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The art of running a small hotel in Phuket

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

The art of running a small hotel in Phuket

A small guest house called Rommanee @9 Be My Guest. It’s easy to find – Soi Romanee is a short street.

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Pavilions Phuket in pursuit of perfumed perfection

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Pavilions Phuket in pursuit of perfumed perfection

Plenty of hotels in Phuket have Thai cooking lessons. Others teach wine appreciation or Thai-style fruit carving. But to our knowledge, The Pavilions, a high-end all-pool-villas resort in the Layan area of Phuket, is the only one that has a perfume-making course.

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Outrigger settles on Phuket as HQ for Asia

Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Outrigger settles on Phuket as HQ for Asia

Outrigger Hotels and Resorts, Asia, has officially settled on Phuket as its Regional Operating Headquarters (ROH) and has also been approved by the Thai Government’s Board of Investment (BoI).

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Andara launches “Summer Escape” promotion

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Andara launches “Summer Escape” promotion

Andara Resort & Villas in Kamala has launched a Summer Escape promotion

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LaTour to manage Grove Gardens

Posted on July 5th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

LaTour to manage Grove Gardens

American hotel management company LaTour is at it again, signing up its third property in Phuket, which also becomes, in press releases, its “third property in Asia”. (Well, it’s true, isn’t it?)

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Accor hotels in Thailand ‘gives cash back’ to guests

Posted on June 27th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Accor hotels in Thailand ‘gives cash back’ to guests

Accor hotels throughout Thailand – including Phuket – are now offering guests “cash back” incentives during their stays. The “cash back” credits can be used on services within the hotel such as restaurants, bars or even on treatments in the spa.

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Westin Siray Bay Phuket offers low pre-opening room rate

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Westin Siray Bay Phuket offers low pre-opening room rate

The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa Phuket is offering room nights for B2,010++ (or US$59++) a night in the lead-up to its official opening, scheduled for August.

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Centara Sawaddi Patong offering very low rate for low season

Posted on June 20th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Centara Sawaddi Patong offering very low rate for low season

The Centara Sawaddi Patong Resort Phuket has launched a “Discover Patong Phuket – Introductory Sale” with rates starting from just B1,200++ per room-night (two people).

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Centara set to open fourth resort in Phuket

Posted on June 8th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes

Centara set to open fourth resort in Phuket

Centara Hotels & Resorts will open its new Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket at Karon Beach in October this year, its fourth hotel in Phuket.

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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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