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Cambodian hotel group Innotality has launched the million-dollar-plus Twizt Lifestyle Hostel in a prime downtown location in Siem Reap, six years after it was originally slated for opening.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Carrichon, Innotality\u2019s group marketing and communication director, said the delay was due to plans and property locations changing over time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was originally planned to be in another location,\u201d he said, \u201cBut finally it was decided to be here, in this prime place, and that was partly the reason why the opening was pushed back.\u201d<\/p>\nA Twizt dorm. Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Innotality Executive Vice-President Monirath Khim said the opening of Twizt on January 11 was another example of the company\u2019s ground-breaking approach to the accommodation sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter 23 years of being in the hospitality business, this event marks another important milestone for our company as we continue to pioneer new concepts in Siem Reap, as we have done for the privilege floor of the Lotus Blanc and Borei Angkor a few years back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
General Manager Kanha Ten, formerly a sales manager with the company\u2019s Borei Angkor Resort, said she is committed to making Twizt the \u201cbest choice hostel foe travellers coming to Siem Reap\u201d.<\/p>\n
The new hostel, the largest of its kind in Siem Reap with 95 rooms and 385 beds, slots into the \u201cposhtel\u201d top end of the sector\u00a0 aimed at flashpackers,\u00a0 with \u201cexperience accommodation\u201d\u00a0 that combines the style and comfort of a boutique hotel with the price and vibe of a hostel.<\/p>\n
The hostel has entered Siem Reap at a time when the accommodation\u00a0 sector is hurting. Tourist numbers are slumping with\u00a0 ticket revenues from Angkor Archaeological Park dropping\u00a0 by about 14 percent in the first 11 months\u00a0 of 2019, and the number of foreign tourists declining from more than 2.3 million to just under 2 million in the same span.<\/p>\nAfter a wait of six years the new hostel is now open. Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
But this hasn\u2019t deterred the company. Twizt\u2019s Food and Beverage Manager, Thierry Sauton said the hostel market differs from\u00a0 the mainstream market and he also points out the increasing significance of the young Khmer tourism market.<\/p>\n
Khmer tourism is growing, but those figures mostly don\u2019t show up in airport arrivals and never at all in Angkor ticket revenues because Cambodians living in Cambodia of course don\u2019t have to pay.<\/p>\n
He adds that Twizt has a further edge in that it\u00a0 targets young hip Khmers. \u201cUntil a few days ago, we had mostly local people staying here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In fact the hostel sector in Siem Reap is one of growth. Twizt follows a slew of recent hostel openings in Siem Reap \u2013 in August 2017,\u00a0 Thailand\u2019s Lub d Group \u2013 part of the Narai Hotel Group and billed as the current market leader in this sector \u2013 opened a 140 dormitory beds and 42 private rooms hostel.<\/p>\n
Also in August 2017,\u00a0 the White Rabbit, in partnership with the international Hostelworld group, launched and, in November last year, Battambang-based Pomme opened in Siem Reap, skewed more to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender market.<\/p>\nOne of the communal areas in the new \u2018flashpacker\u2019 hostel in Siem Reap. Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
But Benjamin Carrichon says Twizt differentiates itself from the competition, aimed more at the so-called GenerationY niche.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe go about things differently,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cFor example, we don\u2019t do pub crawls and that sort of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twizt\u2019s\u00a0 entrance and foyer sparkles in keeping with its Gen Y feel, with a\u00a0 hip Euro-style design and decor that could be at home in fashionable quarters\u00a0 in Milan or Barcelona, while\u00a0 the upstairs accommodation\u00a0 areas are more utilitarian, with rendered concrete and steel stairs.<\/p>\n
The Twizt provides\u00a0 dormitories as well as private rooms, with prices ranging from $10 to $45 a night, with a rooftop pool, bar and restaurant on the fourth floor with a makeshift beach.<\/p>\n
Future plans include expanding the location into a cosmopolitan hub, with\u00a0 cafes, bars, art galleries and restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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