The Metropolitan Hotel Bangkok

Experience simplicity's power, and the chic appeal of understatement, The hotel's 171 rooms, including four penthouse suites and a two-bedroom presidential fiefdom, share a cosseting, contemporary style by Kathryn Kng, a Singapore-based interior design practice. The look is fresh without being ferociously avant garde, acknowledging influences from both the east and west. The simple, ample volumes are flooded with light, manipulated by lighting architects, Isometrix, London. Natural materials include Makha wood from Thailand, combined with oxidized brass paneling. Paintings are also featured, by Natee Utarit, an up-and-coming artist at the cutting edge of Asia's art scene. Utarit's images, hung throughout the hotel, give depth to the otherwise clean-lined spaces.

   - 24-hour room service
   - Daily maid service and evening turndown
   - Laundry, dry cleaning and pressing
   - Shoe cleaning
   - Express check-out
   - Secretarial and translation services
   - Full service business centre
   - Valet parking
   - Foreign exchange
   - Limousine, car rental and airline reservations
   - Theatre, golf and restaurant reservations
   - Personalised shopping itineraries
   - Gift wrapping, courier services and mail