What costs next to nothing, will do you good, is environmentally-friendly and can be found in a five-star tropical resort?

When the going gets tough the tough get inventive. Phuket’s Indigo Pearl Resort, on quiet Nai Yang Beach is offering a new twist on pricing for those who book one of its new Retail Therapy packages.

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

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

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”.

The fourth Best Western resort in Phuket – Best Western Sawazdi Patong Hotel will open in September of this year. The resort will be located near Jungceylon shopping center in the vicinity of the lively Bangla road area.

Laguna Resorts & Hotels, which has six hotels in its lakes-and-beachside complex on the west coast of Phuket, is giving away 100,000 room nights for guests who book online. The room nights are being given away on the basis of one free night per online booking.

“It seems incredible to offer this many room nights,” said Laguna’s Managing Director, Mr. Michael Ayling, “but guests simply book online at their preferred hotel’s website to take advantage of the one free night offer for every paid booking. Our … initiative coincides with the launch of our redesigned Laguna Phuket website and will help drive traffic to the new site, as well as generating bookings for the upcoming low season.”

The new Marriott Courtyard in Kamala is offering a special opening deal of 3,333 baht a night, including taxes. The deal, which includes breakfast, continues until October 31.

The hotel, right on the beach, has 180 one-, two- and three-bedroom suites with broadband Internet connection, a large pool, Kids World (for when Mum and Dad plan to spend time in the spa) and excellent international cuisine in the MoMo Café.

Regent Hotels will launch its newest Asian resort, The Regent Phuket Cape Panwa in Phuket in March 2009. The first Regent resort in Thailand, The Regent Phuket will join other award-winning Regent Hotels Resorts in Asia, including The Regent Beijing and The Regent Shanghai.

The 106-room resort will overlook Cape Panwa’s picturesque secluded bay. The 48 terrace rooms, 22 deluxe villas, 35 pool villas and one presidential villa at The Regent Phuket will all feature private ocean-view balconies.

Accor will add 7 properties in Thailand under the Novotel, Mercure, All Seasons and Ibis brands to its current local network of 39 hotels. <Check Rates at Ibis Kata Phuket hotel> “Thailand has been a popular tourist destination for a long time with a very diversified leisure offer, Accor’s expansion will provide tourists and business [...]