GHM Signs Stunning Chedi Resort on Koh Chang, Thailand

GHM has signed a management agreement with Aquarius International Development (AQI) to operate a stunning 200-key resort on Koh Chang, the third largest island in the Kingdom of Thailand.

The Chedi Aquarius Koh Chang will feature an all-day-dining restaurant, a cliff-edge restaurant, rooftop bar, spa, infinity pool with pool bar, and conference facilities overlooking the Gulf of Thailand.

“This new resort is shaping up with an integrity of design and a certain poise that are hallmarks of the Chedi experience,” said GHM CEO Tommy Lai. “We’ve been on the lookout for a way back into Thailand since 2013, and The Chedi Aquarius Koh Chang is the perfect vehicle.”

Though Koh Chang lacks the name recognition of either Phuket or Koh Samui, Thailand’s largest and second largest islands respectively, its relative obscurity is partly a function of its natural splendour: A national park that covers 83 percent of the island.

GHM, by design, is a resort group that has focused on emerging, rather than mature, destinations.

“As a group, we’ve always been like that peripatetic friend who’s always telling you about the next-best, up-and-coming place to go," said Lai. “These days we’re talking about Koh Chang.”

Readily accessible by air and by road from Bangkok, flights to the nearest airport in Trat take one hour; overland, the drive is 300 kilometres. The ferry from the mainland takes less than an hour.

Scheduled to open in Q4 2023, the new Chedi will complement the brand’s hotels in Muscat (Oman), Sharjah (U.A.E.), Andermatt (Switzerland) and Luštica Bay (Montengro), as well as hotels under development in Maldives, U.A.E., India and Taiwan, all set to open in the coming year.

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