The Siam InterContinental Hotel was a luxury hotel in
Bangkok
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,
Thailand
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. It stood on
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, in the neighbourhood now known as
Siam
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in
Pathum Wan District
Pathum Wan ( th, ปทุมวัน, ) is one of the fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when ro ...
, on land leased from
Sa Pathum Palace. It opened as part of
Pan Am
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's
InterContinental
Intercontinental is an adjective to describe something which relates to more than one continent.
Intercontinental may also refer to:
* Intercontinental ballistic missile, a long-range guided ballistic missile
* InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG ...
hotel chain in 1966, operated by the
Bangkok Intercontinental Hotels Company. It stood until 2002 when it was demolished to make way for the
Siam Paragon
Siam Paragon ( th, สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with Iconsiam, IconSiam, CentralWorld and CentralPlaza WestGate.
Siam Paragon includes a range of spe ...
shopping mall. The Siam InterContinental was Bangkok's first luxury international-brand hotel, and was also particularly known for the striking design of its main building, by American architect
Joseph P. Salerno.
See also
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Erawan Hotel
The Erawan Hotel ( th, โรงแรมเอราวัณ) was a luxury hotel in the Thai capital Bangkok. It was one of the first modern hotels built to accommodate the expansion of international air travel, and was operated by the governm ...
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Dusit Thani Bangkok
The Dusit Thani Bangkok, often referred to simply as the Dusit Thani Hotel ( th, โรงแรมดุสิตธานี), was a luxury hotel in the Thai capital's Bang Rak District. The original hotel was the country's tallest building ...
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InterContinental hotels
Defunct hotels in Bangkok
Demolished buildings and structures in Bangkok
Pathum Wan district
Hotel buildings completed in 1966
Buildings and structures demolished in 2002
Demolished hotels
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