Hi everyone, it has been a really long week. I am now sitting in a very nice hotel room. If you are wondering which hotel I am staying in, it is non other then the 4 Seasons Hotel Bangkok. Absolutely loving it here. Almost every corner has been designed to invoke suensual senses. Oh yeah I am here for training, work and meetings; and this kind of environment really helps me calm my nerves.
So what is so great about this place? First of all it has to be the customer service and boy did they blew my mind away. Here is an example, my birthday was on the 28th of May right and that was the day I arrived in Bangkok. I got the best birthday wish from my country's imigration officer so that was a great treat to start with. The next treat was when I was trying to arrange an early check in. The receptionist at 4 Seasons told me to wait as he tries to find me a room but what he was really doing was to get a birthday cake in there. When I saw it, I really felt at home. The cake has chocolate sticks poking out from it and a chocolate sign stating Happy Birthday. Supporting underneath it is a whole mango cake. How sweet is that? Thanks 4 Seasons.
The next best thing about this place has to be the people. Everyone here is so friendly and accomodating. Everywhere I go, they would come and greet me with a smile. A smile means a lot and I would encourage everyone to keep smiling. It is like the greatest feeling when someone smiles at you in a foreign country. I can still remember when I had to travel to Singapore for work and I could only get to the Swissotel Hotel late in the evening after numerous meetings. I was pretty exhausted then and almost napping in the taxt cab. Upon my arrival the door lady, very elegantly dressed, came to the passanger door to greet me with a smile. She said she will settle my room for me. Having that service coming out of the hotel doors really means a lot to me as a customer.
My whole 5 days here was about eating, in between my training and meetings of course, and the range of food could not have been any greater. They provided breakfast, branch, lunch, teas and dinner. I was stuffed to the neck and I kept on eating because I was constantly hungry. Everything tasted so great, expecially the Thai infused dishes. Green curry, chocolate deserts and quality meats. It wasn't easy for them because they had to cater for the BAO department which I am in. They came from all around the world. I have already met people from Maxico, Brazil, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Poland, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Philipines. These are all the Growth Market countries and Malaysia is tagged as one of those countries.
So what is so great about this place? First of all it has to be the customer service and boy did they blew my mind away. Here is an example, my birthday was on the 28th of May right and that was the day I arrived in Bangkok. I got the best birthday wish from my country's imigration officer so that was a great treat to start with. The next treat was when I was trying to arrange an early check in. The receptionist at 4 Seasons told me to wait as he tries to find me a room but what he was really doing was to get a birthday cake in there. When I saw it, I really felt at home. The cake has chocolate sticks poking out from it and a chocolate sign stating Happy Birthday. Supporting underneath it is a whole mango cake. How sweet is that? Thanks 4 Seasons.
The next best thing about this place has to be the people. Everyone here is so friendly and accomodating. Everywhere I go, they would come and greet me with a smile. A smile means a lot and I would encourage everyone to keep smiling. It is like the greatest feeling when someone smiles at you in a foreign country. I can still remember when I had to travel to Singapore for work and I could only get to the Swissotel Hotel late in the evening after numerous meetings. I was pretty exhausted then and almost napping in the taxt cab. Upon my arrival the door lady, very elegantly dressed, came to the passanger door to greet me with a smile. She said she will settle my room for me. Having that service coming out of the hotel doors really means a lot to me as a customer.
My whole 5 days here was about eating, in between my training and meetings of course, and the range of food could not have been any greater. They provided breakfast, branch, lunch, teas and dinner. I was stuffed to the neck and I kept on eating because I was constantly hungry. Everything tasted so great, expecially the Thai infused dishes. Green curry, chocolate deserts and quality meats. It wasn't easy for them because they had to cater for the BAO department which I am in. They came from all around the world. I have already met people from Maxico, Brazil, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Poland, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Philipines. These are all the Growth Market countries and Malaysia is tagged as one of those countries.