Adult-themed Pattaya hotel scheduled to reopen

The Penthouse, a Pattaya three-four star institution for decades, is undergoing a complete revamp with a view to opening in style for the high tourist season in October. Situated in Pattayland Soi 2, a centrally-based entertainment street which it shares with everlasting nightclubs such as Classroom and A-Bomb and restaurants such as The Shamrock, Penthouse closed at the start of the recent pandemic era. The ghost town image had arrived.

Workmen at the site said the name Penthouse was being retained and that a total clearout was underway, including the fixtures and fittings of the gogo club which was housed in the same premises. Especially popular with British male fun seekers, the hotel in its heyday contained some unusual bedroom features including swathes of mirrors looking down from…