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West Air flies to Phuket

Megha Paul
China’s West Air will launch its first service to Phuket from its home base of Chongqing. Starting from 22 November, the airline will offer a four-weekly service from Chongqing on…
Hotels

Hyatt arrives in Phuket

Mark Elliott
Hyatt has opened its first property on the Thai resort island of Phuket. The Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort is set on a hillside location at Kamala Cove, overlooking the Andaman Sea. All…
Hotels

Centara expands in Phuket

Mark Elliott
Centara Hotels & Resorts is expanding its presence in Phuket, with the signing of a new Centra property in the island's Laguna resort complex. The Thai hotel management company…
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Novotel expands in Phuket

Mark Elliott
Accor has launched a new Novotel in Phuket. The 166-room Novotel Phuket Kamala Beach is located on the island's west coast, overlooking Kamala Beach, and offers views of the Andaman…
Hotels

Hyatt to open in Phuket

Mark Elliott
Hyatt has signed a management agreement that will see it open its first hotel in Phuket. Expected to open in late 2013, Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort will be located on the west coast…
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Accor launches Pullman brand in Phuket

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Accor has announced the opening of its first upscale Pullman resort on the Thai island of Phuket. Located on Naithon Beach, on Phuket's west coast, the Pullman Phuket Arcadia offers…
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Outrigger opens new Phuket resort

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The Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort will officially open its doors today (4 April 2013), with a grand beachside party. Outrigger purchased the 8.4-hectare property in July last…
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Holiday Inn Express debuts in Phuket

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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has launched its first Holiday Inn Express on the island of Phuket. The new Holiday Inn Express Phuket Patong Beach Central offers 277 rooms in the…
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Tune Hotels to arrive in Phuket

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Tune Hotels will open its latest property in Phuket's Patong Beach area in January 2013. The new property will become the fourth Tune Hotel in Thailand, following existing properties in Hat…
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Regent to launch in Phuket

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Regent Hotels & Resorts has announced that its new Phuket resort will open on 1 December 2012. Located at Cape Panwa, next to its own private beach, Regent Phuket Cape Panwa will…
Tourism

Royal Phuket Marina expands capacity

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Testament to Phuket’s rising prominence as an international yachting destination, Royal Phuket Marina (RPM) is doubling capacity in response to overwhelming demand for moorings. Current…
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Anantara to add second Phuket resort

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Minor Hotel Group has announced plans to expand its portfolio of Anantara resorts in Phuket. Located at Layan Beach, on Phuket’s northwest coast, Bundarika Villas & Suites will be…
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Outrigger acquires Phuket resort

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Outrigger Hotels & Resorts has agreed to acquire the 254-room Laguna Beach Resort, located in the Laguna Phuket integrated resort. The transaction is scheduled to close in the first…
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Khiri opens Phuket office

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Khiri Travel has recently opened a Phuket office, marking their intention to expand into southern Thailand. Marc Ruffet, a Swiss national, has been appointed Branch Manager for the new…
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Soneva sells Evason Phuket

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The Soneva Group has sold the Evason Phuket resort. With immediate effect, the resort will no longer be operated by Six Senses Resorts & Spas. The value of the deal has not been…
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IHG launches Crowne Plaza in Phuket

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InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) has expanded its portfolio in Thailand with the launch of the Crowne Plaza Phuket Panwa Beach Resort. The opening marks the first Crowne Plaza resort in…
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Swissôtel to debut in Phuket

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Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts will add its first property in Phuket next month. The company has been appointed to manage the existing Courtyard by Marriott at Kamala Beach, which will be…
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COMO to open Phuket resort

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COMO Hotels & Resorts will develop and manage a new property in Phuket. Located on Phang Nga Bay, on the island's northeast coast, the new property will become the Singapore-based COMO's…
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Second Holiday Inn opens in Phuket

Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach opened in Thailand on Friday. The new 246-guestrooms each feature the latest in hospitality technology such as LCD flat-screen TV connected to DVD…
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Holiday Inn doubles up in Phuket

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced that its second Holiday Inn in Phuket - the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach - will open its doors this month. Located on the…
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Holiday Inn doubles up in Phuket

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced that its second Holiday Inn in Phuket - the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach - will open its doors this month. Located 10km from…
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Centara opens new Phuket resort

Centara Hotels & Resorts has announced the acquisition of a new five-star resort hotel in Phuket. The new Centara Grand West Sands Resort & Villas Phuket is located on Mai Khao…
Tourism

Phuket prepares for AFTA

Mark Elliott
Members of Phuket's travel and tourism industry were told to keep improving and prepare for change ahead of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) in 2015.Somprasong Khomapat,…
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Phuket resort joins Starwood brand

The Erawan Group has reached an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to rebrand Naka Island resort located on Koh Naka, Phuket. Featuring 67 luxury pool villas, two…
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Phuket’s Sri Panwa launches new spa

The luxury Phuket resort, Sri Panwa has launched its new wellness facility; the Cool Spa. The full service spa, which set within its own private tropical water gardens, is designed to…
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COMO to open Phuket resort

COMO Hotels and Resorts is to develop and manage a new property on the Yamu peninsula of Phuket, Thailand. Located in Phang Nga Bay on the northeast coast of Phuket, this property will…
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Phuket hotels see rates slide in Q3 2010

Hotels in Phuket saw a dramatic year-on-year slide in terms of average daily rates (ADR) in the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest Phuket Hotel MarketView report from CB Richard…
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TAAI arrives in Phuket

Mark Elliott
The idyllic southern Thai resort of Phuket is expecting to enjoy a boom in business from India in the aftermath of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) annual convention to be held…
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Centara opens fifth Phuket property

Centara Hotels & Resorts has officially opened its fifth property on the holiday Island of Phuket. Centara Sawaddi Patong Resort, formerly Best Western Sawaddi Patong Hotel, joined the…
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Phuket landslide kills two

Mark Elliott
Two people were killed in Phuket on Sunday after heavy rains triggered a mudslide at a hillside construction project near the tourist hub of Patong. The Phuket Gazette reported that almost…
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TAT to push Phuket weddings

Mark Elliott
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will promote Phuket as a wedding and honeymoon destination, the Phuket Gazette has reported. Bangornrat Shinaprayoon, Director of the TAT's…
Hotels

Golden Tulip signs deal for Phuket resort

Phuket, Thailand - December 14, 2009:  As part of its aggressive expansion into Asia, The Netherlands-based Golden Tulip Hospitality Group has penetrated into the Thai market by officially…
Global

ibis to open in Phuket

Mark Elliott
25 Nov 09 (TravMedia.com): ibis, the worldwide economy hotel brand of the Accor group, announces the opening of ibis Phuket Kata on December 1. The new ibis Phuket Kata becomes the…
Global

Phuket to be Air Asia hub

Mark Elliott
Air Asia plans to use Phuket as a hub for connecting flights to tourist destinations in this region. Using the 180-seater Airbus 320, it will connect Phuket with Ho Chi Minh City in…
Global

New bridge for Phuket

Mark Elliott
A 300-million baht (US$9 million) investment will be made in building a new bridge across the 300 metre waterway separating Phuket and the Thai mainland. The existing old bridge will also be…
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Phuket to get new bridge

Mark Elliott
The Sarasin Bridge, which joins Phuket to the mainland, is to be dismantled and replaced by a new THB378 million (US$11.4 million) four-lane structure, including a pedestrian…
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Phuket airport to expand

Mark Elliott
Phuket International Airport is planning to establish a new terminal for private jets to accommodate VIP passengers, the facility's new director has said.According to a Phuket Gazette…
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Phuket ASEAN meet postponed

Mark Elliott
Thailand has announced the postponement of the ASEAN Summit in Phuket from next month to late October. Delegations of several countries found the June schedule too inconvenient, a…
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Phuket arrivals hold up

Mark Elliott
Arrivals to Phuket International Airport hit 482,758, just 4.5% down on the same month last year, according to figures supplied to Phuketwan. The small decline was…
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Phuket cancels low season

Mark Elliott
A group of local hoteliers and businesses in Phuket have "cancelled" the 15 April to 1 November low season, and are renaming the period more appropriately "Summer Season". The move…
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Hilton Phuket Arcadia celebrates staff

On the 5th anniversary of Hilton management, the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa recognised its 292 staff members them for their service. The ceremony featured congratulatory speeches…
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New Marriott planned for Phuket

Marriott International has announced plans for a new resort in Phuket. The 202-room Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa at Kamala Cove, located on Kamala Beach, is a conversion of the Kamala…
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Phuket Airport to expand

Mark Elliott
Phuket International Airport is planning to increase its annual passenger capacity to 12.5 million by 2012, The Nation has reported. For the fiscal year 2008, Phuket handled 5.9…
Hotels

Sensory overload: Banyan Tree Phuket

TDA begins its Pick of Phuket at arguably one of the island's premier resort products; the Banyan Tree's DoublePool Villas. Set on the tranquil Laguna area, near Bang Tao beach, the villas…
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Laguna Phuket to showcases weddings

The Laguna Phuket will showcase its Chapel-on-the-Lagoon at the UK's National Wedding Shows in Earls Court London on 28 September and at Birmingham's NEC on 10-12 October. Attendees at both…
Events

Phuket triathlon sold out

Mark Elliott
The Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2008 has already sold out, despite not taking place until 7 December, the Phuket Gazette has reported. Approximately 750 athletes have so far booked…
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Phuket resort plans September launch

The latest luxury resort on Phuket, The Vijitt Resort, Rawai, has announced it will open its doors on 1 September. The 92-villa is set on a 250m stretch of Friendship Beach, near Chalong…
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M&C opens property in Phuket

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has opened its newest hotel in Phuket - the 421-room Millennium Resort Patong Phuket. The property is part of the new landmark mega Phuket Jungceylon…
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Phuket’s private island boom

Phuket's luxury property developmentboom is expanding to four small nearby islands, the Bangkok Post has reported.Currently projects are underway with an estimated value of THB20…
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MBK plans for Phuket

Thailand's MBK Resorts is planning to invest THB12 billion (US$362 million) inPhuket, the Nation has reported. The company, which owns the huge MBK shoppingcentre in Bangkok, plans to…
Tourism

Visitors put off pricey Phuket

Tourism arrivals in Phuket look set to be lower than expected this coming high season, as the global economic slowdown starts to bite. The Bangkok Post has reported Maitree Narukatpichai,…
Tourism

Phuket experiencing property boom

Foreign real estate investment in Phuket is causing an unprecedented boom on the Thai holiday island, the Bangkok Post has reported. With overseas investors acquiring vast areas of land for…
Hotels

Courtyard in Phuket

The 256-room Courtyard by Marriott Phuket at Surin Beach has opened. Future Courtyard openings this year include the:396-room Courtyard by Marriott Phuket at Patong Beach, opening (2nd…
Events

Phuket regatta

Six Senses Phuket Raceweek 2008 will be held from July 23 - 27 at the Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa on Phuket Island's southeast coast. Now in its 5th year, the Six Senses Phuket…
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LCCs cut Phuket services

Singapore-based low-cost carriers Jetstar Asia and Tiger Airways are cutting back on services to Phuket. Jetstar cited low demand and opportunities elsewhere in terminating its services to…
Hotels

Outrigger to manage Phuket property

Outrigger Enterprises Group has been selected to manage a new luxury 400-room hotel in a mixed use resort being built on Phuket.  in Thailand. The resort, located on Mai Khao…
Features

Marriott in Phuket

Mark Elliott
Marriott International will introduce its Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa at Kamala Cove this year. The 202-room resort is a conversion of the Kamala Terrace Resort which originally opened…
Hotels

Investors line up for Phuket projects

Foreign investors have revealed plans to spend about Bt6 billion in hotels in Phuket and other major tourist destinations in Thailand over the next three years. The Nation reported that…
Hotels

Laguna Phuket launches residences

The Laguna Phuket Holiday Residences offer a choice of 2-bedroom villas, 3-bedroom pool villas or 4-bedroom pool villas. Guests will have access to use the facilities at the Laguna…
Thailand

Phuket suffers spate of drownings

Singaporean Chua Holk Beng fell first to the unusually rough seas. The body of a 43-year-old Russian travelling with her children was also pulled from the surf, followed by 32-year-old…
Events

Phuket marathon

Organisers say about 4,000 participants from 40 countries are expected, with the event starting 15 Jun with an expo featuring sponsors booths and activities, leading up to race day on 17…
Hotels

All eyes on Phuket

Mark Elliott
International hotel management companies are searching for new projects in Phuket as the city continues to out-perform its Asian rivals for tourists demanding luxury accommodation.…
Global

Live Life with Dusit

Kanchan Nath
Dusit Hotels and Resorts is celebrating the continued return of global travel by launching a limited-time offer on memorable stays at its renowned properties in Thailand, the Maldives, the…
Global

Green Expo returns to PHIST

Kanchan Nath
PHIST 2022, (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism), the latest edition of this sustainable tourism forum, will take place on 26 September 2022 as a live event and Green Expo.