Few hotels in Bangkok carry history quite as visibly—and gracefully—as Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel. Since opening in 1978 as the Bangkok Peninsula Hotel, the property has undergone a series of transformations: sold and reborn as The Regent Bangkok in 1982, re-emerging as Four Seasons Bangkok in the early 2000s, and eventually rebranded as Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel. Rather than erasing its past, each evolution has added depth, leaving behind a hotel that feels layered, assur

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