The Atlanta Hotel (Bangkok)

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The Atlanta Hotel, Bangkok

The Atlanta hotel is a hotel located on Sukhumvit Road, Soi 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. Opened in 1952 by Dr. Max Henn, the hotel is known for its art deco interior design.[1]

History[edit]

The Atlanta Hotel Bangkok

The first owner of The Atlanta, Dr. Max Henn, grew up in Germany and moved to Bangkok in 1947, where he married Mukda Buresbamrungkarn, a Thai aristocrat.[1][2] Henn purchased the Atlanta's building, a former laboratory, the same year and set up the Atlanta Chemical Company to manufacture snakebite antivenom.[3] He opened the hotel in 1952 when the original chemical venture failed.[3][4][5] The first guests of the hotel were a group of American cartographers, who lived in the converted rooms of the then laboratory's top floor.[6]

In the 1960s the hotel frequently housed American soldiers returning from Vietnam; one such military guest was US General Westmoreland.[1][7]

The hotel's swimming pool, opened in 1954 and claimed to be the first in Bangkok, was originally a pit used to hold snakes used in the antivenom making process.[7]

Since 2002 the hotel has had a strict policy against accepting sex tourists as guests, which is explicitly announced by a sign reading "sex tourists not welcome" beside its front door.[1][8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Civilized oasis in wild Bangkok". 13 March 2005. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 – via LA Times.
  2. ^ "Troublemakers not welcome". www.theaustralian.com.au. 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Atlanta Hotel, review: One night in Bangkok". Traveller. 10 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. ^ Rough Guides (1 December 2015). The Rough Guide to Bangkok. Rough Guides. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-0-241-25323-6.
  5. ^ Ehrlich, Richard (4 December 2015). "Bangkok's art deco Atlanta Hotel". CNN Travel. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. ^ James O'Reilly; Sean O'Reilly; Larry Habegger (2005). Best Travel Writing 2005: True Stories from Around the World. Travelers' Tales. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-1-932361-16-2.
  7. ^ a b Campbell, Duncan (9 April 2005). "Bangkok's original hip hotel". Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. ^ Swick, Thomas (ed.). "THE PLACE YOU COULD BE LOOKING FOR". Sun-Sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  9. ^ "'Sex tourists not welcome'". www.volkskrant.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2018-12-06.

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