New luxury hotel for Phuket
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- New luxury hotel for Phuket
- Arroyo Clinton meet behind closed doors
- Thailand offers deals and discounts in face of tourism slump
- Take a dip: five must-see hotel pools
- Westin to launch its first location in Phuket
- Security Tight for ASEAN Meetings
- Dubai’s Jumeirah to manage new resort in China
New luxury hotel for Phuket
Phuket Gazette
The new hotel is aimed at the luxury market and is currently under development by the owners of the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort. Despite the economic downturn investment in hospitality assets is on the rise with 38 new properties in the pipeline according to C9 Hotelworks Managing Director Bill Barnett.
Arroyo Clinton meet behind closed doors
Manila Bulletin
“There is no more meeting between the President and Secretary Clinton for two reasons. They met already when the President was here. Secretary Clinton and Secretary Romulo just met in Phuket one week ago. More or less the issues they need to discuss were already both discussed in the meeting between Secretary Clinton and President Arroyo a month or so ago” he told reporters here. Remonde also said the United States wanted to reinvigorate its relations with Asia under the bama administration as mentioned by Clinton recently. “The US is back in this part of the world because for a while really in the previous administration nawala sa US radar screen ang Asia” he said. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita a member of the President’s official party said he was also unaware about the meeting with Clinton.
Thailand offers deals and discounts in face of tourism slump
USA Today
Hotels on the resort island of Phuket are offering a fourth night free. And mountain lodges up north are offering free golf and spa pampering.
Take a dip: five must-see hotel pools
Examiner.com
Its open-air heated infinity swimming pool offers spectacular views of the Mediterranean of the Amalfi Coast. Hotel Caruso is part of the exclusive rient-Express collection.
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Westin to launch its first location in Phuket
eTravelBlackboard MICE News
Westin has already set up a pre-opening office and will be accepting group inquiries at this time for dates beyond the 1st of March 2010 opening date but individual reservation are yet to be opened. “We are excited to introduce the first Westin resort in Thailand! The soon to open Westin Siray Bay Resort will also further strengthen the position of Starwood as one of the largest international upscale hotel chains in the Thailand and Indochina region” said Miguel Ko Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific Chariman & President. “We are looking forward to offering travellers to Phuket a retreat from the rigors of travel with our signature Westin services products and amenities that will allow them to relax rejuvenate and recharge during their stay. Westin Siray Bay Resort will include 258 rooms and suites its own private beach and a location which is eight minute drive away from the Phuket township. In the next 12 months Westin will launch five other Asia Pacific properties including hotels in Shenzhen China and Hyderabad India.
Security Tight for ASEAN Meetings
Voice of America
Terrorism will be fresh on the minds of delegates after twin hotel bombings in Jakarta Friday killed at least nine people. Relations with Burma and North Korea will also top discussions.
Dubai’s Jumeirah to manage new resort in China
Reuters
Jumeirah famous for managing the sail-shaped Burj al-Arabhotel in Dubai may not open the first of six hotels planned inChina until 2010 as the project faces another delay due to thefinancial crisis its executive chairman Gerald Lawless toldReuters in May. [ID:nL3112766] The group owned by the ruler of Dubai missed its originaltarget to open the 338-room Jumeirah Han Tang Xintandi Hotel inShanghai China’s financial hub in late 2008 and in Januarypushed it back to later this year. The group has 14 hotels under construction from Shanghai toPhuket Thailand and the Maldives and looks to hit a target of60 hotels under management by 2012. Jumeirah also has management agreements in Argentina U. Virgin Islands and Costa Rica. (Reporting by Jason Benham; editing by Simon Jessop).
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