Imperial Angkor Palace

On 1^st June, the Imperial Angkor Palace in Siem Reap will open its doors for guests. The new hotel will have 223 premier and deluxe guest rooms and suites, four restaurants that serve Italian, Western and Asian cuisines, a bar, a fitness centre, a swimming pool, meeting and banquet facilities, a spa, and a courtyard with manicured gardens and modern amenities.

The Kingdom Angkor Hotel opened in Siem Reap in January with 150 suites, a supermarket, a swimming pool and a souvenir shop.

The Rattanak Hotel in Rattanakiri has recently opened. The hotel is located one kilometre from the city’s airport and has 32 guest rooms.

Bopha Angkor Hotel

300 luxury rooms will be available at the Sokha Angkor Hotel at the end of this year.

Since its opening in October 2003, the Bougainvillier Hotel in Phnom Penh has built seven more suites for a total of 14 suites.

The Casa Hotel in Phnom Penh reopened in mid-March after renovations were completed on its guest rooms and facilities.

The Banteay Srey Hotel in Siem Reap will be closed while it is being refurbished and will open at a later date. 

Other construction news for Siem Reap hotels: 80 extra rooms are being added to the Angkor Village Resort and seven new rooms for the Bopha Angkor Hotel, expected to be completed sometime in February.

Pursat

The border gate at An Giang Province's Chau phu District is now open to tourists. The checkpoint is located less than an hour from Chau Doc and tour hours away from Phnom Penh. Have your visa ready, as the facility does not offer visas on arrival.

Cultural officials uncovered two sites that appear to be prehistoric burial grounds in Pursat Province. The two sites are located in Bakan and Phnom Krabanh Districts. Experts date these sites, using information gathered from artefacts found at the sites, to 250 B.C. More investigations will be made to learn more about this period of Cambodian history.