JW Marriott Phuket Rated 5th-Best Asian Resort

JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa

The JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa is celebrating being ranked as the fifth-best resort in Asia in the Conde Nast Traveler magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards for 2007. In 2006, the resort ranked eighth in the same survey.

John Webb, the resort’s General Manager, said, “We are honoured to receive this recognition. It is a credit to our dedicated employees. The award attests to the best-quality services provided by our fabulous associates and the high levels of commitment to go the extra mile to satisfy customers.”

The award followed another from the American magazine Travel+Leisure which, in its October 2007 issue, awarded the JW Marriott’s spa third place in its list of the best in Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Of the 10 spas named, five are in Thailand.

New Six Senses Hideaway opens on island

Six Senses Spa

The Six Senses Hideaway Yao Noi opened late last year on Koh Yao Noi, an island in the middle of Phang Nga Bay, between Phuket and Krabi. Its 56 private pool villas are elegantly designed using local building techniques and natural materials, such as roofs using a thatch of sago palm leaf. This approach exemplifies Six Senses’ stated core purpose of “creating innovative and enriching experiences in a sustainable environment”.

Accommodation includes 28 Pool Villas, 11 Deluxe Pool Villas, 11 Pool Villa Suites, the two-bedroom Retreat and the three-bedroom Hill Top Reserve, all looking out onto the world-famous limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay.

Guests can have meals served in private in their villas or in the resort’s Living Room and Terrace, or in the Dining Room. The choice of cuisine ranges from Thai to Mediterranean, with tandoori and pizza ovens and a noodles bar.

Activities include diving, Thai cooking classes and wine tastings, customized boat and bicycle tours, and the Six Senses Spa.

The resort is 45 minutes to an hour from Phuket International Airport by motor boat, or 15 minutes by helicopter.