S SOON as you step into the stately JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok it becomes apparent why this is among the best business hotels in town. A beaming brisk-stepping welcome will usher you into the hotel's darkly inviting black-marble lobby serving up Thai art (check out the gold wall murals) and pulse-calming mood. There is a strangely soothing quality about it. Travellers of a certain vintage and younger Millennials alike warm to its classic lines that make you feel you're in the presence an old friend, rather than some tedious show-off with impossible gadgetry. The JW Marriott Bangkok is built for work with speed and offers a splendid location on Sukhumvit Road with easy access to two BTS SkyTrain stations, major offices, and sassy nightlife for an apres-work beer.

With the city's best stocked shopping malls like EmQuartier, Terminal 21 and Siam Paragon within a few stops on the elevated train, this address is also just five minutes from Bumrungrad hospital, a five-star facility that put medical tourism on the map. It offers a raft of services at affordable rates. This puts new meaning into work, play and heal.

It is an address for laptop-toting business travellers as well as leisure trippers hungry for Bangkok shopping bargains. All rooms at the JW Marriott Bangkok offer a full complement of facilities from 55-inch flat-screen TVs, iron and safe, to high-speed Internet and WiFi. Cool pastel-grey Executive Rooms offer access to a smart lounge, cooked-to-order breakfasts, cocktails and top-end business and meeting facilities. This is among the top Bangkok business hotels but this JW knows people who work hard, need to play hard.

Destress at the chic JW's Health Club & Spa. With lots of space to explore, you'll find wraps, scrubs and muscle-soothing massages to suit. Hop into a steaming sauna, swim a few laps, or just read a good book.

The hotel offers a spoiling smorgasbord of food. Try signature Chinese at Man Ho, a juicy sizzler at the New York Steak House, a deli-bite at Bangkok Baking Company (BBCo) with street-side seating too, and excellent breakfast buffets at the cafe. Or enjoy classy Japanese. Later, sip a drink in the clubby Manhattan Bar. Service is on rails and well worth the experience. Sawasdee.