[3] The Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok was used for the ASEAN summit 2015 hosted by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha,[4] and by Aung San Suu Kyi and Wen Jiabao.

[5] It was built by the Japanese architect firm Kanko Kikaku Sekkeisha (KKS Tokyo) on a site of 25,000 square meters, with 25 floors and one basement level.

[9][5] Restaurants within the hotel include Angelini, the Horizon Cruise private riverboat on Chao Phraya River, the market-style NEXT2 Cafe designed by Tokyo's Super Potato,[5] Salathip, and Shang Palace.

[5] Run by Chef Omar Ugoletti of Marche in central Italy, formerly of London's Bertarelli Restaurant and Hong Kong's Michelin 3-star Mezzo Bombana.

[12] Chef de Cuisine at the Salathip is Tussanee Putkaew, a graduate of food and nutrition from Bangkok Technical College who has overseen the restaurant since 2004 and who grew up in the southern province of Chumphon.