The Chedi Aquarius Koh Chang
GHM Signs Agreement on a Resort in Koh Chang
GHM has signed a management agreement with Aquarius International Development (AQI) to operate a 200-key resort on Koh Chang, the third largest island in Thailand.
The Chedi Aquarius Koh Chang will feature an all-day-dining restaurant, a cliff-edge restaurant, rooftop bar, spa, infinity pool with pool bar, and conference facilities overlooking the Gulf of Thailand.
Scheduled to open in 2023, the new Chedi would complement the brand's acclaimed hotels in Muscat (Oman), Sharjah (U.A.E.), Andermatt (Switzerland) and Luštica Bay (Montengro), as well as hotels under development for the Maldives, U.A.E., India and Taiwan, all set to open in the coming year.
Though Koh Chang lacks the name recognition of either Phuket or Koh Samui, Thailand's largest and second largest island, its relative obscurity is partly a function of its natural splendour: A national park covers 83 percent of the island.
Readily accessible by air and by road from Bangkok, flights to the nearest airport in Trat take one hour; overland, the drive is 300 kilometres. The ferry from the mainland takes less than an hour.