MANDALAY, MYANMAR-November 15, 2006- The only boutique hotel in the heart of Mandalay City on the corner of 63rd & 22nd Streets just east of the famed Mandalay Palace-soft opens as The Hotel by the Red Canal. Mr. Ashwin Kumar, general manager of the hotel that features 25 guestrooms, says: ".. being small, we can offer a unique choice of accommodation to foreign travelers to Mandalay with a strong emphasis on preserving the local culture through detailing the interior décor. For instance, suites are numbered and key-tagged using zartar - an ancient Myanmar method of recording astrological readings - whereby inscriptions are etched onto a toddy palm leaf with a stylus ".
The boutique-style hotel is a celebration of all things Myanmar , featuring teak furniture and fixtures & fittings made from rattan, mother-of-pearl and other local materials as well as Myanmar marble lining the bathroom walls. Each of the 4 types of guestrooms or customised suites, differentiated by individual style, bears the name of the major ethnic groups in multi-cultural Myanmar and shall be adorned with rich traditional paraphernalia and trappings reflecting their respective cultural heritage. All Chin and Shan suites feature a balcony overlooking the swimming pool and garden green. Ground floor Chin suites enjoy a "water moat". The Rakhine suites are spacious and ideal for the business traveller. An outdoor shower with a slate wall of cascading water is the highlight of the honeymooner Kachin suites. All suites are equipped with ADSL Internet connections (the only hotel in Myanmar), TV with a choice of over 100 satellite channels, personal electronic safe and coffee & tea making facilities. Dining options include an all-day dining restaurant serving seafood and poultry specialties-Red Canal Bistro & Bar, 24-hour in-room dining and a cocktail & coffee bar-Canopy Bar. All guests will enjoy wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi) at a mini-library cum business center. An outdoor free form swimming pool set within a timber-lined deck against a tropical landscape and waterfall feature lends a resort atmosphere to the Hotel. To unwind, a custom gym awaits health nuts and the soon-to-open Beauty Salon and Red Canal Spa pander to those seeking body repair with facials, massage, scrubs, body rubs and treatments. Unique in more ways than one, The Hotel by the Red Canal invites you to Mandalay for a resort experience in a city- convenient location - all in one compact and interesting package.
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is a pioneer
in the Mandalay accommodation industry. Listed in the Lonely Planet Guide, the Mandalay
View Inn offers convenience and service efficiency in a bed-and-breakfast setting.
Conceived to cater to the more discerning travelers, The Hotel by the Red Canal
draws inspiration from her humbler though no less successful sister inn - The Mandalay
View Inn.