Need it or not, here's another dose of luxury for Bangkok

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 11:36 — Anonymous by CNNGo staffA graphic rendering of
the Park Hyatt Bangkok, which features a 'twisted coil' exterior design.
Pack your designer luggage. Bangkok is set to get another 222 luxury hotel
rooms, adding to an already vast number of accommodation options for
travelers in search of high thread counts.  Global hotel brand Hyatt
confirmed this week it will open its first Park Hyatt -- at a cost of 5
billion baht -- in Thailand in 2014.  On the plus side, Bangkok's
embattled travel industry could use some positivity as the news proves
that despite the recent bomb blasts and floods, the city won't go down the
tourism tubes without a fight.    Park Hyatt is the American
corporation's top luxury brand, reserved for cities with strong demand for
posh digs. Luxury travelers have long been in love with Bangkok, though one
has to ask who is going to fill all these rooms in an already crowded
market.  Rates will start from US$300 a night, putting it up there at the
top end of the luxury field with the likes of the Mandarin Oriental,
Peninsula, Four Seasons, Shangri-La, St. Regis, Banyan Tree, Kempinski and
the soon-to-open W.read more