The Thai Suite

Key selling points: This spacious one-bedroom suite has a vast formal living room with sensational river views. The exquisite original Thai artifacts and textured silk fabrics echo the interior of a traditional Bangkok home.

Standout service: During the tsunami, a hotel guest’s relative was vacationing in Phuket, but the frantic guest didn’t know where. The staff called every Phuket hotel, but to no avail, so the hotel hired a helicopter to fly the guest to Phuket where the relieved guest was reunited with his relative. Style: Contemporary Bangkok meets traditional Thai, by Glen Texeira, 1998

Special amenities: Personalized amenities, a bottle of Peninsula champagne, Peninsula gift basket, Thai fruit carving, 42-inch Samsung flat-screen TV, Sony and Pioneer DVD player

Square footage: 1,600

Number of bedrooms in suite: One

Number of bathrooms: One and one half-bath

Number of rooms and suites in hotel: 370, including 65 suites

Who’s slept here?: Sports and movie stars

Nightly rate: From $2,054

Location: 333 Charoennakorn Road, Klongsan