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Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day
Celebrate Valentine's day with your loved one this year at The Pavilion Phuket. Ignite romance with 360 ํ Bar's bubbles and Oysters (priced at THB 3,990 net per couple), or seduce your Valentine with The Pavilion Club's Aphrodisiac 5-courses set menu (priced at THB 5,990++ per couple).
PIWC - February 2019 luncheon
PIWC - February 2019 luncheon
February’s venue promises to be a treat. Lunch will be held at Taste Yamu (Formerly Breeze Restaurant). 224, Moo 7, Tambon Paklok, Amphoe Thalang, Phuket. Members 700 baht. Non Members 850 baht. Registration will commence at 11.30am. For those North of the island, a minivan will be leaving from Villa Market in Laguna at 10.50am sharp.
Valentines Day Celebration @ Friendship Beach Resort
Valentines Day Celebration @ Friendship Beach Resort
Valentines Day Celebration @ Friendship Beach Waterfront Resort. Enjoy Live Blues, Rock, & Jazz Classics w/ Fiddlehead & Friends. Special Four Course Romantic Dinner including a Bottle of Wine or Sparkling Wine. Ala - Carte Menu also Available. For bookings call (66) 89 728 5304 or email chef@friendshipbeach.com
Mother ’hired hitmen to kill son’
Mother ’hired hitmen to kill son’
PHATTALUNG: The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has arrested six suspects in a cold-blooded murder case from what the CSD initially described as the “least likely” clue.
Phuket rallies after fire devastates Surin Islands sea gypsy village
Phuket rallies after fire devastates Surin Islands sea gypsy village
PHUKET: The Phuket Tourist Association is collecting donations to provide relief for the sea gypsy villagers in the Surin Islands whose homes were devastated by fire last night (Feb 3).
Rare sea turtle returns to Phang Nga
Rare sea turtle returns to Phang Nga
PHANG NGA: An olive ridley sea turtle, or tao ya, was found laying eggs on a beach in this southern province on Saturday (Feb 2), in the first such reported sighting in 23 years.
Do Something Different This Valentine’s Day
Do Something Different This Valentine’s Day
Bring your partner or friend for 45 minutes of heart opening yoga with Laurence followed by 45 minutes of mindful meditation guided by Pierre. Take a moment to give thanks to all that is good in your relationship, your life and the world. Make your reservation today! Limited to 20 people only. Time: 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm. Free of charge.
Grow Boating Phuket Networking Evening
Grow Boating Phuket Networking Evening
The Grow Boating Networking Evening for April 2019 will be held at The Lagoon Saloon, at The Phuket Boat Lagoon Marina from 5pm onward. Multihull Solutions Asia have agreed to be our drinks sponsors. Once again Lagoon Saloon will fire up the BBQ serving their famous Friday night burger free to all attendees and there will be special prices on your favourite local drinks. Come and join in the fun, everyone is welcome. There is no entry fee, just drop your business card or register at the bar. To join our mailing list please send an email to growboatingphuket@gmail.com. Grow Boating is kindly supported by our media partner The Phuket News, Live 89.5 radio and Phuket News TV. The Grow Boating Networking Evening is proud to support the Thai Yachting Business Association. Find us on thaiyachtingbusinessassociation.com
New Year ignites Phuket tourism
New Year ignites Phuket tourism
PHUKET: Red lanterns are not only lighting up Phuket during the Chinese New Year festival, but also delighting tourist operators.
Romantic Dinner on St. Valentine’s Day
Romantic Dinner on St. Valentine’s Day
Feel the love and enjoy an evening of pure luxury romance. Treat your sweetheart to an unforgettable 6-course meal with spectacular views over Nai Harn Bay. Listen to romantic sounds, indulge in scrumptious culinary delights and sip on carefully selected beverages. 14th February 2019 starts at 7:00 pm THB 4,750 net per person (food only). On Nai Harn beach. Advance reservation is essential.
3 Bedroom Pool Villa for Sale
3 Bedroom Pool Villa for Sale
Located in Cherngtalay near Boat Avenue (Shopping arcade) and Laguna area, only 5 minutes away from the beach and 20 minutes to the airport. The price reduced from THB 13,000,000. The villa is situated in a quiet area, next to the creek with a mountain view. Key Features:- ▪︎ 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms ▪︎ Plot size: 512 sq.m. ▪︎ Fully Furnished ▪︎ Fully Equipped Kitchen ▪︎ Private Swimming Pool ▪︎ Balcony & Car Park. ▪︎ Automatic Gate ▪︎ CCTV ▪︎ Thai Freehold
A meal with the man that makes Kata rock: Richard Pope
A meal with the man that makes Kata rock: Richard Pope
Sitting poolside at the stunning Kata Rocks resort and villa development with Richard Pope overlooking Kata Beach and Boo Island, it’s hard not to feel rather overawed. This is, after all, a quintessential vision of tropical perfection with beautiful, white, luxurious villas standing tall upon a stunning rocky headland overlooking the Andaman Sea.
Bring home the bacon: the Taiwanese woman living with four pet pigs
Bring home the bacon: the Taiwanese woman living with four pet pigs
PHUKET: Every year is the Year of the Pig in Jenny Tsai’s ninth-floor apartment in Taiwan’s Taichung City which she shares with one fellow human and four pampered porcine housemates.
Brit in Phuket Town condo saga continues amid fears of nine-story jump
Brit in Phuket Town condo saga continues amid fears of nine-story jump
PHUKET: The saga of a British man who has barricaded himself in a condo in Phuket Town amid a tenancy dispute continued yesterday (Feb 2) as the fire brigade was called in amid fears he might jump from the ninth-floor unit, prompting emergency services to respond and a visit by the Phuket Governor.
Express Carpets bring Bangkok fashion, expertise to Phuket
Express Carpets bring Bangkok fashion, expertise to Phuket
A new word is circling among homeowners on Phuket’s northwest coast, spoken so quietly it is barely a whisper: “carpet”. Well, rugs too, if we want to be specific.
Pretty Neat: Hit series proves that a tidy house really does equal a tidy mind
Pretty Neat: Hit series proves that a tidy house really does equal a tidy mind
I was a bit of a strange child. I used to, and still do, enjoy tidying; actively taking pleasure in it. During school holidays, I would, without prompt, take an entire day out to declutter, rearrange and clean my room then wait impatiently for my dad to return from work so I could show off the transformation. (Envious parents please note I was a little terror in other ways…)
Phuket Opinion: Killer cop playbook
Phuket Opinion: Killer cop playbook
PHUKET: The lack of public interest in a policeman shooting dead an unarmed citizen on the streets of Phuket this past week is plainly disturbing. Is that what people in Phuket consider as run-of-the-mill in 2019?
Phuket airport braces for Chinese New Year
Phuket airport braces for Chinese New Year
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport is expected to receive more than half a million arrivals in the next 10 days as Phuket becomes a focal point for Chinese New Year celebrations, which get underway on Tuesday (Feb 5).
SPECIAL REPORT: Soi Dog’s position on rabies offensive and dangerous dogs
SPECIAL REPORT: Soi Dog’s position on rabies offensive and dangerous dogs
PHUKET: As the island’s animal welfare officials struggle to cope with rolling out a mass rabies vaccination campaign and the rounding up of any dangerous dogs on the island, they are enlisting the help and support of Phuket’s renowned Soi Dog Foundation. Here, John Dalley, Founder of the Soi Dog Foundation, gives his appraisal of situation:
Sowing the seeds of change: Seedlings restaurant at Laguna Phuket is authentic in every sense
Sowing the seeds of change: Seedlings restaurant at Laguna Phuket is authentic in every sense
As I make my way to Laguna Phuket and my venue for lunch, Seedlings restaurant, I reflect, like many of us, on getting older and how certain desires take on more importance whilst others dwindle into insignificance. As I reach a certain stage in life, I realise that the accumulation of possessions seems slightly pointless. I am now more concerned with an exercise regime and no longer yearn for a regular gourmet three-star Michelin experience.