Hotel Accommodations:
Bangkok provides great varieties of accommodation facilities that will serve your own requirement. The Symposiumvenue is at the 80th Anniversary Building,
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, located in the heart of the city surrounded by many shopping centres and hotel, and easily accessible by buses and the
Bangkok Mass Transit “Sky Train” System (BTS). Please refer to the BTS route map at
http://www.bts.co.th/en/map.asp for the following descriptions of venue and hotel locations. A link to “Google Map” of Bangkok with reference to locations of the meeting venue and hotels is also provided on this website.
The meeting venue situates near the BST Interchange Centre at the Siam Station, 5 minute walk to the south. Take Exit 2 (click at the station to see
enlargement of BTS Route Map, or
http://www.bts.co.th/en/stationMap.asp?s=CS ),
walk into Siam Square Soi 1 or 2 to the end and further. The website referring to the location of the Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences is http://www.pharm.chula.ac.th/Contacts_E.html.
December is a spectacular month for Thailand and the peak of tourist season, especially around the 5th, which is His
Majesty the King’s Birthday when many annual public events take place. This means certain difficulties in finding
hotel accommodation in Bangkok. To facilitate your accommodation booking, we have negotiated with some hotels
either near or en route via BTS to the meeting venue to secure your room availability at the best reasonable prices.
Please find below the list of these hotels with their locations referring to BTS route map.
We recommend you to make reservation at
World Travel Service. (after pass through the front page of the website, please notice and click "HOTEL RESERVATION" section on the left hand panel) Our travel agent will do their best to match up your requirement with the hotel of your choice, on the first-come-first-serve basis.
List of recommendation hotel:
1) Pathumwan Princess Hotel
Location: In MBK Shopping Centre at the corner of Chula 12 - Phaya Thai Road,
just across the road facing the
meeting venue, 5 minute walk across the road
with over ground crossing bridge or zebra crossing at the traffic lights
Website: http://www.pprincess.com/
2) Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square
Location: Situate in the heart of Siam Square Shopping Centre, few blocks away from the
meeting venue, 5 minute walk.
Website: http://www.bangkok.com/novotelsiam/, http://www.novotelbkk.com/
Room Rates: with breakfast; single THB 4,900 / night, twin THB 5,200 / night
Roll Away Bed (with breakfast) THB 1,600.-
3) Asia Hotel
Location: BTS Ratchathewi Station (N1) Exit 1 with direct access from the station into
hotel lobby (click at the station to see enlargement of BTS Route Map),
ONE station (5 minute) from Siam Station
Website: http://www.asiahotel.co.th/asia_bangkok.htm
4) Pullman Hotel Bangkok King Power
Location: Rangnam Road, BTS Victory Monument Station (N3) Exit 2 (click to see enlarged
map on BTS Route map)
Website: http://www.pullmanbangkokkingpower.com/
Room Rates: Superior room THB 4,000 net incl. ABF (single/twin)
Deluxe room THB 4,600 net incl. ABF (single/twin)
Column Residence
Location: 8 minute walk from BTS Asok Station (E4), 4 stations (15 minute) from Siam
Station. Asok Station (E4) Exit 4 or walk further towards E5 on the sky-walk to
cross the Asok Intersection (click at the station to see enlargement of BTS Route
Map), walk towards Ratchadapisek Road, at the corner of Ratchadapisek-
Sukhumvit Soi 16, near CTI Tower in the map.
Column Residence is a service apartment newly opened only few months ago.
It provides wide range of room choice, from one or two bed room suite to studio
type. All rooms are fully furnished to meet above 5-star grade. Each room has
ample space, a smallest studio, for example, can even accommodate four persons.
Multiple occupancy (2-4 persons) can be arranged upon request. Kitchenette,
washing and drying machines are also provided in every room. Room facilities
comprise of air-condition, large screen LCD TV with satellite channels,DVD
system, telephone, comfortable beds, well-developed bathroom with bathtub
and shower, and balcony. Designed with elegant decors, all rooms offer
homelike living. Moreover, private balconies are attached with them, which
allowbreezy ambience to enter inside. It also situates in one of the prime
locations of Bangkok.
Best choice, value for money, even you have to travel 4 BTS stations to the
meeting site.
Website: http://www.shonalitravel.com/Hotels/Bangkok/column_residence_bangkok.htm
Room Rates: Studio Executive at THB 3,500 net / night
Studio Park View at THB 3,700 net / night
Studio Park View Deluxe at THB 3,900 net / night
One Bedroom Executive at THB 4,600 net / night
Two Bedroom Executive at THB 6,600 net / night
We recommend you to make reservation at World Travel Service. (after pass through the front page of the website, please notice and click "HOTEL RESERVATION" section on the left hand panel) Our travel agent will do their best to match up your requirement with the hotel of your choice, on the first-come-first-serve basis.