Phuket.com Magazine Newsletter - September 2007

Hip & Trendy Phuket

This month we bring you hip and trendy Phuket as we seek out the urbane and sophisticated side of island life. We start out with two resorts with outstandingly fine designs and stunning service – Trisara and Twin Palms – and take a look at the famous trendsetters now setting the pace in Phuket, including French design guru Philippe Starck. Then we experience superb dining with top TV chef Keith Floyd at Floyd's Brasserie in Patong and at the Rum Jungle Café in Nai Harn. In between, don't miss out on a bit of jungle tough with a Safari tour, or romance with a sunset cruise.

There’s a lot going on here in Phuket. You wouldn't want to miss anything, so we bring it all to you in our monthly Coming Events section. Ladies, there’s no reason to look anything less than your spectacular best while on holiday, so follow us and check out some Phuket South Sea pearls. Finally, if you’re worn out by all this trendsetting, we’ve got three of the most relaxing, most romantic spa treatments on the island for you to try. Don't you just love life!

This month Phuket.com goes shopping for pearls – and not just any pearls, but pearls from a Phuket pearl farm. We talk with Amorn Intarrajaroen, a local pearl farmer and owner of the Phuket Pearl Factory in Sapam about this classic staple of jewellery. Khun Amorn is not your average boss. Read more...

Trisara (pronounced ‘tree-sara’) perfectly complements the beauty of the Andaman Sea and vice versa. This spectacular, all-villa resort, built into the contours of a verdant private bay just south of Nai Thon Beach in the northern part of Phuket is – not to put a fine point on it, simply fabulous. Read more...

The 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach may not have broken box office records but it did help Phuket and the surrounding area break previous tourism records as travellers flocked to the Andaman coast to swim in the same green waters and frolic on the same white sand as “Leo”. Read more...

Khao Sok National Park is home to the world’s oldest rainforest and its flora and fauna are even more diverse than the Amazon Forest. At 740sq km, the park is the largest area of virgin forest in Southern Thailand yet it is relatively little known outside the kingdom. Read more...

In recent years Phuket has been promoting itself as a “health destination”, the idea being that people can come to the island for a holiday and medical treatment for the same price (or less) than treatment alone at home. Read more...

'Located in well-heeled Surin, on Phuket’s west coast strip known as ‘Millionaires Row’, Twinpalms has generated quite a buzz in since it opened in late 2004. There’s no doubt about it, Twinpalms is a beautiful hotel in every sense of the word.
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Trisara Phuket
Naithon Beach

Trisara Phuket is located within a beautiful tropical forest over a private bay, on the island's quiet, undeveloped north western coastline.

SuperSaver
US$ 475*
(THB 15,668)/night
Ocean Villa Pool Room with benefits
Valid till 31 Oct ’07

Baan Yin Dee - Patong Beach

Baan Yin Dee is a small luxury boutique hotel overlooking Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand... one of the most exclusive place to stay.

US$ 113* (THB 3,700)/night
Deluxe Room with Breakfast
01 Sep - 30 Sep '07

Le Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht Club

Calm and serene, Le Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht Club is one of Thailand's premier resorts and provides an oasis of peace and tranquility.

SuperSaver: US$ 192* (THB 6,326)/night Oceanfront Superior with Breakfast - 01 Nov - 15 Dec '07

Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket

Set against a dazzling backdrop of bright white sand and sparkling indigo lagoons, Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket offers endless recreational opportunities.

SuperSaver
US$ 267* (THB 8,814)/night
Lagoon Room - 01 Nov - 20 Dec '077

Anut Koonmark is a native of Srisaket, in the northeast of Thailand. He joined the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa recently as Executive Sous Chef. After graduating in kitchen training from the Tourism Authority of Thailand Training Institute in Bangkok in 1992, he started work in the kitchens of the Oriental Hotel.
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Great news for movie buffs: for the first time, Phuket is to host its own international film festival. Organised by SF Cinema City, it will take place in the new Cineplex at the Jungceylon shopping complex in Patong, from October 21 to 27. Phuket.com talked with festival director Scott Rosenberg. Read more...

There’s a pastel-like touch to the Yacht Haven at four o’clock on a sunny afternoon. The dipping sun slants through the white of the yachts’ masts, creating a pleasing optical effect – ‘splintered sunlight’ so the poet had it. In the distance the putt-putt of a boat coming in to moor is gradually replaced by laughter and joking as the crew disembarks. Read more...

In keeping with this month’s ‘Hip & Trendy’ theme Sam Wilkinson dines out at two groovy places – Floyd’s at Burasari and Rum Jungle Café, a small but trend-setting bistro. Floyd’s at Burasari offers a perfect chance for visitors and residents alike to try out this celebrity chef's fare. As for Rum Jungle, it is living proof that Patong doesn’t hold all the culinary aces in the pack. Small, succulent and well appointed, Rum Jungle is located in Nai Harn. Read more...

Chocolate: You can eat it, you can drink it. You can make it into ice cream or cake. You can dip your strawberries in it. And you can now be massaged with it. This is just one of the innovative spa treatments which, when combined with age-old knowledge and skills, are adding luster to Phuket’s reputation as the top place in Asia for pampering and bliss, with additional health benefits. Read more...

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