BANGKOK (June 11, 2019) – Bangkok’s newest rooftop lounge and bar, Spectrum, is switching gears from dusk to dawn with the launch of a new monthly Sunday brunch. The hip nightlife spot, that opened its doors in the Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit in late March, will transform its 29th floor into a buffet brunch setting...
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Metropole Hanoi Debuts New à La Carte Lunch Menu and Five-Course Degustation Menu at Le Beaulieu
HANOI (June 11, 2019) — Le Beaulieu, the upscale French restaurant at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, has launched a new à la carte lunch menu and a special five-course degustation dinner menu under executive sous chef Raphael Kinimo. The restaurant previously had a lunch buffet on offer. Chef Raphael, who joined the Metropole in November,...
New Client: Raffles Cambodia
Balcony Media is now representing the two most prestigious and best known hotels in Cambodia: Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor in Siem Reap. Each of these iconic properties is undergoing major restoration work. The Grand Hotel d’Angkor is currently closed and will re-open at the end of September...
Louis T Collection Debuts Quay Perth Hotel in Western Australian Capital
PERTH, Australia (June 6, 2019) – Singapore-based hotel management and building solutions company Louis T Collection is set to officially open the doors of the Quay Perth hotel on Monday June 10, 2019. Quay Perth is a new 80-room boutique hotel on the site of the former New Esplanade hotel and the newest addition to...
Celebrity Chef Luke Nguyen Leads New Culinary Experience in Saigon
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (June 6, 2019) — While many hotels dispatch executive chefs to market with food-obsessed guests, The Reverie Saigon is endeavouring to deepen its guests’ appreciation of the city and its culinary heritage with a fresh approach involving a celebrity chef and an entire day’s exploration of one of Asia’s burgeoning...
Al Bait Sharjah Trumpets its Debut with First Collection of Images
SHARJAH, U.A.E. (May 30, 2019) — Six months after opening its doors in the heart of this city’s historic district, the Al Bait Sharjah is emerging as one of the region’s most ambitious new properties, renowned for the five historic homes at its foundation and for its overwhelming dedication of human resources. Eight years in...
May 2019
Genesis of a Press Trip
In the world of hotel and resort PR, press trips are happening all the time. They’re often organized around the grand opening of a hotel. Or when an airline launches a new route into a destination. Or sometimes when a hotel simply wants more exposure in a given media market, and have a strong story...
Banyan Tree Samui Opens Cool New Tuk-Tuk Bar
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (May 22, 2019) — Banyan Tree Samui resort has opened what might be the quirkiest if not the cutest bar in Thailand — a cocktail caravan remodeled from a classic 1960s tuk-tuk. The MP4 Midget is virtually unseen on the streets of Thailand these days. But once upon a time, the “frogs”,...
Scoring Multiple Magazines
All across North America, magazine groups target affluent readers with print magazines that cater to very specific geographies. What’s great about connecting with them is this: That they often publish multiple editions. Landing a story in one means landing a story in as many as…. well, in this case 15 publications. In December, we connected...