The Ban Tulip Hotel in Bang Lamung was operating without licence, as required under the Hotels Act of 2004, said chief of Pattaya police Pol Col Apichai Krobpet.
Thailand police have ordered the shut down of a Pattaya hotel at which international swingers were arrested over the weekend. They have also recommended that the Chinese operator be slapped with a maximum fine of 18 million baht (US$2.85 million) for operating without a hotel licence.
The Ban Tulip Hotel in Bang Lamung was operating without licence, as required under the Hotels Act of 2004, said chief of Pattaya police Pol Col Apichai Krobpet.
The offence carries a jail term of up to one year, a one-time fine of 20,000 baht and a fine of up to 10,000 baht a day for the period of the hotel's five year illegal operation.
The probe into the hotel’s operation followed the arrest of 28 swingers - 14 men and 14 women - who were engaging in sexual activities at the South Pattaya hotel on Saturday night (April 21).
The couples were nationals of Thailand, China, Malaysia, the US, Ukraine, Pakistan, Singapore, Canada, Cambodia and the Philippines, police said. They had reportedly paid 1500 baht each to attend the event.