Those who know their way around Phuket Town will tell you that when it comes to restaurants, Steak Samkong is very high on the list of places giving value for money.
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Phuket’s own full moon party
It’s taken a while, but Phuket now has its answer to Koh Pha Ngan’s full moon reputation – the Phuket Roy Fest. Granted, the Roy Fest is not every month, but it has big names that Pha Ngan would find it hard to match.
Read the rest of this entry »Dusit Phuket restaurant “best in Thailand”
Want to know which is the best restaurant, not just in Phuket but the whole of Thailand? According to Thailand Tatler magazine, it’s La Trattoria at the Dusit Laguna Resort.
Read the rest of this entry »Bright green lights for Indochine Phuket’s Michael Ma
Michael Ma’s getting pretty fit these days. It’s all that climbing up and down steps at his latest acquisition, the hillside Indochine Resort in Phuket, formerly the troubled Villa Santi property development.
Read the rest of this entry »Jazz and Latin on the beach
As seems to be the case all too often, word has leaked out of the Thai grapevine at the very last minute of a treat for jazz fans tomorrow – May 22.
Read the rest of this entry »LaTour Hotels & Resorts to manage Dewa Phuket
LaTour Hotels & Resorts of San Diego, California, which recently signed up to manage the Indochine Resort in Kalim, has signed up its second property in Phuket: The Dewa at Nai Yang.
Read the rest of this entry »Boy George heads for Phuket
Heads up all you 40-somethings: androgynous Culture Club icon Boy George will be deejaying in Phuket on May 26, at Seduction disco, just off Soi Bangla.
Read the rest of this entry »Call for Laguna Marathon entries
It’s time to get those smelly old Nike and Adidas running shoes out of the depths of the closet and start getting into shape for the Laguna Phuket Marathon in just over a month’s time, on Sunday June 13.
Read the rest of this entry »Indochine gives party people a taste of things to come
Phuket’s beautiful people were out in force last night (May 5) for the unofficial pre-pre-soft opening of two floors of the restaurant and club section of the Indochine Resort & Villas, above Kalim Beach.
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