-baht-club-privilege-package-to-attract-high-end-tourism-in-2021-as-part-of-recovery-plan/

 

You get to use every single one of your 365 nights allocation.

 

You are limited to 365 nights.

 

 

 

 

[Boomer6969]

When I see Bumrungrad involved in this kind of stunt I am getting worried.. 

[PingRoundTheWorld]

What a ridiculous offer. It works out to 2739 baht a night if you stayed the full 365 days. 83,333 a month for a 35sqm studio with no kitchen. You could literally walk next door and get a similar sized condo with full amenities for less than 20,000.

 

Not to mention there are multiple 5-star hotels in the area currently offering lower nightly rates.

[Freigeist365]

Whenever you think you've seen and heard it all... ????

[khunPer]

Hmm, 1 million baht divided with 365 equals 2.740 baht a day, and since it's only for intended for partial stays, it's more likely 180 days and almost 5,500 baht a day.

 

You can find many reasonable excellent hotels in Bangkok for that kind of money. For example, a 50 square meter Junior Suite in Sky Zone at Baiyoke Sky Hotel is offered for little less than 4,000 baht for two including breakfast buffet; not a bad place to stay, talking from experience. And going up to almost 5,500 baht an 85 square meter Panorama Suite in Sky Zone that can accommodate a family of four, including breakfast buffet, is 5,300 baht.

 

If you aren't using enough days, the daily 1 Million Baht Club-rates can be quite high; you can for example book Mandarin Oriental Hotel, with "private butler service", from about 12,000 baht, and 4th night with 50 percent discount. I would prefer more freedom, and if I need one full 2021-stay in a hotel room, I could probably negotiate a fair price at many fine places...????

[tomauasia]

Absolutley delusional bunch of people..More story's good for a laugh.

[tomauasia]

Just bye fake blow up rich tourists. Ask Prayut where to make the cut outs. Next

[Iron Tongue]

Still can't figure out what they're announcing.  Pre-pay 1,000,000 baht and get hotel stay?

 

Isn't this a time-share scam?

[ronaldo0]

Chocolate teapot factory opening next week !

[Somchai Jackson]

Good idea to let the rich in.  Britains got the right idea about letting wealthy business people enter without quarantine as it is obvious that covid is a poor persons disease.  And if the wealthy do get sick it's probably because some poor dude didn't follow the rules about social distancing, mask wearing, and washing hands. 

[Nkpjed]

Delusional idiots 

[PhilippBKK]

On 12/7/2020 at 8:45 AM, PingRoundTheWorld said:

What a ridiculous offer. It works out to 2739 baht a night if you stayed the full 365 days. 83,333 a month for a 35sqm studio with no kitchen. You could literally walk next door and get a similar sized condo with full amenities for less than 20,000.

 

Not to mention there are multiple 5-star hotels in the area currently offering lower nightly rates.

Yes, this is all for media exposure and desperately trying to get some kind of cash flow.

Let's see how many packages they are actually able to sell.

With limited travel and all, no one needs to pre-book a room for an entire year and condos offer a much better deal.

[khunjeff]

1 hour ago, PhilippBKK said:

Yes, this is all for media exposure and desperately trying to get some kind of cash flow.

Let's see how many packages they are actually able to sell.

With limited travel and all, no one needs to pre-book a room for an entire year and condos offer a much better deal.

 

Their target is to sell 100 packages, and the intended customers are large companies (i.e., not the same person using all 365 room nights), so it's not completely pie in the sky. The package includes club access (= breakfast plus nightly drinks and dinner), 200k hotel credit, a physical at Bumrungrad, a bunch of nights at their beach resorts, etc. It's not necessarily a great deal, but not totally unrealistic for an organization that normally uses a lot of hotel nights every year.

[varun]

Desperate times call for idiotic measures!