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Luang Prabang Accommodation Ock Pop Tok Villa Sustainability

Ock Pop Tok

Villa Ock Pp Tok is part of the Ock Pop Tok company co-founded by Veomanee Duangdala and Joanna Smith April 2000. Veo is from a family renowned for its weaving, her mother is from Laos' primary silk weaving region, Sam Nua. Veo learnt to weave from an early age, she came proficient in weaving as well as dying silk with natural resources. At 16 Veo left high school to work in the hospitality industry, it is here she picked up her excellent English.

They met in 1999 at an evening school in Luang Prabang where Jo was teaching. Jo had left her career in the UK as a magazine photographer in search of something different. Veo taught Jo to weave in her village, Ban Xieng Leck, this is how the original members of OckPopTok were brought together. In April 2000 Veo and Jo approached Deng, Goy and Noy with the idea of weaving specifically for a gallery and after the production of around 60 pieces the gallery opened in October of the same year.

OckPopTok's aims are to promote Lao and Lao textiles abroad, to train our team in a way that encourages commitment and pride in each other and in the group, to provide a working environment that recognises an individual's skills and initiative and that produces a better quality of living. Our ethical policy is the basis for our success.



Caring for destination

This accommodation provider has taken action to address one or more issues (whether environmental, social or cultural) which will contribute positively to the long term viability of the destination and hence their site displays a Caring for the destination rating.

Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:  


Social awareness and development.


Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative: 


Ock Pop Tok as the larger business provides sustainable employment to rural residents through the production and marketing of high quality textiles. They also offer a number of interactive learning experiences to visitors of Luang Prabang and training opportunities to staff and artisans.

Working alongside development agencies and the Lao Women’s Union they have trained artisans from remote areas in product design and other textile business related skills. These training activities are supported by patronage. A percentage of sales go towards training villagers and sustaining the link between village and market.

Ock Pop Tok's main gallery is in the old quarter, there is a small shop on the main road with this weaving centre and boutique guesthouse on the banks of the Mekong 2km out of town. OckPopTok is the Lao translation for east meets west; and are about bringing people together through textiles, the exchanging of knowledge and ideas.

In April 2006 OckPopTok founded Fibre2Fabric a non-profit gallery focusing on handcrafted textiles as a way to explore and explain Lao culture. Fibre2Fabric curates three exhibitions a year, each subject taking an in depth look at techniques and the cultural importance of textile production.






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