DESIGN : PARK HYATT SIEM REAP
The Living Room lounge is filled with art and artifacts collected by interior designer Bill Bensley and features distinctive touches such as a bar table with elephant tusks for legs . continually be the best in luxury not just for Cambodia , but in the entire region ,” Smith notes .
Bensley ’ s goals for the hotel are lofty as well , as he hopes it just begins to whet guests ’ appetite for all the area has to offer . “ The average tourist to Siem Reap does not see even 5 % of what still exists from this 500-plus-year-old culture ,” Bensley says . “ We have designed the hotel with many different types of guestrooms and suites , each with their own collections of original art , and layered the public areas with hundreds of objects and paintings . I want our guests to have the impression there is still much to see at both the Park Hyatt and in Siem Reap .”
PARK HYATT SIEM REAP
OPENING DATE :
July 29 , 2013
GUESTROOMS :
108 , including 13 suites
GENERAL MANAGER :
Sholto Smith
OWNER :
K S Resorts , Bangkok
DESIGN AESTHETIC :
Khmer meets Art Deco , all with an elegant residential feel
NOTABLE AMENITIES :
LOCATION :
Downtown Siem Reap , Cambodia , not far from the 12-century ruins of Angkor Wat
LEAD ARCHITECT AND INTERIOR DESIGNER :
Bill Bensley , Bangkok
F & B outlets including The Dining Room , which serves a mix of traditional Khmer and French provincial cuisine , and the Living Room lounge ; a 242-sq-m ( 2,615-sq-ft ) spa with six treatment rooms , a 24- hour fitness center and two swimming pools ; and a gallery event space with a residential style www . hotelsmag . com January / February 2014 HOTELS 33