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Just back from Singapore, and have a number of updates backlogged, so let’s get right to it:
I just found out about another luxury yacht charter outfit based in Phuket. Omni Marine offers a range of boats for charter, from the sleek Ferretti 680 motor yacht to the Queen of the Andaman, a luxury sailing yacht already featured in my Phuket pages. Charters can be for anything from an afternoon deep sea fishing to week long diving and snorkeling trips through the Andaman islands.
Bill Barnett, of C9 Hotelworks and one of the region’s most experienced people in hotel and property developments, has launched "The Phuket Insider". The Phuket Insider hopes to be "The Source for All Hotel & Real Estate News" and promises "to provide independent and intelligent news and commentary on the rapidly developing Greater Phuket storyline. You won’t find banner ads, hotel bargains, condos for sale or Google AdWords on the site, it is purely relevant information as it happens without the mass commercialization," according to Barnett.
The new site already contains archives of Barnett’s numerous articles for the Phuket Gazette, as well as clips of his appearances on CNBC, Channel News Asia, and other programs. If you, like thousands of other people, are thinking about Phuket for a second home or retirement, then you’ll want to keep your eye on the Phuket Insider.
Although already soft-launched, the new Outrigger Serenity Terraces Resort officially opens on 2 April 2009. The full-service luxury resort is the first in Thailand to be managed by Outrigger, which is probably better known for its Hawaii properties. The Phuket property is located on Chalong Bay, on the southern coast of Phuket, about halfway between Chalong Pier and Rawai beach. A second Phuket resort, the much larger West Sands Outrigger Resort, is scheduled to open in the northern Mai Khao area late this year.
With only 78 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a holistic wellness spa, fully equipped gym, infinity pool and wireless internet throughout the complex, the Outrigger sounds like the perfect retreat. If the above facilities aren’t enough, full butler service is available, as are the services of the hotel chefs to cook a meal in your room, since most rooms have full kitchens. Then there’s hotels own 28 meter twin-masted private yacht, available for dinner cruises, island charters or corporate events.
Outrigger sounds like the perfect base for an active, extended holiday in Phuket. Have a look.
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