A new era begins on Phuket this year with the opening of the first resort theme park, the Splash Jungle Waterpark at West Sands Resort. Race you to the waterslides. While pricing is still being determined, the 500 million baht waterpark will be open to the public and is capable of holding, we are told, 2500 people. Read the rest of this entry …
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State-owned Airports of Thailand PCL is planning a massive investment program to increase annual passenger capacity at Suvarnabhumi airport here to 80 million by 2016 from 45 million at present. Read the rest of this entry …
The second anniversary of the crash of One-Two-Go holiday flight CG269 today marks a suitable time to reflect on some of the outcomes of life and death moments on Phuket. How long should we remember the island’s disasters? Is two years enough, as in the case of a plane crash that claimed 90 lives? Read the rest of this entry …
Central Festival recently held an actual festival to celebrate its 5th year as the best shopping center in Phuket on September 5. A fashion show was the main event and models and celebrities including baby faced Mario Maurer strutted their stuff down the catwalk to showcase local Phuket style and costumes. Read the rest of this entry …
Those hoping to spend this weekend basking in sunshine on Phuket beaches will be disappointed, if the predictions are anything to go by. The weekend is expected to be a washout. Chokchai Patarayongphaisarn, a Phuket Meteorological Department forecaster, predicted the heavy rain pouring down over Phuket would continue until Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry …
Keep Phuket lean, the grass roots community clean-up project, created by the Summer in Phuket campaign, is gaining momentum after the successful Clean Phuket Day on 28 May, which resulted in the island’s top resorts and businesses leading over 3,000 local people in the cleanup of 20 locations around the island. Read the rest of this entry …
A thousand additional tourists a week will be whisked into Phuket on four new non-stop flights from Helsinki, courtesy of Finnair Leisure. Read the rest of this entry …
06Jun
Outrigger to Brand Seventh Laguna Phuket Resort
Posted By: Phuket News Admin | Category : Private Villas
THE Outrigger Enterprises Group has announced that it has been selected to manage a new “luxury collection” of residences, villas, town homes and apartments being developed at Laguna Phuket,
perhaps Asia’s best-known destination resort. Read the rest of this entry …
A group of Phuket businesses have ‘canceled’ the low season. Instead, the period between April and November will be renamed the ‘Summer Season’ to better reflect the fact that Phuket is one of the world’s top year-round holiday destinations. “We’re going to have a bit of fun with this campaign”, said group spokesman, Nick Anthony. Read the rest of this entry …
Property developers, resort owners and agents selling expensive properties throughout Asia, are adding cutting-edge, digital media to their arsenal in the battle for buyer attention. Just as a picture was once worth a thousand words, they now believe that digital ‘fly through voyages’ and 360-degree camera trips around their properties will be more convincing than static, albeit luscious, color photography. Read the rest of this entry …
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