Thailand's The Unique Collection of Hotels and Resorts (Unique) is expected to manage three new boutique hotels in Khon Kaen, Krabi and Phuket, Thailand by 2010.

Currently, Unique is also negotiating management contracts with two or three hotels in China.

Additionally, the group has recently established a subsidiary called Variety which aims to offer management services to run-of-the-mill hotels and is expected to take on at least four or five management contracts in the first year.

At present, the group manages ten hotels and resorts in Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Trang, Sukhothai and Krabi.

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