He kamaaina no Netherlands, ua ʻoi aku ʻo Pottinga ma mua o 25 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma nā kūlana Luna Nui a me Luna Nui e hana ana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, mai ʻAmelika, ma ʻEulopa a me Asia.
Hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ma Des Indes InterContinental The Hague, ua lawe ʻo Pottinga iā ia i nā waiwai kaulana e like me InterContinental New Orleans a me InterContinental Edinburgh The George. Ke komo nei ʻo Pottinga i ka InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping mai kona kūlana i Luna Nui ma InterContinental Budapest. Ua paʻa ʻo Pottinga i nā kūlana Luna Nui ma ke awa ʻo Grand Kowloon ma Hong Kong, Crowne Plaza Landmark Hotel & Suites Shenzhen a me Crowne Plaza Bratislava.
No Pottinga, kona hookohu me InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping hōʻailona i ka hoʻi nostalgic i Thailand, ka ʻāina o kona wā kamaliʻi kahi i puka ai ʻo ia mai ke Kula Nui ʻo Bangkok. He manawa kūpono hoʻi ia e kōkua ai i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao o Chiang Mai ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi ma Asia ma hope o kona koho ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he lālā o UNESCO Crafts and Folk-Art Creative Cities Network ma 2017. ʻO Pottinga kahi kūlana kūʻokoʻa no kēia kuleana ma kāna hōkele mua, ʻo ka ʻO InterContinental Budapest, ua hāʻawi pū i ka puka makani i ka puʻuwai o kahi kahua hoʻoilina honua UNESCO.
He makemake mau ka huakaʻi no Pottinga, a ke kakali nei ʻo ia i ka noho ʻana ma kekahi kūlanakauhale ikaika a kaulana.
"Ke hana nei mākou i ka wehe ʻana ma waena o 2023, ua hoʻohauʻoli mākou a me ka hui iā mākou iho me ka hauʻoli i ka hana weliweli o ka wehe ʻana iā InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping i nā huakaʻi kūloko a me ka honua," wahi a Peter Pottinga. "Ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka meaʻai ʻono o ka ʻāina, ka hana lima a nā mea hana kūloko, a me ka mōʻaukala ʻĀkau o Thai me nā ʻano pūlima o kahi hōʻailona hōʻailona e like me InterContinental, manaʻo mākou e hana i kahi ʻike malihini e hoʻolaha nei i nā kuʻuna moʻomeheu a me nā moʻomeheu o ka poʻe Lanna."
Aia ʻo InterContinental Chiang Mai Mae Ping ma ka puʻuwai o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Chiang Mai, a he kaʻa pōkole mai ke kahua mokulele honua. He hōkele kēia i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano he "hale hōʻikeʻike ola," i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka moʻomeheu Lanna i hoʻohanohano ʻia i ka manawa a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hana lima o nā mea hana kūloko, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i kahi pakele o kēia wā. Maʻaneʻi, eʻike nā malihini i kahi noho mālie ma Wat Chang Kong, kahi stupa mau loa ma ka pā; leʻaleʻa i ka maikaʻi o ka hana noʻeau, hana, a me nā mele ma ka pā; a ʻono i ka ʻai kū hoʻokahi o ka ʻĀkau o Thailand.