Travel
Culture and Travel
2014 September
High-Ranking Women of Old-Cambodia Inspire TEAV Boutique Hotel
by Robert Michael Poole
Cambodia
TEAV Boutique Hotel takes it name from a particularly resonant word in Cambodian society. During the 17th to 20th Centuries the term “teav” was used to describe high-ranking and respectable women in the upper-echelons of the Khmer civilization. It was also used to describe those who showed sophistication and hospitality, an idea the this unique hotel is committed to.