As part of the “Summer in Phuket” campaign, a huge drive to clean up Phuket, particularly its west coast beaches, has been organised for Thursday, May 28.

Budget airlines seem to have spotted something that surprisingly few others have: that holidays in Phuket are really cheap at the moment.

Looking for something to hang on the walls of your fabulous holiday villa? “The Big Picture”, an exhibition of superb photographs – all for sale – will open at the super-stylish Hung Fat’s restaurant in Kalim on May 28, with an opening party from 6 to 9 pm.

The 2nd Phuket Film Festival is dead – and its demise was totally unnecessary.

Thai local and national authorities are wasting golden opportunities to bring big sports events to Phuket, say two leading sports figures.

Sala Resorts comes up with a new twist – free flights for guests between Phuket and Koh Samui.

There is one beautiful boat out there that does “join in” cruises…

That ’s “hookers” as in “front row” or “head butts” or “squashed nose and no ears” . In other words, rugby – the hooligan’s game played by gentlemen (as opposed to soccer which, it is said, is the other way round).

They – we’re not sure who “they” are – say that all little girls dream of becoming ballerinas. In Phuket, Karen Alexander’s Academy of Dance has been helping to make the dream come true for four years. And some of the girls are not so little, either – mums and grandmas also go there to feel young and dreamy again (and maybe to work off a little weight at the same time).

A couple of hundred hoteliers and senior figures in the island’s tourism industry gathered at The Chedi hotel last night (April 29) to hear a plan to officially abolish the tourism “low season”, replacing it with “Phuket Summer Season”.