HOT Magazine January 15, 2015 | Page 57

HOT AROUND TOWN THAILAND CLASSIC HAPPENING ON 1215TH FEBRUARY AT BLACK MOUNTAIN FOUR SEASONS BANGKOK TO BECOME ANANTARA SIAM BANGKOK Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin will play host to the inaugural Thailand Classic from February 12-15 next year, where it will become the first event co-sanctioned between The Asian Tour and European Tour to be permanently based in Thailand. With a prize fund of US$2 million dollars the event is set to attract many prominent golfers from the world as well as some of Asia’s finest talent, including the best golfers from Thailand. The Four Seasons Hotel in Bangkok will be rebranded next year, to become Anantara‘s new flagship hotel. The luxury property, which is located on Rajadamri Road in the centre of Bangkok, is owned by Minor Hotel Group, Anantara’s parent company and from 1 March 2015, Minor will re-flag the hotel as the Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel & Spa. Facilities at the 354-key hotel include seven restaurants and bars, a spa, gym, outdoor swimming pool and meeting space, including a 550-pax ballroom. The hotel will be managed by Titiya Chooto, who will transfer to Bangkok from the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai. She also previously served as hotel manager at Four Seasons Bangkok. Minor said the rebranding of the hotel marks “the culmination of a life-long dream