1982 - 1988
1989 - 2004
2005 - 2010
2011 - 2015
2016 - 2020
2021 - Present
1982
The Vongkusolkit family, Wattanavekin family and Jenwattanawit family found the company formerly known as Amarin Plaza Company Limited
1984
The Company was initially found to be real estate developer by opening the Amarin Plaza Building, which is a shopping center and office space for rent.
1988
Amarin Plaza Public Company Limited were listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
1991
Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, the first luxury hotel of the company, was opened.
1997
JW Marriott Bangkok, the second luxury hotel in the company’s portfolio, was opened.
2005
- The company name was changed from “Amarin Plaza Public Company Limited” to “The Erawan Group Public Company Limited” and focused on hotel investment and development business in Thailand.
- Renaissance Koh Samui Resort & Spa, the first luxury resort in company’s portfolio, was opened.
2008
- Our hotel portfolio expanded to midscale hotel segment by opening Courtyard by Marriott Bangkok.
- Continued expanding the hotels to major tourist destination in Thailand by opening Six Senses Destination Spa Phuket which has been rebranded to The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket, where is another luxury resort.
- Economy hotels under “ibis” brand were also launched in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Samui.
2010
Holiday Inn Pattaya, a midscale hotel, was opened. Initially, the hotel had an inventory of 367 rooms, then the second building was added to support continuous growth of Pattaya tourism which make total number of rooms to 567 in 2014.
2012
Initiated the hotel with the concept of “Combo Hotel” in portfolio, which is two brands and two segments under one building by opening Mercure ibis Bangkok Siam. .
2013
Sold ibis Pattaya and ibis Phuket Patong to "Erawan Hotel Growth Property Fund" (ERWPF) and leased back to operation. The company holds shares in ERWPF at 20% of the total number of shares.
2014
The Company introduced its own new budget hotel brand called “HOP INN”, which is fully operated by the company. HOP INN mainly focuses on domestic customers. As a result, the company has all hotel segments in portfolio, ranging from luxury to budget.
2016
Expanded overseas business for the first time in the Philippines by opening the first hotel in Manila under "HOP INN" brand which fully operated by the company.
2018
Novotel ibis Bangkok Styles Sukhumvit 4, the second “Combo Hotel” was opened which was the company's first hotel under “Novotel” brand with franchise management.
2019
Mercure ibis Bangkok Sukhumvit 24, the third “Combo Hotel” was opened with the highest room inventory of 500 rooms among all the Company's hotels in Bangkok.
2020
The COVID-19 crisis has a huge impact on global tourism. Under crisis management in various fields, the company continue to focus on our growth strategy through expanding “HOP INN” network with 46 hotels in Thailand and 5 hotels in Philippines and remain committed to the development of the organization in all aspects.
2021
Sold 2 hotels, Renaissance Koh Samui Resort & Spa and ibis Samui Bophut, with the objective to adhere to our long-term strategy of adjusting the hotel portfolio to focus on investing in the budget hotel segment and increasing the proportion of revenue and profit generated by domestic customers.
2022
- Sold 3 hotels, ibis Hua Hin, ibis Phuket Kata and ibis Styles Krabi Ao Nang.
- Expanded “HOP INN” the budget hotel segment, to increase the proportion of revenue and profit generated by domestic customers by opening 7 "HOP INN” in Thailand and 1 “HOP INN” in Philippines.
- Holiday Inn Cebu City, the first midscale hotel in Philippines, was opened.
2023
The overview of global tourism industry is continuous recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, the company still focus on expanding the budget hotel and considered that Japan is the potential country for investment, hence the company has opened “HOP INN Kyoto” the first HOP INN hotel in Japan.
2024
- 2 restaurants at Erawan Bangkok: Chisana Nami, a Japanese teppanyaki-style restaurant, and Man Ho Bistro, a Chinese bistro-style restaurant, were opened.
- ibis Pattaya and ibis Phuket Patong were bought backed from Erawan Hotel Growth Property Fund (ERWPF) to support the long-term investment strategy.
- 7 HOP INN branches in Thailand, 3 HOP INN branches in the Philippines, and 3 HOP INN branches in Japan, were opened, making the "HOP INN" brand more widely recognized and increasing its customer base both domestically and internationally.