Ultimate pampering is key…

Amari Hotels and Resorts has launched a new service, Sivara Salon, to suite all hair and nail pampering needs.

For a more refined outer glow, Sivara Salon offers complete hair and nail spa treatments, with everything from haircuts, styling and waxing, to manicures, pedicures for men and women and much more, to leaving you feeling your absolute best! Sivara Salon services are the ultimate experience, when coupled with Sivara Spa's array of blissful and soothing massage, body and facial treatments and packages.

Sculpt yourself a more positive aura, delivered with passion and attention to detail from Sivara Salon's professional and friendly therapists, in an elegantly stylish, yet relaxed and welcoming, ambience.

Sivara Salon is currently available at Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok and Amari Orchid Resort & Tower, Pattaya.

For more info please contact:
Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok: Tel. +66 (0) 2653 9000 
Email: sivaraspa@watergate.amari.com

Amari Orchid Resort & Tower: Tel +66 (0) 3841 8418
Email: sivaraspa@orchid.amari.com

Be sure to visit www.sivaraspa.com and www.amari.com

      
Sivara Salon                                    Sivara Salon
     Amari Watergate Hotel                   Amari Orchid Resort & Tower
Bangkok                                        Pattaya

Note to Editors:

At Sivara Spa, the timeless art of inspiring health and inner well-being has been perfected. Guests can indulge in luxurious treatments and lose themselves in the delicate scent of aromatic oils and subtle herbs and spices, as skillful therapists soothe away worries and stress.  Sivara Spa is a sanctuary to renew body, mind and soul, exclusively available at selected Amari Hotels and Resorts, in Bangkok,
Koh Chang, Samui, Pattaya, Phuket, Krabi and Trang.

For more information about this press release and hi-res images, please contact:
Nikki Busuttil
Director of Communications                                Telephone: +66 (0) 2255 3767
Amari Hotels and Resorts                                    Fax: +66 (0) 2255 3718
847 Petchburi Road                                               Email: email@amari.com
Bangkok, 10400, Thailand                                    Website: www.amari.com

Amari Hotels, Resorts & Spas, Thailand congratulates the latest lucky draw winner, Mr Edmund Ooi, Singapore.

As an Amari guest, you can easily win free room nights at any of our properties throughout Thailand, by letting us know about your stay.  Names are entered into our draw, when a filled-in questionnaire is returned.

To use the online version of the questionnaire on our website, just simply visit www.amari.com and mouse over "site features" on the top navigation bar and the link for 'Guest Questionnaire' will appear. You might be the next lucky draw winner.

Note to Editors:

Amari Hotels, Resorts & Spas is one of Thailand's leading and most dynamic hotel groups operating twelve first class properties in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Koh Chang, Samui, Phuket, Krabi and Trang as well as six associate hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Loei and Doi Angkhang.

For more information about this press release, please contact:
Nikki Busuttil
Director of Communications                                          Telephone: +66 (0) 2255-3767
Amari Hotels and Resorts                                              Fax: +66 (0) 2255 3718
847 Petchburi Road                                                         Email: email@amari.com
Pratunam, Rajthevi                                                           Website: www.amari.com
Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

Your small change could make a big change to someone's life.

The Baht for a Better Life Foundation was started by Amari Hotels and Resorts in 1995.  Small change, contributed by guests to our hotels and donations from our staff, are used to further the education of children in Thailand.  There are no administrative costs in running the Baht for a Better Life Foundation.  Therefore, every dollar, pound and euro given to the fund is used for educational projects.

At present, we support two different initiatives - the Duang Prateep Foundation and the Amari Schools Project.  The Duang Prateep Foundation supports the children from an under-privileged area of Bangkok and their families.  In this area, poverty prevents the majority of children from completing even basic education.  Through the project, we can support children who are especially hardworking and determined to continue their studies, despite the odds being against them.

Funds from the Baht for a Better Life Foundation have also been used to rebuild a dilapidated school in Na Chompoo, Udon Thani and build seven new schools in Doi Angkhang and Viang Hae near Chiang Mai, Chumporn in the South of Thailand, Tak province on the border with Burma, Banjama in Chiang Mai, Baan Changlang in Trang and Bann Na Nok Peed in Loei.  As well as building the classroom, donations have been used to buy essentials such as desks, chairs, blackboards, books and pencils.

In addition, some of our guests have decided to give larger donations.  US$ 250 will pay for a child's school fees and necessities such as books, uniform and lunch for one year.  Many of these children have ambitions to become teachers or nurses, so that they can put the skills, which they have been lucky enough to learn, back into the benefit of their community.

For further information please contact :

Ms. Nikki Busuttil
Director of Communications                                   Tel.  66 (0) 2255 3767
Amari Hotels and Resorts                                       Fax.  66 (0) 2255 3718
847 Petchburi Road                                                 E-mail:  email@amari.com
Bangkok 10400                                                        Website: www.amari.com

Amari Hotels and Resorts first started the Baht for a Better Life scheme in 1995. Since then, coins donated by guests have been collected and used for furthering the education of children in Thailand.

Amari Hotels and Resorts currently sponsors twelve students through the Duang Prateep Foundation, which supports the slum children of Klong Toey. In addition funds are provided for the Amari School in Na Chompoo, Udorn Thani.

Students currently sponsored through the Klong Toey project include Boonchai Patimakorn and Vanida Aksorn who are in High School. Boonchai dreams of becoming a teacher whilst Vanida hopes that she will be able to be a doctor. These dreams may become a reality with the ongoing support given by the sponsorship program.

Caption : Ten of the twelve students sponsored by Amari Hotels and Resorts at the Duang Prateep Foundation, Klong Toey.

The event took place in Season, the new Thai restaurant in the Amari Boulevard Hotel and was attended by Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Secretary General of the foundation.

Note to Editors:

Amari Hotels and resorts is one of Thailand’s leading and most dynamic hotel groups operating twelve first class properties in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Samui, Phuket, Krabi and Trang as well as five associate hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Loei and Doi Angkhang.

For further information please contact :

Ms. Nikki Busuttil                                                                Tel.  66 (0) 2255 3767
Director of Communications                                               Fax.  66 (0) 2255 3718
Amari Hotels and Resorts                                                  E-mail:  email@amari.com
847 Petchburi Road                                                           Website: www.amari.com
Bangkok 10400
Thailand

Amari Hotels and Resorts is asking all spectacle wearers to gather together old or unwanted glasses and drop them off at any of their hotels and resorts in Thailand. The glasses will then be given a happy new home with people from villages in less affluent areas, where the villagers are unable to afford glasses.

The photograph shows a lady from a village near Mae Sot, in Tak province wearing glasses donated by the project and clearly delighted with her new clarity of sight.

The appeal is part of Amari’s “Baht for a Better Life” Foundation where small change from guests and donations from staff are used to further the education of children in Thailand.

At present, we support two different initiatives - thje Duang Prateep Foundation and the Amari Schools Project.  The Duang Prateep Foundation supports the children from an under-privileged area of Bangkok and their families.  In this area, poverty prevents the majourity of children from completing even basic education.  Through the project, we can support children who are especially hardworking and determined to continue their studies, despite the odds being against them.

Funds from the Baht for a Better Life Foundation have also been used to rebuild a dilapidated school in Na Chompoo, Udon Thani and build six new schools in Doi Angkhang near Chiang Mai, Chumporn in the South of Thailand, Tak province on the border with Burma, Banjama in Chiang Mai, Baan Changlang in Trang and Bann Na Nok Peed in Loei.  As well as building the classroom, donations have been used to buy essentials such as desks, chairs, blackboards, books and pencils.

Note to Editors : Amari Hotels and resorts is one of Thailand’s leading and most dynamic hotel groups operating twelve first class properties in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Samui, Phuket, Krabi and Trang as well as five associate hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Loei and Doi Angkhang.

For further information please contact :

Ms. Nikki Busuttil                                                          Tel.  66 (0) 2255 3767
Director of Communications                                         Fax.  66 (0) 2255 3718
Amari Hotels and Resorts                                             E-mail:  email@amari.com
847 Petchburi Road                                                       Website: www.amari.com
Bangkok 10400

www.amari.com, the website of Amari Hotels and Resorts in Thailand was awarded the Outstanding Web Site WebAward in the 2001 WebAward Web Site Competition.

The WebAwards are produced by the Web Marketing Association (WMA), an independent organisation founded with the exclusive purpose of evaluating and recognising the standard of excellence of the Internet for corporate Websites. 

Previously, amari.com was awarded a Golden Web award.

Note to Editors : Amari.com is one of Thailand's leading travel websites. New features on the site also include a membership program "Internet Plus" and areas with special information for the travel trade. In addition, the site has many features to benefit travellers to Thailand including a "Thailand Travel Assistant". There is a special section of the site dedicated to travel trade and media with pertinant information.

Amari Hotels and Resorts have been at the forefront of Internet development with features on their website like 360 degree "virtual tours" and Thailand's first hotel w@p site. Many interesting new features are planned on the site in the new year.

For further information please contact :

Ms. Nikki Busuttil                                                    Tel.  66 (0) 2255 3767
Director of Communications                                   Fax.  66 (0) 2255 3718
Amari Hotels and Resorts                                        E-mail:  email@amari.com
847 Petchburi Road                                                  Website: www.amari.com 
Bangkok 10400
 

Amari Hotels and Resorts has recently opened a new school building which has been constructed with contributions to the ‘Baht for a Better Life’ Foundation. Opened by Police Major General Winai Nilasri of Border Patrol Police Regional Headquarters 3, the school is in the village of Baan Kochuey in Tak province, near the border with Myanmar. 150 students from the ages of 5 to 13 attend the school.

The “Baht for a Better Life” Foundation is funded by small change from guests who stay at Amari’s eight hotels in Thailand, together with donations from the staff.

At present, two different initiatives are supported - the Duang Prateep Foundation and the Amari Schools Project. The Duang Prateep Foundation helps the children of Klong Toey and their families. In this underprivileged area, poverty prevents the majority of children from completing even basic education. Selected children, who are especially hardworking and determined, are sponsored to continue their education. Through the Amari Schools Project, funds have been used to rebuild a dilapidated school in Na Chompoo, Udon Thani and to build three new schools in Doi Angkhang near Chiang Mai, Chumporn in the South of Thailand and Tak near the border with Myanmar. As well as building the classroom, donations have been used to buy essentials such as desks, chairs, blackboards, books and pencils.

Note to Editors : Amari Hotels and resorts is one of Thailand’s leading and most dynamic hotel groups operating twelve first class properties in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Samui, Phuket, Krabi and Trang as well as six associate hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Loei and Doi Angkhang.

For further information please contact :

Ms. Nikki Busuttil               
Director of Communications                    Tel.  66 (0) 2255 3767
Amari Hotels and Resorts                        Fax.  66 (0) 2255 3718
847 Petchburi Road                                  E-mail: email@amari.com
Bangkok 10400                                         Website: www.amari.com