Tower Club at lebua

Tower Club at lebua
General information
Location 1055 Silom Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Opening 2011
Management lebua Hotels & Resorts
Height 244.30 m
Technical details
Floor count 9
Other information
Number of suites 221
Number of restaurants 4
Website
lebua.com/tower-club

Tower Club at lebua is an all-suite luxury hotel occupying the 51st through 59th floors of State Tower adjacent to the Chao Phraya River on Silom Road in the Bang Rak District of Bangkok, Thailand.[1] The hotel is managed by lebua Hotels & Resorts, which also manages Lebua at State Tower located in the same building on the floors just below. Tower Club is the more exclusive and private of the two.[2]

The hotel and its restaurants were featured in the 2011 film The Hangover Part II.[3]

Tower Club's rooftop restaurant, Sirocco, hosts the tallest New Year's Eve ball drop in the world – from the height of 266m (872 feet).[4][5]

Features

Awards

In 2014, The Tower Club at lebua received the "World's Leading Luxury All-Suite Hotel Award" from The World Travel Awards.[19][20] In 2012, the hotel was awarded "World's Leading Lifestyle Hotel Award" from the same organization.[21]

In popular culture

The hotel was the site of several key scenes in the 2011 film The Hangover Part II.[22] The hotel features a three-bedroom "Hangover" suite where the cast of the movie created havoc.[23][24] A Sky Bar mixologist created the "Hangovertini", a cocktail to commemorate the movie. The cocktail was first served to director Todd Phillips.[25][26]

References

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  20. "Tower Club at lebua Recognized at World Travel Awards". Travel World News, Inc. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  21. "Bridging the gap to Dubai". The Nation. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  22. Pritchard, Chris (14 November 2013). "Bar/fly: Bangkok's best". NZME. Publishing Limited. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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  26. "The Hangover Part II, Features Scenes Filmed at Bangkok's lebua Hotels". Luxury Travel Magazine. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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