New halal hotel charts course for expansion. | 4hoteliers.com
TS Family Group revealed that it sees potential in the halal hotel market and is investing THB1 billion to promote its Al Meroz Hotel, the country’s first four-star halal property. The newly opened property is located in Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng area and could be the first of many halal- friendly accommodations in the country. The company is hoping that wealthy Muslim tourists are encouraged to choose the new property instead of other hotels that are not completely halal. Al Meroz Hotel has 242 rooms and was opened in November of 2015. At the moment, average occupancy rates are 65 percent with a mixture of guests coming from Europe and Asia