Phuket Hotel Updates
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Rungtip Hongjakpet Izmen
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Scheduled to open in December 2007 is the Secret
Cliff Resort, tucked away in lush rain forest on the slopes
facing the Andaman Sea between Patong and Karon.
The hotel is landscaped into the hillside and offers wonderful
views through the trees to the ever-changing moods of the ocean
beyond. It has four room types: four Superior Villa Garden rooms
of 30 square metres, 23 Deluxe Villa Sea View rooms (32sqm), 2 Family
Villas with connecting rooms (32 sqm) and one Romantic Sunset Jacuzzi
Suite of 64 sqm.
The resort is also a perfect location for quiet business conferences.
The Secret Oval Conference Room has space for up to 20 people, while
the Secret Classroom-style Conference Room can take up to 40. Both
have spectacular sea views and air conditioning.
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Responding to growing demand for luxury accommodation for families
and groups of friends, Laguna Phuket has launched the Laguna
Phuket Holiday Residences, a private villa alternative to the
six deluxe hotels in the resort complex.
The Holiday Residences offer a choice of luxury accommodation in
2-bedroom villas, 3-bedroom pool villas or 4-bedroom pool villas.
Situated in an exclusive gated community, they offer guests privacy
and space in a family-style development such as cannot be found
in a conventional hotel setting.
Guests will have access to all the excellent Laguna Phuket services,
including concierge, valet, laundry and airport limousine services.
If the more than 30 bars and restaurants within the Laguna Phuket
complex have been exhausted as dining options, guests can opt for
pizza and pasta home delivery, or take advantage of the grocery
delivery service and prepare their own home-cooked meals.
Guests will have also access to the facilities at the Laguna Holiday
Club Resort, including the free-form swimming pool with water slide
and pool bar, the Kids’ Club with its games corner, and free
wireless Internet in the hotel lobby.
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To welcome the high season 2007, Indigo
Pearl Resort & Spa has engaged singer May Palmer from Seattle
in the USA, who is performing live every evening from 8 to 11 pm
at the resort’s open-air Rebar lounge, with its sunset views.
Ms Palmer, a native American, has a powerful yet masterful voice
which she uses to perform jazz, blues and R&B. Her studio album
credits include “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”
(R&B, 1994), “Setting The Standards” (jazz/blues,
1999), and “Hymns To Him” (traditional gospel, 2002).
With the 2005 release of her most recent album, “Mo’
May: A Celebration Of The Motown Era”, Ms Palmer continued
to showcase her versatility and style by bringing a new and exciting
flavour to classic Motown favorites.
She is backed by Bangkok-based Boom, a three-piece band who mix
jazz, blues, funk and Latin. The trio are Briton Anton Fenech on
sax and flute, Cuban percussionist Antonio Gutierrez, and American
guitarist Rick Stickney.
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The Best Western
Premier Supalai Resort & Spa, one of only two hotels on
Phuket’s northeastern coastline, recently celebrated its official
opening.
Just 20 minutes from the airport, 10 minutes from the Mission Hills
Golf Club and 15 from the Blue Canyon Country Club with its two
famed golf courses, the Supalai tumbles down a tranquil hillside,
looking out across the fabled vistas of Phang Nga Bay.
All 144 sea-view rooms and 38 poolside villas feature “Hip
of East Asian” décor, allowing guests to experience
a supremely comfortable mix of European and Thai ambiance for a
holiday escape of endless relaxation. The most talked-about accommodation
is in the Poolside Villas which are right next to the garden pool
and come with round-the-clock room service.
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