About SHA Thailand

SHA Thailand is a hotel review site focused on SHA-certified properties across Thailand. Every hotel featured here has been checked against the Tourism Authority of Thailand SHA certification records, scored against real guest data from Agoda, and assessed for genuine compliance rather than just paperwork. The goal is simple: help travelers book the right hotel with accurate information, not marketing copy.

What SHA Certification Means

SHA stands for Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration. It is a certification program launched in 2020 by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Thai Ministry of Public Health, designed to set verifiable hygiene and safety standards for hospitality businesses. Hotels are assessed across cleanliness protocols, staff training, and operational standards before certification is granted. There are three tiers (SHA, SHA Plus, SHA Extra Plus). For a full breakdown of how each tier is verified, see our SHA certification explainer on the homepage.

How We Review Hotels

Every hotel on this site goes through the same three-step process before it earns a recommendation:

  1. We check TAT's official SHA verification database to confirm active certification status.
  2. We pull Agoda guest scores (minimum 8.0 required) and read recent reviews to identify patterns that official audits can miss.
  3. Where possible, we assess real-world SHA compliance using on-the-ground knowledge of each property and destination.

A certificate on the wall does not automatically make it onto this site. Hotels that fail any step get excluded, even if they are popular elsewhere. Our methodology page covers the full process.

The Team

SHA Thailand is written by six specialists, each owning a topic lane rather than a single region. We made this choice deliberately. Hotel research, food coverage, transport logistics, and itinerary planning each demand different domain knowledge, so we organized by what each writer knows best.

  • Fern Saetang covers hotels (lead reviewer, Bangkok-based)
  • Mint Wongsakul covers food and restaurants (Bangkok / Chinatown)
  • Ploy Pichaisri covers destinations, beaches, and islands (Phuket-based)
  • Nam Charoenrak covers itineraries and trip planning (Chiang Mai-based)
  • Karn Boonyasit covers transport, flights, and ferries (Bangkok)
  • Lek Suriyawong covers nightlife and entertainment (Koh Samui)

Each writer publishes under their own byline with a linked author page. We are a small editorial team, not a 20-person content factory, and that is a feature.

Affiliate Disclosure

Every hotel link on this site goes through Agoda or Booking.com affiliate URLs. If you book through one of our links, we earn a commission at no cost to you. We tell you this here, on our methodology page, and in the footer of every page. We do not accept payment from hotels for coverage. We do not adjust scores or rankings for properties that drive higher commission. Reviews reflect what the data and direct knowledge show, not what a hotel's marketing team would prefer published.

Who This Site Is For

SHA Thailand is built for travelers making real booking decisions. If you are trying to figure out whether a hotel's SHA certification is genuine, which tier it holds, how its guest scores compare, and whether it is actually a good fit for your trip, this site is for you. We do not write for SEO traffic alone, and we are not a press release outlet.

How to Use This Site

Start with the destination you are traveling to, filter by SHA tier if that matters to your trip, and read the methodology notes on any review before booking. Every hotel link goes directly to Agoda, where you can check current pricing, availability, and confirm SHA status on the booking page before you commit.

Contact

Editorial questions, corrections, or hotel verification challenges: editorial@shathailand.com
We respond to corrections within 48 hours and update articles publicly when we get something wrong.