Friday, May 9, 2008

The Emporium

The Emporium is a giant upscale shopping mall in Bangkok , Thailand, which opened in 1997. It is owned and operated by The Mall Group and another huge mall, Siam Paragon.
It is located on Sukhumvit Soi 24 beside Queen's Park and connected to the Phrom Phong station of the Bangkok Skytrain by a footbridge. It is owned by the same company as Siam Paragon and its direct competitor is Central Group. Both companies along with hypermarketoperators Carrefour, Tesco Lotus, and Big C (the latter partially owned by Central Group) have turned Bangkok into a mall haven, boasting a combined hundred locations.
Along with The Emporium department store, it contains a cinema multiplex and book, record, fashion and trinket shops, a grocery store, a food court and many upscale restaurants.
The Emporium includes great entertainment, gourmet and educational devices. The great entertainment things are 'SF cinema', a stage for performances of children, Thai stars or many others, Jamboree Land (play place) and many more. In emporium parents can just drop off their kids or themselves to learn something their. For example; ballet classes, hiphop, jazz, belly dance, aerobics, traditional Chinese dance etc... (CALA dance), art classes(Junior Artists), Taekwondo, Chinese Classes(CALA) and gymnastic classes (The Little Gym) on the 8th floor. Music classes; piano, guitar, flute, clarinet, drums etc... (YAMAHA), and English classes on the 9th floor. Emporium is a great mall which includes many international cuisine. Including traditional thai food (Ton Galamapruek, Coupon etc...) Japanese food ( UTA-ANDON, fuji, AOI) Fast food (Burger King) Italian Food (Pomodoro) and many more.

Facts and statistics
Location :Sukhumvit Soi 24, Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand
Opening date :1997
Developer :The Mall Group
Management :The Mall Group
Owner :The Mall Group
No. of anchor tenants :7
No. of floors :7 and 1 basement
Website :www.emporiumthailand.com

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