• TUNE Hotel brand opens in Bangkok

    September 15, 2012

    Bangkok – Asia’s leading low-cost, limited service hotel brand has finally come to Bangkok, with the latest Tune Hotel opening in the busy downtown Asoke area.

    Tune Hotel Asoke offers 130 rooms with best rates booked online at www.tunehotels.com.Owned and operated under a franchise agreement by Red Planet Hotels, the Tune Hotel Asoke, Bangkok in Sukhumvit Soi 14 opened today with 130 rooms right in the heart of Bangkok’s bustling shopping district, just a few minutes’ walk to the city’s newest mega-mall, Terminal 21.

    The hotel is also a short walk to the Asoke BTS Skytrain station and Sukhumvit MRT underground train network, which provides easy access to all key shopping, financial and entertainment areas and attractions in Bangkok.

    Tune Hotels offer a unique service to savvy travellers with five-star beds and superb power showers in very convenient locations for unbeatable prices. Optional extras include airconditioining, television, WiFi and breakfast.

    The Tune Hotel Asoke, Bangkok will be the first of many more in Thailand’s capital and is the third in the country after Hat Yai and Pattaya. The popular resort island of Phuket will also welcome its first Tune hotel in December when a 150-room property opens in the entertainment precinct along Patong Beach.

    Red Planet Hotel’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Hansing, said it was a milestone accomplishment for the company to bring the global chain to Bangkok and increase the Tune portfolio once again in Thailand.

    Mr Hansing added 2012 was a “milestone” year in Red Planet’s development. “It has been quite busy!” he said. “By December, Red Planet Hotels will have achieved gaining ownership interests in 20 operating hotels in just 12 months.

    Tune Hotels is part of a lifestyle business conglomerate founded by Tony Fernandes which also includes the incredibly successful Air Asia group of companies. Source-redplanethotels.com

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