Aug 29, 2011

Beyond our suites...


To define the beauty of the country is just a matter of one’s perspective. The beauty could be the people to one person and it could be the food to another person. It is all about how you look at stuffs around you. Besides the beauty of the people and culture you wish to come to see in Thailand, have you ever perceive the beauty of the metropolis? From the footpath is one thing, but from the 67th floor it’s a whole different thing.
lebua’s signature spherical dome state room will gives you a new perspective of Bangkok. The state room offers you and your guests an ideal 360 degrees panoramic view from 67 storeys towering above Bangkok. Just imagine yourself enjoying the taste of our top chefs’ cooking while appreciating the sensational view of Bangkok. The state room is just the ideal location to make your very special event unforgettable.


Besides the state room, lebua also comprises of numerous ‘top of the list’ function rooms on the Main floor; the Pundarika grand ballroom. The Pundarika grand ballroom can be divided into 3 ballrooms which are Pushkara, Padma, and Angarika where these respective ballrooms can also be divided into smaller units for versatility in arranging various kinds of events. You will be touched by the sublime decorations and the glorious views of Chao Phraya River from where your business meetings, seminar or conferences probably took place.



Asides from meetings and everything business related, the Angarika’s Aravinda room is where many wedding celebrations have taken place and many more are lined up. We regard weddings as that one poignant and timeless event in your lifetime, so we give only the best. Aravinda room is romantically decorated, opulent and timeless.


 Aravinda Room
            The excellence of these function rooms can only be partially express by words and pictures. Why don’t you come and see for yourself what you’ve been reading and consider us for your next meeting, convention or wedding. 



Contemporary Dining Beneath the Stars – Sirocco


The word restaurant comes from the French verb restaurer, to restore; hence when you visit a restaurant, you are suppose to feel better leaving than you did going in. 


Located on the 63rd floor of The Dome at lebua, Sirocco is the world's highest al fresco restaurant and one of Bangkok's most coveted dining choices. It never fails to leave one mesmerized with a breathtaking view of Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river, an amazing Skybar and quality Mediterranean fare with ingredients from the world's best markets. Live jazz music featuring vocalists of international repute, adds to its captivating ambiance for a perfect evening. And rest assured, one does leave feeling restored and refined. And very full…


Listed under 'Hot Tables' & 'Hot Night' by Conde Nast Traveler, 2005, Sirocco is reputed to be the most spacious open-air roof top restaurant in Asia too.  Soak in a panoramic view of the restaurant here: http://www.lebua.com/lebua/panorama/sirocco_and_sky_bar.htm

*Drum roll – and now come with me on a pictorial journey, as I bring you to sample a few cuisine highlights.





Aug 9, 2011

The Luxury that is lebua



Lebua tiada tandingan
Sebagai simbol kualiti dan kemewahan yang tiada tandingan, tetamu di Tower Club akan dimanjakan dengan produk dan perkhidmatan hebat:
  • Produk Bvlgari dalam bilik mandi anda
  • Video dan muzik on-demand dalam karma anda
  • Balkon peribadi
Di samping akses ke Tower Club lounge, Wi-Fi percuma dan banyak lagi. Untuk membuat penempahan, sila layari www.lebua.com
Impak di Hollywood
The Hangover Part II (filem pertamanya mencecah angka US$450 juta seantero dunia) telah difilemkan di lebua, hotel mewah all-suite di Bangkok. Dengan pemandangan hebat sekelilingi Bangkok, lebua mempunyai peranan penting dalam adegan dan babak penuh panaroma yang dapat dihayati dalam filem yang dinanti-nantikan ini.
Lebua turut menjadi lokasi terpilih untuk adegan hebat dengan helikopter di atas Dome emas Lebua yang tersohor.

Pengalaman di Mezzaluna adalah untuk selamanya, gah dan tiada tandingannya.
Mari hayati pengalaman yang akan dikenangi seumur hidup. Nikmati makan malam inovatif moden, wain yang sukar ditemui dan layanan bertaraf 5 bintang. Kemewahan yang tiada tandingan ini membentuk pengalaman gah yang sukar dilupakan dalam percaturan hidup anda.
Bertempat di tingkat 65 di State Tower, the Mezzaluna membawa anda dalam perjalanan kuliner yang unggul dan baru. Hidangan yang dilaksanakan dengan penuh indah disajikan dengan pinggan tektonik mewah dalam suasana elegan yang disempurnakan oleh kuartet klasik.
Rentetan timun, yogurt, lobak dan kaviar ossetra membentuk Arctic Shar yang merupakan pembuka tirai malam yang indah.
Acara kemuncak dan klimaks dalam perjalanan gastronomi ini pasti ialah Wahyu Beef Tenderloin-disajikan dengan skuasy guinea, miso, daun brokoli dan bawang merah. Berkelas Marble Grade 9 dan diusiakan dengan sempurna, hidangan ini cukup hebat. Hidangan kali kedua pasti dialu-alukan, jika dapat. Wain merah paling baik dengan daging. Koleksi Marques de Riscal 2003 dari Sepanyol ada ditawarkan.
Berpayungkan bintang berkelipan
Dengan bayu tatkala senja, bertempat di tingkat ke-64, anda akan menemui tempat untuk wiski malt asli, vodka, Cognacs, tiram de Claire yang sedap, Kaviar dari Iran, cerut dan lengkap dengan pemandangan saujana mata memandang. Inilah Distil.
Lokasi indah ini sukar ditandingi. Pendek kata, tiada tempat yang lebih baik untuk menghayati senja melabuh dan malam baru menjelma.


We Brought a Dish

Any global events or conferences organized by the Financial Times will be prestigious and attended by the top echelons of the corporate world. This year at Lausanne, Switzerland - at the FT Business of Luxury Summit, an opulent gala dinner was hosted by the CEO of Financial Times himself, Mr. John Ridding.
Lebua is proud to announce that our twin chefs made an impact during the gala dinner.  They flew in and prepared the starter dish, opening the magnificent evening with a touch of grandiose simplicity.

Tasmanian Ocean Trout with leaves and blossoms, cucumber, horseradish and Ossetra caviar

 Proud of lebua


What an array! 

Elegance!

What a refined setting! 





A great profile of our CEO



Deepak Ohri is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Lebua Hotels and Resorts, one of the world's best luxury property chains. Mr. Ohri joined the organisation as its first employee and in a span of three years created Bangkok's best culinary destination, called - The Dome.  The Dome, houses restaurants like Sirocco, Mezzaluna and Distil which are of International acclaim and have won countless awards.

 After the success story of The Dome, Mr. Ohri has turned around the ailing Meritus hotel in the same building rechristening it as an all-suite five star luxury hotel called Lebua.  In 2008, the two-year-old hotel won the Overall Best Luxury Hotel Award where more than 1500 luxury Hotels worldwide competed. It has also won the Signature Luxury Hotel Award by the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards (HAPA) 2008-2010 besides numerous others like World's Best Business Hotel Award by European CEO, Best Luxury Hotel World and Asia (TripAdvisor) and Overall Best Hotel in Asia (CNBC and Business Asia).

 Mr. Ohri has skilfully handled Lebua's expansion plans, with a five star lodge on Lake Okareka, Rotorua New Zealand being the latest addition to Lebua's portfolio. His achievements as a consummate leader have earned him various awards including the prestigious HAPA Most Enterprising Hospitality Entrepreneur by The Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards 2008-2010 and the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by The Art of Travel twice in a row in 2007 and 2008. With an undying instinct to innovate, Mr. Ohri has successfully envisioned and executed masterstroke projects like the one million baht dinner and CSR initiatives like Emotional Tourism.

 An avid speaker, he was invited to speak in the worldwide TRI*M Conference organised by TNS in New York in 2009. He has chaired and spoken in Cityscape Asia Conference 2008, in Singapore. His latest speeches include those at Real Estate Funds and Emerging Markets (REFEM) Conference in New York and the WTTC 9th Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Brazil. He has recently been invited to lecture at the reputed Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and Indian School of Business (ISB) as an expert in the Luxury industry.

 Mr. Ohri has pursued the customised MBA program at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and holds a degree in Hotel Management. He has experience spanning almost two decades in the Hospitality Industry. He started his career with India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and has worked for Kempinski Group in India. Currently, Mr. Ohri is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and sits in the advisory board of the Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management in Singapore for Operations Management.

To read another entry of the man helming lebua from the top, go to: http://blog.lebua.com/2011/06/23/flawless-execution/




lebua New Delhi - Coming Soon


lebua Hotels & Resorts Set To Enter Indian Market With Its First Property In
New Delhi

New Delhi, August 2nd, 2011: lebua Hotels & Resorts, the renowned international luxury hotel chain with properties in Bangkok and New Zealand, today announces that it is entering the Indian market and will open its first property in New Delhi before the end of 2011.

Deepak Ohri, Chief Executive Officer, lebua Hotels & Resorts said, “Right from its interesting beginning, lebua has single handedly shaped the luxury accommodation and dining scene of Bangkok and now we plan to bring the same to India. Starting with a property in New Delhi, we have plans to come up with properties across major metros in the country”. Each property in India will have around a hundred rooms and minimum of three restaurants, each with its own bar.

lebua is entering the Indian market through management contracts. “For lebua Hotels & Resorts it is the overall experience of sheer luxury and opulence that will take precedence”, added Deepak.
The first property by lebua in India will come with its patent luxury model offering the Indian market an array of restaurants and bars. A spectacular roof top restaurant and bar, a traditional Indian restaurant with a renowned Indian Michelin Star awarded chef, and an open terraced fine dining venue.   The contemporary yet elegantly designed hotel will offer a very high standard of luxury to the Indian audience.

lebua will bring to India their invaluable years of experience in understanding their guests needs including privacy, which is the top priority for their celebrity guests, cutting edge restaurants and a different way to approach hospitality in India. Even though majority of the guests at lebua hotels are well known names and celebrities, lebua believes in giving equal importance to all their guests, with no special status given to anyone resulting in the “normal person” experience that celebrities crave for but never get. lebua places a lot of importance on customer feedback, drawing from their invaluable suggestions to make the stay of lebua guests as memorable and customized to their needs as possible.

“We at lebua believe that luxury is an experience that extends beyond the price. That is what has convinced me that this country has the potential to become one of the world’s biggest luxury markets. The customers here know what they want and we at lebua are ready to give them what has been sorely missed until now. If a guest is ready to experience the experience, then lebua makes sure they experience the experience”, said Deepak.

About lebua Hotels & Resorts

With its restaurants rated among the world’s best, lebua has broadened its horizons to include a luxury lodge in New Zealand, and now plans to expand into Europe and the Caribbean, with a luxury 
period property just outside of Paris and an all-suite luxury boutique property in Saint Martin.  



As part of the expansion plans both regionally and globally, Lebua India is unveiled. Set to open this December with 6 restaurants, Khun Deepak Ohri, CEO of Lebua Thailand aspires to bring the success of The Dome to the shores of India.
Read the various news below, to follow the latest exciting news from Lebua
The hotel will be amazing, and the restaurants will heighten the culinary experience in the Indian capital of New Delhi. Lebua is beginning with Delhi but not stopping there – with aims to set up in Mumbai and Punjab as well.
  


The Hangover II Suite


Walk with us, to the Hangover II Suite



By now, most of us must have watched and enjoyed the movie Hangover II. As a part of the movie was filmed at lebua, the hotel now has a dedicated suite for it.
Come, let’s take a look:

Is it not amazing? For booking enquiries, kindly contact the reservation department at +66 (0) 2 624 9999 or visit http://www.lebua.com/en/tower-club/hotel-packages/31/hangovertini-@-tower-club
Have a good week ahead, everyone!