webfact Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Ten hotels connived with local authorities on fake licences in Hua Hin Picture: New TV Thai media has said that ten prime hotels in Hua Hin have connived with local officials to operate with fake licences. Hua Hin district chief Rutpratheep Thamrapheephat confirmed the news at the weekend though the hotels were not named by Newtv. They said that the provincial governor was concerned that local officials had connived in the issuing of the licences. Official Somporn Patchimpetch, the head of an investigating committee, said that the hotels would be ordered shut from Tuesday. If they continued to operate in violation of the order then arrests would follow. Source: New TV -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-05-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I am shocked, hotels operating without the proper license, terrible simply terrible, whatever next? Tomorrows headlines will be..... Honest local official refuses a bribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Picture looks about as attractive as the infamous Pattaya trash pile ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Connived surly not in Hau Hin how shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: They said that the provincial governor was concerned that local officials had connived in the issuing of the licences. Never mind, they can all be transferred to expenses-paid inactive hotel suites for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaidDown Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 My flabber is well and truly gasted.... Only ten ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esso49 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 What this goes on in Hua Hin, that city so respected by Bangkokians and many of the self righteous and delusional expats as the pinnacle of ethical Thai business and a place far better than Pattaya !!. Can not be true surely, perhaps the officials have made an honest mistake and it will all go back to being a perfect place again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Esso49 said: What this goes on in Hua Hin, that city so respected by Bangkokians and many of the self righteous and delusional expats as the pinnacle of ethical Thai business and a place far better than Pattaya !!. Can not be true surely, perhaps the officials have made an honest mistake and it will all go back to being a perfect place again. Wow............we got out of the wrong side this morning.........or......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 And what´s going to happen to the local authorities, regarding this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 The hotels should be named really...it will be good free publicity !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esso49 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said: Wow............we got out of the wrong side this morning.........or......... seems like you have just proved my point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameadi Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Comments standardised on thai visa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 7 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Picture looks about as attractive as the infamous Pattaya trash pile ! Except the image is not of Hua Hin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 In my experience, the majority of hotels in Thailand (or businesses that fall into the category of hotels) do not have licenses. It's probably the single most difficult license to get, and there is little chance of getting a license for an existing structure if it is of a decent size. This is because building requirements have increased over the years, so what might have been acceptable 10 years ago would not be acceptable now. The biggest issues is car parking. If you do not have the correct ratio of parking spaces to rooms you will not get a license. This means that in Bangkok, almost any existing non hotel structure does not have enough spaces, or wide enough fire escapes, etc. So you either build new, to code (expensive), or you simply operate without a license (cheaper option). As long as the right people are happy about the situation there is almost never a problem. Think about all the small hotels or guest houses or hostels you see. Most of them don't have a single parking space (on road parking does not count). Almost none of these premises have a hotel license. The truth is, if every hotel without a license was closed there wouldn't be enough left for the tourists to use. It would create chaos, so instead everyone carries on like nothing is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippytum Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 'Arrests will follow ' if the brown envelopes are not forthcoming .Otherwise why wait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Get Real said: And what´s going to happen to the local authorities, regarding this? well , seems like thailand is not called the land of fakes without good cause then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 The biggest issues is car parking. If you do not have the correct ratio of parking spaces to rooms you will not get a license. This means that in Bangkok, almost any existing non hotel structure does not have enough spaces, or wide enough fire escapes, etc. So you either build new, to code (expensive), or you simply operate without a license (cheaper option). As long as the right people are happy about the situation there is almost never a problem. Perhaps we should look for that problem again when an unlicensed hotel burns down causing multiple deaths, simply because the fire escapes were not to code. And speaking personally I find it very annoying when a hotel that advertises itself as having a car park in fact only has a tiny slot barely large enough to fit two cars in. I'm all in favour of hotels being to code, and shutting the ones that aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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