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		<title>Outrigger sets sail for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panache and Bites restaurants at the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas have announced delicious and festive Christmas and New Year menus. The festive season starts off on Christmas Eve with a a traditional Christmas buffet to celebrate the festive season with loved ones. Dine on roasted Christmas turkey with cranberry sauce, honey glazed ham, or a selection from the prime rib carving station. An array of delicious desserts await, including Christmas pudding, Bouche Noel (traditional Christmas cake) and Christmas Stollen. Santa Claus will also be making an appearance during the night with entertainment for the kids. 1,800++ TH B per person. Children 4 to 12 yrs half price. From 6pm. Use of the Kids Club is complimentary whilst dining. Bookings are essential. It continues next night with a celebratory cocktail on arrival, followed by a Christmas dinner buffet. Feast on BBQ seafood including rock lobster, tiger prawns and Norwegian salmon fillet, or try the fillet mignon or beef tenderloin. We will also have traditional favourites including honey glazed ham, carved turkey, Christmas cake and Christmas pudding with brandy custard. Santa Claus will also be making an appearance during the night with entertainment for the kids. 1,800++ THB per person. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outrigger in Phuket Opens Spacious Suites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas in Thailand has opened 19 mountain-view suites with pool, gym and restaurant in the same complex. Outrigger Laguna Phuket&#8217;s hallmark theme of spaciousness is continued with the opening of the suites. The first-floor one-bedroom suites offer 90 square metres. The two-bedroom duplex suites provide 150 square metres. The rooftop three-bedroom penthouse apartments with their own roof-top pool total 550 square metres. &#34;We&#8217;ve designed the new suites to satisfy couples, families and groups of between two and nine people who value convenience, peace and five-star service,&#34; said Darren Shaw, General Manager of the property. &#34;But just say the word and our guests can enjoy free and immediate five-minute transfers to white sand Layan beach or to all the food, beverage, spa and golf services of adjacent Laguna Phuket destination resort.&#34; Each suite allows guests to relax in style with separate living room, open plan fully-equipped kitchens and private balconies. The three-bedroom penthouse has en-suite bathroom for each guest room. The rooftop pool and barbecue deck offers spectacular views of the Phuket countryside and mountains. Guests staying at Outrigger&#8217;s new suite complex have on their doorstep a full range of buffet, a la carte, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New dining experience in Phuket</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panache, the new restaurant by Outrigger in Phuket, opens its doors for the first time on 15 August. The poolside al fresco and indoor restaurant will serve the best of Asian and international cuisine with panache. Under the guidance of Austrian chef Robert Czeschka, the 100-seat restaurant is part of the new suites area of the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the focus of Panache will be on informal, healthy and innovative cuisine that will satisfy Asian and European tastes with options ranging from &#34;small&#34;, &#34;medium&#34; and &#34;large&#34; to &#34;very Thai&#34;. Executive chef Czeschka was trained in Europe and has spent the last six years in Malaysia, China, Vietnam and Thailand. &#34;At Panache we aim to satisfy Asian and European palates in style. Knock-out noodles, dim sum, satays, rich Thai curries and subtle but spicy larb will feature alongside wagyu sirloin, lamb rack provencale, seafood and family favourites such as wood oven fired pizzas,&#34; he said. For Asian tastes, a choice of &#34;Knock-out Noodles&#34; can be prepared with kwitiau-soup, wok-fried with oyster sauce, in rad-naa thick broth, phad siew, phad thai, mee goring Singaporean style, in a sen mee jelly, as phad kee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aussies dominated Laguna Phuket Triathlon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aussies dominated in this years Laguna Phuket Triathlon. This years event with the 16th and drew a record number of participants. The triathlon race started early Sunday morning at the Laguna Phuket compound. The participants took part in a 1.8 kilometer long swim, 55 kilometers bicycle ride and 12 kilometer run around the Laguna area and parts of Thepkasattri Road. Massimo Cigana from Italy won in the mens race with the time 2:35:26 with Fredrik Croneborg from Sweden and Clinton Mackevicius from Australia on the top spots. A total of 623 people had signed up for the race. Belinda Granger from Australia came in best of the females with the time 2:55:08. She had the best swimming time of all participants. The fitness fiesta reaffirmed Laguna Phuket’s stature as a venue of world-class sporting activities and magnet for international tourism. “As Thailand recovers from the effects of political turmoil earlier this year, events such as this are crucial to rebuilding tourist confidence,” said Laguna Phuket Triathlon event director Debbie Dionysius before the race. The Laguna Phuket Triathlon is dubbed “The Race of Legends,” due to its ability to attract and challenge the world’s best professional triathletes. These have included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New losses for Banyan Tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luxury resorts operator Banyan Tree has sunk deeper in the red for the second quarter, more than doubling its losses on-year to 9.2 million Singapore dollars (214 million baht). The Phuket property, which was sold this week, helped keep the&#160; revenues up. China is the next growth market for the resorts operator where it hopes to tap into the potential of the Chinese upper middle income group. There has been strong response to the Banyan Tree China Hospitality Fund, valued at US$150 million. The company anticipates a first close of the fund in September, and possibly a second China fund. “We have more than 60 per cent of our total assets in Thailand, and in the past, we thought that we would not actively divest; (so) we would just reduce that mix by growing elsewhere. We would hope to get it to be below 50 per cent for sure over the next few years,&#34; Banyan Tree Holdings executive chairman Ho Kwon Ping said. “As a result of what has been happening, we decided to accelerate this whole process, not just by growing elsewhere, but also by actively reducing that concentration in Thailand.&#160; Under the terms and agreement for China funds, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dusit Laguna Phuket sold</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first five star hotels built in Phuket in the mid 1980s has been sold. Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket, one of the anchor hotels in the Laguna complex, has been sold for 2.62 billion baht today. Luxury resorts operator Banyan Tree Holdings says one of its subsidiaries is selling a hotel asset in Thailand for some 81 million USD. The subsidiary, Laguna Resorts &#38; Hotels, is selling the “Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket” in Phuket to Dusit Thani Public Company. The sale proceeds amount to about 2.7 times the book value of the hotel being sold. The buyer is Dusit Thani Public Company Limited. In its “Information Memorandum”, the company says, is in line with its strategy of diversifying its assets away from Thailand, given the increased political risk that Thailand presents. The firm has a heavy representation of Thai hotel properties amongst its assets. Proceeds from the sale may be used for overseas investments, repayment of bank loans, and/or payment of dividends to shareholders. Laguna Resort and Hotels PCL announced it is to divest its Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket hotel, consisting of land, buildings, plant and machinery for THB 2,620,000,000. The Company stated it needs the funds for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold award for Outrigger</title>
		<link>http://www.andamantimes.com/travel/less-than-a-year-since-its-soft-opening-the-outrigger-laguna-phuket-resort-and-villas-has-won-a-prestigious-pata-gold-award-in-the-marketing-campaign-hospitality-category-the-occupancy-level-has-sta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) recognizes travel industry leaders who have contributed to the development and promotion of travel and tourism across the Asia Pacific region. Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas has won a prestigious PATA Gold Award in the Marketing Campaign-Hospitality category for its highly successful, fully integrated opening campaign for the resort. “Outrigger Laguna Phuket is proud to have its opening campaign recognized for excellence by such a respected travel institution as PATA,” said Outrigger&#8217;s Phuket-based Senior Vice President for Asia, Mr Darren Edmonstone in a comment. The demand created by Outrigger&#8217;s award winning opening campaign is still being felt. Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas is currently experiencing occupancy of over 90% for July and August only eight months after opening. “In the opening campaign we worked hard to really understand the various segments of our markets and their needs,” said Pieter van der Hoeven, Outrigger&#8217;s Director of Sales and Marketing for Asia. &#34;Our messaging used the latest digital distribution channels to reach key segments such as winter sun seekers from Europe, short-stay Asians, and the Thai domestic market.&#34; Van der Hoeven said the campaign was not shy about promoting spacious villa accommodation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4,600 competed at Phuket Marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, all top five marathoners competing in the Laguna Phuket International Marathon on Sunday finished in under three hours. Four of the top five came from Thailand.]]></description>
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		<title>Outrigger Laguna ready to open</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The countdown has started for the official opening of Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas. In 60 short days the project at Bang Tao in Phuket will be ready for guests - with some unbeatable rates until 1st of April 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Outrigger expands in Phuket</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outrigger has signed its third management contract in Phuket - this time at Laguna Resorts. The American company continues its expansion in South East Asia despite the financial crisis.]]></description>
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