Archive for May, 2010

Steaking a new claim in Chalong

Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Steaking a new claim in Chalong

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

Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Dusit Phuket restaurant “best in Thailand”

Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Bright green lights for Indochine Phuket’s Michael Ma

Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Jazz and Latin on the beach

Posted on May 21st, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Belly dancing course at Royal Phuket Marina

Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Belly dancing course at Royal Phuket Marina

Sign up for a belly dancing course at the Royal Phuket Marina.

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LaTour Hotels & Resorts to manage Dewa Phuket

Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Boy George heads for Phuket

Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Call for Laguna Marathon entries

Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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.

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Indochine gives party people a taste of things to come

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

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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