Phuket Report Shows 48 Percent f All Hotel Projects Delayed
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- Phuket Report Shows 48 Percent f All Hotel Projects Delayed
- Pullman Brand Expands with 5 Additional Hotels
- Bangkok loses top spot to Indian city
- Travel & Leisure’s Best Beach Hotels 2009
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- Phuket Boost as Air Asia Plans More Flights
Phuket Report Shows 48 Percent f All Hotel Projects Delayed
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The Phuket Hotel Market Update mid-year report by the hospitality consulting firm C9 Hotelworks showed that the slowdown in hotel construction sites has however not dented developers’ enthusiasm for entering the accommodation market on the island. C9’s managing director Bill Barnett said that despite the delays new developments continued to enter the stream with 38 properties offering 6231 rooms at various stages of advancement in the construction cycle. “Non-traditional products such as hotel managed villas and condos now represent 34 percent of the upcoming inventory” he added. Currently there are nearly 40000 rooms in the country’s top tourist destination ranging from guest houses up through to branded hotels. Approximately 10000 of these or 25 percent of total supply is international star rated.
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Pullman Brand Expands with 5 Additional Hotels
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Pullman Pattaya Aisawan (currently Aisawan Hotel Pattaya) will be re branded at the end of 2009 following the completion of extensive renovations that have already commenced. Renovations will see the addition of Pullman identifying elements such as innovative food and beverage concepts Co Meetings and signature services such as Pullman Welcomers and dedicated Event Managers. This beachfront hotel with 353 guest rooms is located on Wongamart Beach. Pullman Phuket Arcadia Naithorn Beach will be a new beach front hotel situated at one of Phuket’s newest and most promising bays. With 260 guest rooms and 20 villas the hotel is just 15 minutes from the Phuket International Airport. The hotel will open in late 2011. Pullman Hanoi Horison after extensive renovations which are due for completion in mid 2011 the Horison Hotel Hanoi will join the Pullman network.
Bangkok loses top spot to Indian city
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The rooms are located on the same floor as the health club and spa facilities. pening last December the hotel designed in French colonial style boasts 154 rooms. Movenpick is a Swiss hotel chain operating 90 hotels in 26 countries in Europe Africa the Middle East and Asia. Tourist arrivals downTourist arrivals in Phuket declined 14% during the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2008 according to C9 Hotelworks an asset management and hospitality consulting firm that recently presented its “Phuket Hotel Market Update Mid-Year Report. According to the report negative market sentiment and media perception linking Phuket to Thailand’s larger political dilemma were strongly at play during the first six months of 2009. Key competing destination in the region Bali easily surpassed Phuket helped in part by high profile anti-government demonstrations in Thailand and airport closures the past two years. The report put hotel occupancy in Phuket at 60.
Travel & Leisure’s Best Beach Hotels 2009
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The Fountainbleu oozes rat-pack chic following a $1b renovation including plasma screens and iMacs in its 1504 rooms. The 450-room Ritz Carlton Sanya on China?s boasts a Forbidden City like retreat with reflection pools and the sea-water themed Espa along with your own personal butler to drive you around. The Six Senses Destination Spa in Phuket Thailand has been at the fore of the renaissance of the popular Thai city most notably with its four separate spas dedicated to Thai Indian Chinese and Indonesian themes over 10 hectares. In Hong Kong The W Hotel lives up to the ?Whatever Whenever? motto of its Starwood owners with the concierge being able to arrange you a private jet for that last minute meeting in Shanghai. Rooms feature blackout curtains iPod docks and multicolored mood lighting. Jetsetters beware though the ICC tower blocks views on the Hong Kong side ? make sure you ask for a harbour facing room. With thanks to www.
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Don’t miss the third and final event of the series the Island Crown at Kata Beach which will be happening from September 4-6. It is sure to be a memorable event with all the local crew frothing to make a run for the series titles in each division with a great after party already in the works!The Quiksilver Thailand Surf Series is presented by Quiksilver South East Asia supported by the Phuket Provincial ffice Thailand Tourism and Sport Department Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Patong Municipality Kamala BT and Karon Municipality with media sponsors the Phuket Gazette PG TV Blue Wave 90. 5FM B95FM Phuket Bulletin MTV Phuket Neo Photo Club and sponsors Jim Beam Nok Air Kingfisher Beer Jungceylon Shopping Center Patong Paragon Hotel and the Print Kamala Resort. King of the Jungle Contest Results:Men’s pen:1. Nopphasit Boonchuy4.
Phuket Boost as Air Asia Plans More Flights
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While other older airlines were struggling Air Asia passengers increased by 20 percent in the first half of 2009 he told a business conference at Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket City. Seventy percent of customers were expats Khun Tossapon added. As many as 85 percent of bookings were now made online.
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