Many downtown hotels have executive centers with computers, secretarial services, audiovisual equipment, photocopiers and fax machines available to their guests. Additional resources are listed below.

Cellular Phone Rent is open Monday-Friday 9 am-5 pm. Approximately 500 baht per day and 12.50 baht per minute locally. No delivery. On the east side, 1 Pichai Rd., phone 280-3909.

Also 4U Computer Services, 28/20 Sukhumvit, Soi 36, phone 653-3575. Ask for Hans Konings. E-mail: hans@2die4.com.

The H. M. Queen Sirikit Center is on the west side at 60 New Ratchadapisek Rd., Klong Toey, phone 229-3000. (Still not indicated on many maps, it’s on the grounds of the Tobacco Monopoly.) Phone 229-3000.

Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center (BITEC) is the newest and best designed. Unfortunately, it’s at Km 1, Bangma-Trad Road, which is a notoriously dangerous high-speed, multilane highway east of the city. Phone 749-3939. E-mail: info@bitec.net.

Optimum Company plans events and handles convention facilities, stage, lighting, sound and audiovisual equipment rentals. 8/21 Rachadaphisek Rd., phone 229-4964-8, fax 229-4319.

Bangkok Exhibition Services, 62 Soi Areesamphan 11, Rama VI Road, Phyathai, phone 270-4721.

Union Copy Center provides good-quality black-and-white copying as well as laser printing. Never any jacked-up “foreigners’ prices.” Monday-Saturday 10 am-8 pm. 232/1 Siam Square, Soi 2, phone 250-1515. Robinson’s Department Stores have copy departments for black-and-white and color copies. Smartprint has branches all around the city: business cards, quality color copies, phone 541-4735. Or try GT Color Lab (copying services, no pickup or delivery). Monday-Saturday 9 am-7 pm. 93 Patpong Rd., phone 234-6973.

IB Your Office: office space with phone, fax, secretarial support. 140 Sukhumvit Rd., phone 653-5000, fax 254-3594.

International Business Center offers full office services, office space, multilingual secretarial and copy services. Silom Center, 16th Floor, Silom Road, phone 233-0985.

Also the Interlanguage Translation Center, with document-translation services in all Southeast Asian languages, Japanese, Chinese and most European languages, including English. Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm. On the east end, near the Landmark Hotel, 552-554 Ploenchit Rd., phone 243-2018, fax 252-4307.