Media contact
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For broadcast or video filming, please write at least 14 days in advance — we will arrange access and a guided visit at no charge for accredited journalists.
The 60-second version
Phteah Yeay ផ្ទះយាយ — pronounced p'tay-yay, Khmer for "Grandmother's House" — is a six-room boutique hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia, twenty minutes from Angkor Wat. Founded May 2026 by a Cambodian-American returning home after years working in New York healthcare. Soft opening September 2027, grand opening October 2027. Built around a banana-palm courtyard with travertine floors, a kitchen that runs on Yeay's recipes, and a hiring model that pays above market with healthcare and school stipends for staff families.
Factual sheet
| Name | Phteah Yeay (ផ្ទះយាយ) |
| Pronunciation | p'tay-yay |
| Translation | Grandmother's House |
| Location | Thlok Andoung Village, Sangkat Slakram, Siem Reap City, Siem Reap, Cambodia |
| Distance to Angkor Wat | 20 minutes |
| Distance to Siem Reap Airport (SAI) | 35 minutes |
| Rooms | Six — 1 Yeay Suite (62 m²), 1 Family Room (94 m²), 2 Courtyard Rooms (38 m²), 2 Garden Rooms (30 m²) |
| Soft open | September 2027 |
| Grand opening | October 2027 |
| Founded | 13 May 2026 |
| Owner | Theary Ros |
| Architect | [INSERT — Cambodian, Siem Reap–based] |
| Style | Contemporary Khmer luxury — travertine, oiled teak, raw silk, antique brass |
| F&B | Café, restaurant (Khmer comfort food), outside bar, private long-table dinners |
| Activities | Cooking class, krama weaving demo, Apsara dance evenings, garden tours, hammock hour |
| Languages spoken at reception | English, Khmer, basic French |
| Domain | phteahyeay.com |
| @phteahyeay |
Founder bio
Short (50 words)
Theary Ros founded Phteah Yeay after seventeen years in New York's healthcare system. Born in Cambodia, raised by grandmothers on both sides, she returned to Siem Reap in May 2026 to build a six-room boutique hotel named for the women who taught half her village how to make kroeung.
Long (200 words)
Theary Ros spent seventeen years in New York's healthcare system before flying back to Cambodia in May 2026 with a one-way ticket and a clear plan. She had been thinking about it for longer than that. The plan was to build a small hotel that felt like coming home to her grandmother's house — six rooms, one banana-palm courtyard, the kettle always warm, the food made the way Yeay made it.
Born in Cambodia and raised between Cambodia and the United States, Theary brings to Phteah Yeay both the precision of a healthcare administrator and the storytelling instincts of a returning daughter. The property's design — travertine floors that stay cool through April, raw silk lampshades, a kitchen built around a stone mortar and pestle — reflects her belief that hospitality, done with care, is a form of giving back.
Phteah Yeay employs twelve people from Thlok Andoung Village and the next village over, pays above market rate, and covers healthcare for staff families plus school stipends for their children. The hotel opens in October 2027, twenty minutes from Angkor Wat.
For interviews in English or Khmer, write to press@phteahyeay.com.
Photography
All photographs are licensed for editorial use with credit to Phteah Yeay. Commercial or advertising use requires written permission.
Download the photo pack (.zip — 240 MB)
Contents:
- Wide exterior shot (Magic Hour) — 12 MP
- Reception detail (brass wordmark on noir fluted wall) — 8 MP
- Café interior (banana-tree courtyard view) — 8 MP
- Yeay Suite (bed facing courtyard) — 12 MP
- Travertine floor detail with morning light — 6 MP
- Kitchen — kroeung being pounded by hand — 8 MP
- Pool at lantern hour — 12 MP
- Outside bar (golden hour) — 8 MP
- Banana-palm courtyard at dusk — 12 MP
- Founder portrait (Theary in the courtyard, available with and without smile) — 12 MP
All images are also available individually — write to press@phteahyeay.com with your specific request.
Brand assets
Download brand guidelines (.pdf — 4 MB)
Includes the wordmark in all four variants, the seated Yeay illustration, the temple-peak monogram, the brass-on-noir colour palette with hex values, typography (Cormorant Garamond display, Inter body, Moul for Khmer), and the photographic style guide.
Download the wordmark (.svg) — for digital use Download the wordmark (.png, transparent) — 2000×2000 px
Past coverage
Phteah Yeay opens publicly in October 2027. The list below will populate as coverage publishes. To pitch a story, see Media contact above.
— No coverage yet. We've been quiet on purpose.
What we are happy to talk about
- The founder's journey from New York healthcare administration to Siem Reap hotel-keeper
- The hiring model — fair wages, healthcare, school stipends — as it relates to ethical boutique hospitality
- Khmer culinary traditions, specifically kroeung and amok, and why a stone pestle matters
- Why we chose travertine floors, raw silk lampshades, and oiled teak
- The "Hammock Hour" — a daily 4pm slowdown that's an actual fixture of the property
- The journal — eighteen entries from groundbreaking to grand opening, written in two voices
- Slow travel, returning-diaspora travel, and what it means to come home to a country you left
What we ask of press
- Credit photographs to Phteah Yeay with a link to phteahyeay.com when possible.
- Verify pronunciation — p'tay-yay. The Khmer ផ្ទះយាយ can be transliterated, but our preferred romanisation is Phteah Yeay.
- Do not photograph guests without their consent if you visit while we are operating.
- Notify us when a story publishes — we like to celebrate, share, and link.
For any inquiry not covered here, write to press@phteahyeay.com. We read every message and reply within two business days.
Phteah Yeay — Thlok Andoung Village, Sangkat Slakram, Siem Reap, Cambodia.