Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 2022
This Cookie Policy is part of the Privacy Policy of the website [www.minorhotels.com] (hereinafter the “Website”). By accessing and browsing the Website, or using the services on the Website, you are accepting the terms and conditions set out in the Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions. Minor Hotel Group Limited (the “Minor Hotels”), as holder of the domain name, with registered address at 88 The Parq Building, 12th Fl. Ratchadaphisek Road, Klongtoey Subdistrict, Klongtoey District, Bangkok Metropolis 10110, Thailand, hereby notifies you that it uses cookies or other storage and data recovery devices with similar functionality (hereinafter, the “Cookies”).For this reason, and for the purposes of giving the user all the information required to properly browse the Website, we provide users with the following information on what cookies are, what types of cookies are used on our Website and how they can configure or disable them.
1. What is a Cookie?
Cookies are files containing small amounts of information that are saved on the user's device when they visit a website. Their main purpose is to identify the user each time they access the Website, and to enable Website improvement and provide personalized user experiences on the Website. Minor Hotels uses its own cookies and cookies provided by third parties.2. Use of Cookies by us
You can customize the applicable type of Cookie on your devices [link]. If you disable all Cookies, your browsing experience of the Website may not be optimised and some of the features may not function correctly.
3. Type of Cookies
Minor Hotels use the following types of Cookies for the purposes explained below: You will also find a full list of Cookies used.
Mandatory Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate the Website and use its features. Without these cookies, some of the services you have requested cannot be provided, such as accessing restricted areas of the website, using shopping baskets, or making electronic payments.
Likewise, this also includes cookies that collect information about the way in which visitors use the Website, for example, which pages they visit most frequently, web page error message, the sections of the website they access or which buttons of the website they click on. The information obtained by these cookies does not enable visitors to be identified.
Cookie | Duration | Description |
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mhg#lang | session | This cookie stores current display language |
rr_country | 6 months |
This cookie stores visitor country |
rr_currency | 6 months |
This cookie stores visitor selected currency |
rr_country_phone_code | 6 months |
This cookie stores visitor telephone code |
rr_addr | 6 months |
This cookie stores visitor geo information |
shell#lang | session | Description is currently not available. |
cf_clearance | 1 year | Cloudflare clearance cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is used to no longer issue a challenge if present. It is required to reach an origin server. |
_tkk_ | 20 minutes |
This cookie stores system information |
__XMHSC__ | session |
This cookie stores last visitor seach criteria |
__cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
__cfruid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic. |
__RequestVerificationToken | session | This cookie is set by web application built in ASP.NET MVC Technologies. This is an anti-forgery cookie used for preventing cross site request forgery attacks. |
ASP.NET_SessionId | session | Issued by Microsoft's ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user's website visit. |
Analytical Cookies
These cookies allow visits to the website to be quantified and to enable the measurement and statistical analysis of the use that users make of the services provided. This is in order to ensure the website is performing properly and to improve its function. Among the analytical cookies used are those of Google Analytics.
Google Analytics uses its own cookies. These cookies do not collect data which can identify a visitor. All the information that these cookies collect is aggregated and, therefore, anonymous. It is used only for improving the functioning of the site. You can find more information about Google Analytics cookies here:
https://business.safety.google/privacy.
You can avoid the use of Google Analytics in relation to your use of our site by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via this link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
Analytical cookies are listed below:
Cookie | Duration | Description |
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utag_main__sn | 1 year |
Tealium store the number of sessions for this visitor. |
utag_main__se | 1 hour |
Tealium store the number of events during the current session. |
utag_main__ss | 1 hour |
Tealium store boolean that indicates if the page viewed is the first in a session. A value of |
utag_main__st | 1 hour |
Tealium store the Unix/Epoch timestamp of the session timeout, in milliseconds. The value is updated on new events |
utag_main_ses_id | 1 hour |
Tealium store the Unix/Epoch timestamp of the session start, in milliseconds. |
utag_main__pn | 1 hour |
Tealium store the number of pages viewed during the current session. |
yandexuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Yandex sets this cookie to identify the users and also collects information about how visitors use the website, and this information is used for internal analysis and site optimization. |
CLID | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited. |
_ym_uid | 1 year | Yandex sets this cookie to identify site users. |
_ym_d | 1 year | Yandex sets this cookie to store the date of the users first site session. |
SM | session | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
MR | 7 days | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. |
_ym_isad | 20 hours | Yandex sets this cookie to determine if a visitor has ad blockers. |
yabs-sid | session | Yandex sets this cookie to store the session ID. |
cid | 1 year | The cid cookie helps to identify unique visitors and understand their site behaviour at different times. |
_clck | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. |
uid | 1 month | This is a Google UserID cookie that tracks users across various website segments. |
apnid | 3 months | Sojern sets this cookie to analyse the complete user's path and the path of its travel purchase. |
_clsk | 1 day | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. |
_fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
SEUNCY | 1 year | This cookie is used for registering a unique ID to identify the visitor's device on their revisit to the website. |
demdex | 6 months | The demdex cookie, set under the domain demdex.net, is used by Adobe Audience Manager to help identify a unique visitor across domains. |
AFFICHE_W | 1 year 1 month | Weborama sets this cookie to determine the visitor’s interests based on pages visited, content clicked, and other actions on the website. |
TADCID | 10 years | Tripadvisor sets this cookie to store a unique ID for users, to help them view embedded content from Tripadvisor. |
TAUnique | 2 years | TripAdvisor sets this cookie to track visitors across websites. |
TASession | session | TripAdvisor sets this cookie to track visitors across websites. |
ANON_ID | 3 months | This cookie, set by Tribal Fusion, collects data on user visits to the website, such as what pages have been accessed . |
yp | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Yandex sets this cookie to compile anonymous information on users’ browsing, to know the origin of the visits and other statistical data. |
vuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
X-AB | 1 day | Adobe Analytics sets this cookie in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation or edition of the site. |
Advertising and Social Media Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, for example, the destinations or hotels in which they have shown interest, or the sections of the website they have accessed. The information obtained is processed in an aggregated way. Consequently, these cookies do not enable visitors to be identified and the information is therefore anonymous. The information gathered by these cookies in our website may be shared with third parties outside of Minor Hotels. The function of these cookies is to gain audiences, statistics and reports which enable campaigns and marketing acquisition channels to be improved. They also enable interaction with the website editor’s social media profiles. Various buttons can be used to access such profiles, perform actions such as “follow” and “like” or post comments associated with uploaded content or created by the website editor.
Cookie | Duration | Description |
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XANDR_PANID | 3 months |
This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance. |
yashr | 1 year |
Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. |
bh | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. |
sync_cookie_csrf | 10 minutes | This cookie is set by the Yandex metrica. This cookie is used to monitor the connection with the website and third party Data Management Platforms. The cookie also collects information on the user behaviour on the website which is used for optimizing the website. |
NWB | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Used by Naver to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
MSPTC | 1 year 24 days |
This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance. |
C | 1 year | Description is currently not available. |
ar_debug | 1 month |
This cookie is used by DoubleClick to debug ads. |
adfid | 1 year | Description is currently not available. |
_knxq_ | session |
This cookie is associated with brand-display.com. The main business activity is advertising. |
_knxcm_ | 1 month |
This cookie is associated with brand-display.com. The main business activity is advertising. |
_knxp_ | 1 hour |
This cookie is associated with brand-display.com. The main business activity is advertising. |
_yasc | 10 years | Description is currently not available. |
NWB_LEGACY | 5 years | No description available. |
_knxcv_ | Less than a minute | Description is currently not available. |
arcki2_adform | 15 days | Description is currently not available. |
TASameSite | session | Description is currently not available. |
__vt | 1 hour | Description is currently not available. |
PMC | 2 years | Description is currently not available. |
TASID | 1 hour | Description is currently not available. |
ktcid | 1 year | No description available. |
tluidp | 3 months | Description is currently not available. |
dc-adv | 1 year | No description available. |
3968 | past | Description is currently not available. |
3968_TPV | past | Description is currently not available. |
uuid2 | 3 months | The uuid2 cookie is set by AppNexus and records information that helps differentiate between devices and browsers. This information is used to pick out ads delivered by the platform and assess the ad performance and its attribute payment. |
test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
anj | 3 months | AppNexus sets the anj cookie that contains data stating whether a cookie ID is synced with partners. |
i | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie is set by OpenX to record anonymized user data, such as IP address, geographical location, websites visited, ads clicked by the user etc., for relevant advertising. |
IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
_ttp | 3 months | TikTok set this cookie to track and improve the performance of advertising campaigns, as well as to personalise the user experience. |
_ldbrbid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Line sets this cookie for the delivery of ads. |
bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
sync_cookie_ok | 1 day | This cookie is set by the provider WebVisor. This cookie is used for marketing purposes. |
MUID | 1 year 24 days | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
ANONCHK | 10 minutes | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. |
_tt_enable_cookie | 3 months | Tiktok set this cookie to collect data about behaviour and activities on the website and to measure the effectiveness of the advertising. |
TapAd_TS | 2 months | TapAd sets this cookie to track users across devices to enable targeted advertising. |
TapAd_DID | 2 months | TapAd sets this cookie to offer personalized content, social media features, and traffic analysis for its retargeting of online advertising. |
CMID | 1 year | Casale Media sets this cookie to collect information on user behaviour for targeted advertising. |
CMPS | 3 months | CasaleMedia sets CMPS cookie for anonymous user tracking based on users' website visits to display targeted ads. |
CMPRO | 3 months | CasaleMedia sets CMPRO cookie for anonymous usage tracking and targeted advertising. |
TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS | 2 months | TapAd sets this cookie for data synchronization with advertising networks. |
CM | 1 day | Adform sets this cookie to check if a new partner cookie synchronisation is required. |
CM14 | 14 days | Adform sets this cookie to check if a new partner cookie synchronisation is required. |
rlas3 | 1 year | RLCDN sets this cookie to provide users with relevant advertisements and limit the number of ads displayed. |
pxrc | 2 months | This cookie is set by pippio to provide users with relevant advertisements and limit the number of ads displayed. |
uid-bp-* | 2 months | StickyAds.tv sets this cookie for targeting and advertising purposes. |
ab | 1 year | Owned by agkn, this cookie is used for targeting and advertising purposes. |
wfivefivec | 1 year 1 month | W55c sets this cookie to collect data on the user's visits to the website, such as what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used for targeted ads. |
dpm | 6 months | The dpm cookie, set under the Demdex domain, assigns a unique ID to each visiting user, hence allowing third-party advertisers to target these users with relevant ads. |
UserID1 | 3 months | Adition sets this cookie as a unique anonymous ID for a website visitor. This ID is used to identify the user across sessions and to track their activity on the website. The data collected is used for analysis purposes. |
arcki2 | 15 days | AudienceRate sets this cookie to gather information on user engagement and behaviour in order to improve website performance and increase the relevance of online advertisements. |
matchadform | 1 month | Adform sets this cookie to present the user with relevant content and advertisement. |
SRT | 1 hour | This cookie is set by the provider Tripadvisor. This is a Tripadvisor session cookie used for advertising purposes. |
TART | 5 days | This cookie is set by the provider Tripadvisor. This cookie is used for viewing contents and ads from Tripadvisor, which in return helps to earn money from Tripadvisor if the visitor has clicked the ads. |
TAUD | 14 days | This cookie is set by the provider Tripadvisor. This is Tripadvisor session cookie used for advertising purposes. |
OAID | 1 month | Cookie set to record whether the user has opted out of the collection of information by the AdsWizz Service Cookies. |
cf | past | Used to present the visitor with relevant content advertisement. |
cip | past | Presents the user with relevant content and advertisements, and facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. |
cnac | past | Used to present the visitor with relevant content advertisement. |
car | past | Used to present the visitor with relevant content advertisement. |
callback | past | ID5 sets this cookie to collect data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites in order to present more relevant advertisements. This also allows the website to limit the number of times that the visitor is shown the same advertisement. |
ANON_ID_old | 3 months | This cookie helps to categorise the users interest and to create profiles in terms of resales of targeted marketing. This cookie is used to collect user information such as what pages have been viewed on the website for creating profiles. |
tuuid | 1 year | The tuuid cookie, set by BidSwitch, stores an unique ID to determine what adverts the users have seen if they have visited any of the advertiser's websites. The information is used to decide when and how often users will see a certain banner. |
tuuid_lu | 1 year | This cookie, set by BidSwitch, stores a unique ID to determine what adverts the users have seen while visiting an advertiser's website. This information is then used to understand when and how often users will see a certain banner. |
tluid | 3 months | This cookie is set by the provider AdRoll to identify and show the visitor relevant ads by collecting user data from multiple websites. |
am-uid | 3 months | This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites. |
YSC | session | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
TACds | 2 months | This cookie is set by the provider TripAdvisor. This cookie is used for showing travel information and ads based on the user preferences. |
_scid | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is set by Snapchat to store Snapchat Pixel unique ID of the User. |
li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
TASSK | 6 months | This cookie is set by the provider Tripadvisor. This cookie is used for viewing embedded contents to the visitor from Tripadvisor. It also helps to know whether the visitor had clicked on the advertisement, to collect payment from the Tripadvisor. |
ServerPool | session | This cookie is set by the provider Tripadvisor. This cookie is used for user tracking and viewing embedded contents from TripAdvisor like payment of referral commission fees etc. |
TATravelInfo | 14 days | This cookie is set by the provider Tripadvisor. This cookie is used for viewing contents and ads from Tripadvisor, which in return helps to earn money from Tripadvisor if the visitor has clicked the ads. |
yuidss | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Yandex stores this cookie in the user's browser in order to recognize the visitor. |
SRM_B | 1 year 24 days | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. |
ymex | 1 year | Yandex sets this cookie to collect information about the user behaviour on the website. This information is used for website analysis and for website optimisation. |
_uetsid | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
_uetvid | 1 year 24 days | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
_ym_visorc | 1 hour | Yandex sets this cookie to allow the site's Session Replay to function correctly. |
You can find more detailed information about these third-party cookies by clicking on the following links:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Instagram: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policies/cookies/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
- Tripadvisor: https://tripadvisor.mediaroom.com/UK-cookie-policy
Usability Cookies
These cookies enable the Website to provide personalized service. For example, these cookies allow the web to provide price comparison services and recover your shopping basket. The information obtained via these cookies may be anonymous to inhibit tracking of the visitor’s browsing.
Usability cookies are listed below:
Cookie | Duration | Description |
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thn_id | Never Expires | The Hotel Network sets this cookie to identify users with a unique ID consisting of a hexadecimal representation of characters. This cookie is used in order to identify users on their subsequent visits to the websites of the hotels in the network. This cookie allows the user experience to be customised. |
__zlcmid | 1 year | Zopim sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
__zlcstore | Never Expires | Zopim sets this cookie to store information about the current status of the chat. |
yt-remote-device-id | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
yt-remote-connected-devices | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
yt-remote-session-app | session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
yt-remote-cast-installed | session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-session-name | session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
4. How to reject or block Cookies
It is possible to block Cookies through browser configuration tools, or you can configure your browser to advise you when a server requests to store a Cookie:
a) If you use Microsoft Edge, the option is in Settings > Privacy, search, and services. For more information, visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd.
b) If you use Firefox, the option is in the menu Settings > Privacy & Security. For more information, visit https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/topics/privacy-and-security/firefox.
c) If you use Chrome, the option is in the menu Settings > Privacy & Security. For more information, visit https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en.
d) If you use Opera, the option is in the menu Settings > Advanced > Privacy & security. For more information, visit http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/en/cookies.html
e) If you use Safari, the option is in the menu Preferences/Privacy. More information at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265