Names in Patong that come to mind include Club Lime, Climax, BYD Lofts or White Box. Now there’s another to put on your list and in the back of your mind: Beat Club at the new 123-room B-Lay Tong Resort, at the north end of Patong Beach. It’s just opposite the Novotel, close to the junction of the beach road and Phra Barami Rd.

Musicians and amateur actors who played or acted alongside the late Tony Kelsey-Stead are to stage performances in his memory in the coming few days.

Phuket usually grabs a stack of silverware in the Asia Pacific section of the annual International Property Awards. But this year, possibly in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, entries from the island were thin on the ground, and just two Phuket entrants won their classes.

Three new resorts in Phuket or close by have been selected by Condé Nast Traveler magazine for inclusion in its 2010 Hot List.

With six weeks to go, the 2010 Phuket Film Festival is taking shape nicely. At least 10 feature films are now confirmed for the festival, which kicks off on June 4 at the SFX Coliseum in Central Festival with a screening of India’s official entry in the 2009 Oscars, Harishchandrachi Factory.

Mom Tri’s Villa Royal, above the rocks at the south end of Kata, will be the venue for amateur dramatics and fine food on April 23, when the Andaman Players perform the première of their latest thespian work. L-O-V-E is a Four-Letter Word.

It used to be the “best-kept secret on Phuket”, a place where the glitterati used to go to take their tops off without being recognised. Laem Singh Beach is no longer exactly a secret, but it has developed into arguably the most chic beach on the island, and probably in the region.

The new Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa, which held its soft opening recently, is the second resort on the 11km-long beach to be managed by Marriott International. The first was the well-established JW Marriot Phuket Resort & Spa, which opened eight years ago.

The Phuket Punchline Comedy Club has lined up three more mirth-makers for April 21, at the usual venue, the Holiday Inn in Patong.

Works of Nguyen Tan Cuong on display D Gallery in the Royal Phuket Marina with the collective title “Day Night & Day”.