The Village Coconut Island, Phuket’s premier mixed-use island resort has been awarded Best Shared Ownership Development in the inaugural South East Asia Property Awards. Following the resorts opening only one year ago, The Village Coconut Island is becoming one of Thailand’s most sought after holiday destinations. Offering a ‘best in class’ mix of position,...
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Dtac will officially launch their 3G service in Bangkok today – despite threats from CAT Telecom to file a complaint against the company. Early tests show very fast speed. CEO Jon Eddy Abdullah of DTAC said on Monday that the company has the right to provide commercial 3G services and it has a usage...
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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’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....
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Phuket’s international sports complex has partnered with one of the world’s leading professional tennis management groups. On Thanyapura’s 23 tropically landscaped hectares among the lush mountain interior of north Phuket, Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club’s (TSLC) world class Tennis Academy features six “Plexicushion” competition standard tennis courts, the only courts of their type in...
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According to data released in C9 Hotelworks’ Phuket Hotel Market Update, arrivals to Asia’s leading resort destination in the first half of the year increased 20% over the same period in 2010. With tourism numbers surging, Phuket Airport is expecting a record four million passenger arrivals this year. “First half trading by volume markets...
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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...
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The Football Legends Tour – a week-long celebration of football in Thailand which culminates in two matches between the Liverpool Legends and Thailand Legends playing for the prestigious “Prime Minister’s Football Legends Charity Cup” – will kick off on Phuket. The matches has been rescheduled and will now take place 29th September to 5th...
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Asia’s newest world-class sports, fitness and training facility – the Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club (TSLC) in Phuket – hosted the Canadian Olympic Synchronised Swimming Team as it prepared for the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. Training in world-class facilities produced great dividends for the team who were able to win the...
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Jean and Scott Adam, who left Phuket last year on their yacht, were captured when Somali pirates hijacked their yacht late on Friday. Their yacht will make landfall sometimes Sunday night, which may lesson the chance of a rescue at sea. The couple spent six months in Phuket last year before they left for...
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