IHG to Take Over Samui Icon

InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a management agreement with Thai company, Elite Villa Co., Ltd, to launch the InterContinental Resort brand in Koh Samui, Thailand.

IHG will take over the management of the existing Baan Taling Ngam Resort & Spa, one of the island’s very first luxury resorts.

The popular resort sits atop a cliff amidst coconut plantations and has 300 metres of its own beach frontage along the scenic coast of Taling Ngam. It also offers one of the best panoramic sea views of the National Marine Park and the neighbouring ‘Five Islands’, an image that has been on the front cover of numerous top magazines around the world.

The 79-room resort will close its doors to undergo an extensive refurbishment. More than US$15 million will be invested to upgrade the resort and upon completion. The InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort is projected to open by 1 December 2011.

Vikorn Srivikorn, Managing Director of Elite Villa Co., Ltd, said, “The current property has a great history – it started out as Koh Samui’s first luxury resort and today remains one of the top resorts in the island. The InterContinental brand also has a long and rich heritage, and I believe our future guests will have an experience that combines a great location as well as the services and facilities associated with the InterContinental brand.”

The InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort will be the brand’s second resort in Thailand, joining the very impressive InterContinental Hua Hin Resort, which opened in 2009.

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