Press Release – Baby Elephant World’s Ninth Best Bargain Hotel on TripAdvisor

Press Release – Baby Elephant World’s Ninth Best Bargain Hotel on TripAdvisor

by | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Hotel News, Press Releases | 0 comments

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PRESS RELEASE:
SIEM REAP’S BABY ELEPHANT BOUTIQUE HOTEL NAMED WORLD’S NINTH BEST BARGAIN HOTEL IN TRIPADVISOR TRAVELLERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

Baby Elephant also named second best bargain hotel in Asia, and best in Cambodia

Siem Reap’s independent Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel has been recognised as the world’s ninth best bargain hotel in TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travellers’ Choice awards, based on the millions of reviews and opinions collected each year from TripAdvisor travellers worldwide.

Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel, which operates as a social enterprise, also ranked as Asia’s #2 bargain hotel in Asia, and the best in Cambodia. Yet Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel – within striking distance of Cambodia’s renowned Angkor Wat temple complex – offers so much more than just a bargain: this stylish, LGBT-friendly, and ethically and sustainably run property has so much to make it unique.

An intimate three-star property with the exceptional service and facilities of a four-star international hotel, Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel offers a range of excellent-value accommodation to suit couples, families, solo travellers, and large groups. Facilities and amenities include an incredible restaurant and bar with a 50% vegan offering, a gorgeous saltwater pool, an in-house spa, yoga, wellness and cooking classes, and an artists-in-residence programme.

“We are extremely proud to receive this award, and thank our valued guests for their support. We are especially indebted to Baby Elephant’s exceptionally talented team of Cambodian hospitality professionals for their hard work”, said Managing Partner and Marketing Director Ilana Tulloch. “Together we are looking forward to continuing to innovate in areas of service, food, cocktails, design and more in 2018.”

Hotel owners Ilana Tulloch and Adam Scott opened Baby Elephant in 2015, moving from careers in media, hospitality and music in Australia and Indonesia. Their community commitment at Baby Elephant is an extension of their previous projects and passions.

The hotel’s sustainability efforts have seen it create full-time ethical employment for 25 disadvantaged Cambodians in the local community since launching in 2015, and countless more contract positions, benefiting many micro-businesses. The team’s other initiatives include installing street lighting in the hotel’s neighbourhood, and conducting regular ‘Go Green Baby Elephant’ street clean-up days.

Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel has consistently ranked highly in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, including being rated the third best property of its kind in Cambodia for a number of years.

For press enquiries, please contact:
Ilana Tulloch, Managing Partner & Marketing Director
Telephone: +855 7776 9126
E-mail: ilana@babyelephant.asia
www.babyelephant.asia

About Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel
With a passion for modern Cambodia, Baby Elephant is a vibrant independent boutique hotel located in a peaceful area of Siem Reap, only a short tuk-tuk ride or leisurely stroll away from the famous Pub Street and Night Market. Baby Elephant has 25 air-conditioned rooms, all tastefully designed and decorated, and featuring comfortable beds with high-quality linen. With the facilities and services of an international hotel, Baby Elephant offers peace of mind with 24-hour reception and night security.

Offering yoga, cooking classes, an extensive food and beverage selection and now a Lemongrass Garden Spa onsite, Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is an excellent choice for wellness travellers, vacationers, and their families. Baby Elephant has worked with artists such as Ranon Phal, Geoff Greenwood and Tamara Venn on branding, photography, and art projects, which reflect the hotel’s commitment to locally produced art.

Siem Reap spa and hotel partnership brings new opportunity for wellness travel in Cambodia

Siem Reap spa and hotel partnership brings new opportunity for wellness travel in Cambodia

by | May 29, 2017 | Press Releases, Wellness & Yoga | 0 comments

Monday May 29 2017 Press Release
Siem Reap spa and hotel partnership brings new opportunity for wellness travel in Cambodia

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  • Savings on extra services
  • The best prices on room rates

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Siem Reap’s hippest independent hotel and the temple town’s most accomplished independent spa have joined forces to bring outstanding wellness and relaxation experiences to holiday-makers in Cambodia.

With a beautiful, fresh and luxurious design to match the mid-century tropical decor of Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel’s existing facilities, the new Lemongrass Garden Spa at Baby Elephant becomes part of the hotel’s expanding list of top-quality guest services.

“We’re excited to be partnering with Lemongrass Garden. We have enjoyed their services personally, and we look forward to offering our guests the best massages and wellness treatments in town. With regular yoga classes, vegan cuisine and lots of healthy options to be enjoyed in our gorgeous hotel grounds, Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is the perfect destination for retreat and wellness travellers,” Baby Elephant’s Marketing Director Ilana Tulloch said.

The Lemongrass Garden Spa at Baby Elephant facility is set at the back of the hotel, in a tranquil area surrounded by fragrant flowers and an organic edible garden. It will offer a wide range of rejuvenating treatments including massage, facials and more, all using natural, predominantly vegan treatments.

Spa directors Daniel Venn and Borey Bunhang have a shared 16 years of experience in wellness, and have provided beauty and massage to more than 70,000 satisfied customers in Siem Reap.

“We are so excited to work alongside the superb Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel, which shares our values and work ethic,” says Daniel. “It feels like the right direction as we begin to focus more on healthy lifestyle choices and customer wellness; Baby Elephant is just the perfect match. We cannot wait to see what fresh ideas this collaboration will produce.”

Siem Reap is undergoing rapid changes, with exciting new ideas and innovations emerging across segments, creating enriching opportunities and experiences for travellers keen on immersing themselves in Cambodia’s culture, food, and more. Wellness and retreat travellers are looking to our magical little temple town as an alternative destination to Cambodia’s increasingly expensive neighbours.

Siem Reap is only six kilometres from TripAdvisor’s most popular landmark, Angkor Wat. While in the past the town has been seen as a bucket-list destination, international travellers are now drawn back to the town’s magical personality, and the smorgasbord of opportunities to experience the soul of Cambodia and to enjoy the amazing value and quality on offer in hospitality, tourism and wellness.

Lemongrass Garden Spa and Baby Elephant are both renowned for their commitment to staff wellbeing and the creation of employment, training and job opportunities, enabling staff to rise out of poverty and become exceptional hospitality and wellness industry professionals.

Cambodia is one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, but when tourists choose to spend their money with tourism organisations that operate ethically, communities truly benefit.

Lemongrass Garden Spa at Baby Elephant Launch Event for Media and Friends

Please join us to celebrate the opening of the Lemongrass Garden Spa at Baby Elephant.

Date: Thursday May 25, 2017
Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Details: A reception with entertainment, complimentary sparkling wine and hors d’oeuvres, to celebrate the launch of the new Lemongrass Garden Spa at Baby Elephant. Prizes will be on offer, including a spa vacation package at Baby Elephant, and free massages will be available.

For press enquiries, please contact:
Ilana Tulloch, Managing Partner & Marketing Director
Telephone: +855 7776 9126
E-mail: ilana@babyelephant.asia
www.babyelephant.asia

NOTES TO EDITORS
About Lemongrass Garden Spa

Lemongrass Garden Spa at Baby Elephant provides a fully trained and professional team, offering not only the best massage in Siem Reap, but in the region. Explore a menu of relaxing beauty- and health-oriented treatments, and discover why Lemongrass Garden has become the most popular day spa in Siem Reap. After visiting Angkor Wat and other surrounding temples, what better way to relax and enjoy yet more Cambodian culture than by indulging in a traditional massage, or to feel reborn with wonderful health and beauty treatments, at Lemongrass Garden Spa?

About Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel

With a passion for modern Cambodia, Baby Elephant is a vibrant independent boutique hotel located in a peaceful area of Siem Reap, only a short tuk-tuk ride or leisurely stroll away from the famous Pub Street and Night Market. Baby Elephant has 25 air-conditioned rooms, all tastefully designed and decorated, and featuring comfortable beds with high-quality linen. With the facilities and services of an international hotel, Baby Elephant offers peace of mind with 24-hour reception and night security. Offering yoga, cooking classes, an extensive food and beverage option and now a Lemongrass Garden Spa onsite, Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is an excellent choice for wellness travellers, vacationers and their families. Baby Elephant has worked with artists such as Ranon Phal, Geoff Greenwood and Tamara Venn on branding, photography and art projects which reflect the hotel’s commitment to locally-produced art.

Le Boutier’s Annemarie Sagoi Headlines Baby Elephant’s Siem Reap Gin Popup

Le Boutier’s Annemarie Sagoi Headlines Baby Elephant’s Siem Reap Gin Popup

by | Mar 21, 2017 | Eating & Drinking, Press Releases, Wellness & Yoga | 0 comments

Monday 20 March 2017 – For Immediate Release

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Cocktail lovers will be thrilled that on Friday 24 March Annemarie Sagoi of Le Boutier Phnom Penh will headline the Baby Elephant Gin Appreciation Society event at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel.

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Planning to stay with us at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel? The secret when booking is to book direct! Book your stay at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel direct on our website and enjoy:

  • The best deals on tours and transport
  • Savings on extra services
  • The best prices on room rates

We look forward to seeing you soon! Or kun cheran.

Book Now

Gin Cocktail Event | Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel

Despite gin fever unabashedly sweeping the region, Siem Reap has yet to fully catch on. Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is now raising the bar by hosting the tourist town’s first regular gin-tasting popups. For its  second instalment, the Baby Elephant Gin Appreciation Society welcomes Annemarie, Cambodia’s premier mixologist, to showcase a selection of her work in the hotel’s lush tropical garden environment.

Annemarie is renowned for her international accolades as a bar manager and owner, educator, brand ambassador, event coordinator, bar consultant, and competition judge, all the way from the United States to Southeast Asia. She is one of a new breed of young international entrepreneurs sweeping into Cambodia, also among them mural artist Tamara Venn (of east London fashion notoriety, and whose work appears at the hotel), and Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel partners Ilana Tulloch and Adam Scott, whose previous exploits include Slam Dunk Sandwich Co., a vegan sandwich and burger bar in Jakarta, Indonesia.  Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel has similarly shot onto the hospitality scene in Siem Reap, maintaining a top-five position in the town’s TripAdvisor rankings, largely thanks to a relentless commitment to excellent food, drinks and guest service.

“Despite being a relative newcomer to the hotel scene in Siem Reap, we continue to provide some of the town’s very best food and service – both Cambodian and international,” says Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel’s managing partner and marketing director Ilana Tulloch.

“To attract someone of Annemarie’s calibre is testament to the brand we have been working hard to build, and we’are thrilled to be able to join our guests and community in welcoming her,” Ilana adds.

The Gin Appreciation Society meets at 7pm sharp, allowing attendees to embark on this journey of the palate together, sharing experiences as they explore. A a special menu will be on offer, including a range of gin cocktails and Khmer and international finger foods. The hotel’s regular cocktail and wine list will also be available.

Numbers for the event are strictly limited, and reservations (by e-mail to bookings@babyelephant.asia) are essential.

For press enquiries please contact:
Ilana Tulloch, Managing Partner & Marketing Director
Telephone: +855 7776 9126
E-mail: ilana@babyelephant.asia
www.babyelephant.asia

NOTES TO EDITORS:
Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is an evolving independent boutique property in Siem Reap, providing premium budget and affordable luxury accommodation alongside all the facilities and services of an international hotel. We are an inclusive, family-friendly and LGBT-welcoming property offering a dynamic, creative and nourishing space for guests. Our sustainable and ethical business model is focussed on providing opportunities to our team of Cambodian staff, while creating rewarding and memorable experiences for our valued guests. Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel consistently ranks among TripAdvisor’s top five small hotels in Siem Reap, and has become renowned in Siem Reap for its retreats, recently introducing beer yoga to the town, and offering regular traditional yoga classes to the community.

Annemarie Sagoi has worked internationally as a bar manager and owner, educator, brand ambassador, event coordinator, bar consultant, and competition judge, all the way from the United States to Southeast Asia, where she currently lives. She has won numerous cocktail competitions, including first place in the 2013 Chicago Bacardi Superior Cup, global finalist in the National Cherry Heering Competition at ToTC 2013, and first place in the 2014 Chicago Tenzing Coupe; she also presented a seminar at 2014 Portland Cocktail Week, and was a National Finalist in the 2015 Sherry Competition. Sagoi managed the beverage program at The Dawson, which opened in October 2013 in Chicago and was honored with Time Out’s Best New Restaurant Cocktail Program. Sagoi has been given a nod for her innovation in prestigious publications including Food & Wine, The Chicago Sun Times, Bon Appetit, Wine Enthusiast, and Imbibe. Currently she is sharing her expertise as a consultant to numerous establishments, teaching bitters workshops, and lecturing on spirits. She opened her highly acclaimed bar Le Boutier in Phnom Penh in 2016 and is currently preparing to open a new cocktail bar in Siem Reap, due to launch in April 2017.

Siem Reap’s first ever beer yoga arrives at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel

by | Mar 14, 2017 | Press Releases, Wellness & Yoga | 0 comments

14 March 2017 – For Immediate Release
Download PDF media release here

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – Beer yoga, gaining popularity around the world, has landed in the spiritual town of Siem Reap for the first time, and Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel invites travellers, expats and locals to try it out.

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Planning to stay with us at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel? The secret when booking is to book direct! Book your stay at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel direct on our website and enjoy:

  • The best deals on tours and transport
  • Savings on extra services
  • The best prices on room rates

We look forward to seeing you soon! Or kun cheran.

Book Now

beer yoga siem reap at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel

Shambhu shows how beer yoga is done at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel | Siem Reap

Beer yoga is not just for Berlin hipsters – now Cambodia can give it a go, too! It is a style of yoga that is for everyone: open-minded yogis, yoga beginners and beer lovers of all skill levels will find something to love.

This innovative form of yoga involves gentle asanas, unusual mantras, and a focus on the cool, crisp taste of beer. It encourages participants to perform gentle stretches and some strength and balance postures, before relaxing into meditation while the sun sets over Siem Reap, a popular destination renowned among tourists and travellers for its sacred, majestic temples including the infamous Angkor Wat. The town is a magnet for yogis looking to harness its buzzing energy and revitalising zen.

Beer yoga is fun, but it’s no joke. Since beer yoga began to emerge at the forefront of popular culture, the movement’s Berlin-based founder Jhula has said she believes  participants will thoroughly enjoy and benefit from the practice.

“We take the philosophies of yoga and pair it with the pleasure of beer-drinking to reach your highest level of consciousness,” she has told the media.

Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel’s yoga master Shambhu is an Italian yoga instructor with more than 700 hours of yoga teaching experience, predominantly in traditional Indian ashrams. He has opened his mind and his practice to include beer yoga, creating a class that encapsulates its core philosophies.

“Beer yoga is for everyone,” says Shambhu. “Sure, it is not yoga in the traditional sense, but it offers an opportunity to relax and have some fun on the mat in a new way. We hope that it might also help introduce yoga practice to those who haven’t had an opportunity to try it out.”

Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel’s managing partner and marketing director Ilana Tulloch adds: “Beer yoga is bound to create some ripples in the wellness community. But our experience testing it out has been fun and relaxing. Our beautiful  open-air rooftop provides the perfect setting to enjoy a Saturday afternoon beer and a laugh while doing some simple asanas.”

At Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel, we provide a dynamic environment for our guests and community, which involves trying new things and providing balance – with an emphasis on a healthy lifestyle, but without letting go of fun.”

Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel also offers regular traditional yoga and meditation classes throughout the week, open to hotel residents as well as outside visitors, expats and locals.

The first class will be held on the Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel rooftop terrace this Saturday at 5pm. Class fee is $6.00 which includes a refreshing can of beer and use of mat.

For full yoga schedule please visit https://babyelephant.asia/yoga-activities-siem-reap/

For further information, contact:
Ilana Tulloch, Managing Partner & Marketing Director
Telephone: +855 7776 9126
E-mail: ilana@babyelephant.asia
www.babyelephant.asia

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is an evolving independent boutique property in Siem Reap, providing premium budget and affordable luxury accommodation alongside all the facilities and services of an international hotel. We are an inclusive, family-friendly and LGBT-welcoming property offering a dynamic, creative and nourishing space for guests. Our sustainable and ethical business model is focused on providing opportunities to our team of Cambodian staff, while creating rewarding and memorable experiences for our valued guests. Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel consistently ranks among TripAdvisor’s top five small hotels in Siem Reap.

Details of the hotel’s regular yoga and meditation classes are available at www.babyelephant.asia/yoga-activities-siem-reap

Baby Elephant Now Child Safety Certified

Baby Elephant Now Child Safety Certified

by | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Hotel News, Press Releases | 0 comments

Press Release, Siem Reap September 11, 2016: Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel is proud to announce that we are now fully ChildSafe certified. ChildSafe is an education and training program run by ChildSafe International for hotels and their staff on child protection. Baby Elephant’s staff now all hold ChildSafe Agent certificates.

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Planning to stay with us at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel? The secret when booking is to book direct! Book your stay at Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel direct on our website and enjoy:

  • The best deals on tours and transport
  • Savings on extra services
  • The best prices on room rates

We look forward to seeing you soon! Or kun cheran.

Book Now
Children in developing countries like Cambodia can often be exposed to abuse and exploitation, and some adopt risky behaviours in order to survive. ChildSafe certification is a valuable tool in helping to prevent exploitation and improve the lives of Cambodian children.

“We stand committed as a team to improving the lives of children, so we’re very proud that our staff are all ChildSafe certified,” says Baby Elephant CEO Carmel Tulloch. “While we have always had policies in place to protect children, we felt the opportunity to work with ChildSafe International was extremely valuable in ensuring we do everything we can.”

“This is one of many initiatives Baby Elephant is undertaking to become a leader in sustainable boutique hotels,” Carmel says. “We believe in responsible tourism, equitable employment, sustainable environment and ethical development.”

It is estimated that 26% of Cambodia’s adult population is illiterate and 18.6% of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25/day. The lives of children in Cambodia are also challenging with 36.1% of children working as child labour and 31.4% of children receiving inadequate care. Cambodia is a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking. (Statistics from SHERescueHome).

  • Hotel Manager Ravy Loch with Ratanna from ChildSafe

  • Team training program

  • Ratanna awards team with certificate

  • Ratanna awards team with certificate

  • Ratanna awards team with certificate

  • Ratanna awards team with certificate

  • Ratanna awards team with certificate

  • Ratanna awards team with certificate

  • Baby Elephant CEO Carmel Tulloch with cook Dalin, Dalin's daughter Lekana, and Suzy from ChildSafe International

Baby Elephant hotel manager Ravy Loch, a young Cambodian who transitioned from living in a rural village into a Buddhist pagoda before working his way into a career in hospitality and tourism, says it’s great that the team now know extra tasks they can do to help children.

“We learnt a lot from the training. It is related to how to help the kids when they need us. And the certificates have been fantastic for our team spirit,” Ravy said.

About Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel

Baby Elephant is a leading independent hotel in Siem Reap with a mission to improve the lives of those around us and to provide a cheerful, relaxing and enriching stay for guests. Built in 2013 and boasting thirteen striking rooms, each room is freshly refurbished with a blend of contemporary and classic design, and vibrant colours throughout.

Baby Elephant offers a modern, clean and thoroughly well-maintained haven for travellers. Our helpful team aims to facilitate enjoyable, stress-free travel for guests. We offer complimentary airport pickup service, and our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you in arranging tours to the area’s magnificent temples, as well as all activities Siem Reap has to offer. We offer a boutique hotel oasis which is a little bit removed from the hustle of downtown Siem Reap and Pub Street, yet within easy walking distance.

About ChildSafe International

ChildSafe’s initiatives provide the highest standards of protection to all children and youth, involving key members within all tiers of society and the international community.

ChildSafe seeks to strengthen its immediate environment by empowering strategic members of governments, authorities, local communities, and businesses. Known as ChildSafe Agents, they are trained and certified to identify and respond immediately to a child in danger.

Vulnerable children recognize the ChildSafe logo, which means safe refuge for them. And for anybody faced with child abuse, the ChildSafe hotlines are accessible 24 hours / 7 days a week and managed by social workers who are in the best position to take appropriate actions.

For over 10 years, ChildSafe has advocated for child protection policies and practices.

For interviews please contact:
Ilana Tulloch: Managing Partner, Marketing
Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel
ilana@babyelephant.asia
Skype: ilana.tulloch
Phone +855 (0) 776 9126

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