Asian Oasis Receives Top Boutique Awards

Bangkok (Thailand) – February 14, 2012 – Asian Oasis were was honored with five 2011 Thailand Boutique Awards recognizing our efforts to promote sustainable tourism in Thailand. The prestigious Thailand Boutique Awards were created by the Krungthai Card Company and Krungthep Turakij Newspaper with Master Card International, the Institute for Small, Medium Enterprises Development (ISMED) and Nok Airlines to recognize small and medium boutique hotel design concept innovators and the promotion of this important niche in Thailand’s accommodation sector. Asian Oasis’s Lisu Lodge and Lanjia Lodge both received the Gold Awards for ‘Thematic Ideas and Culture’ in the mountain accommodation category. The Lisu Lodge near Chiang Mai and the Lanjia Lodge outside of Chiang Rai also received the Silver Award, the highest award offered this year in the category of ‘Green Nature and Environment’. In addition, the Lanjia Lodge received the prestigious ‘Outstanding Thematic and Culture’ award.

The awards were presented to Asian Oasis Founder and Executive Director, Chananya Phataraprasit, who, in accepting the awards, underscored our company’s commitment to ” offer our guests experiences in rural Thai life that are fascinating and real, as well as ecologically, environmentally and culturally sensitive. Asian Oasis has embraced many of the design elements of the Akha, Lahu, Lisu and Hmong people, and incorporated them into the designs of our lodges, thus reflecting the rich traditions of the remarkable hilltribe communities in which they are located. To be recognized and honored at the 2011 Thailand Boutique Awards for our designs and efforts in preserving and promoting the heritage and traditions of these wonderfully unique and culturally rich communities is something which all of us at Asian Oasis are extremely grateful and proud of. ”

Founded in 2007, based on more than 30 years of travel experience in Thailand, Lisu Lodge and Lanjia Lodge were built on the belief that experiencing local culture at its origins is the only way to truly understand and appreciate that culture.

Contact:
Asian Oasis
7th Floor, Nai Lert Tower
Wireless Road
Bangkok, Thailand
+66 (0)81 4964516
info@asian-oasis.com