Phuket.com Magazine Newsletter - October 2008

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Welcome to Phuket.com's October issue! Everyone has heard of beautiful Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand and this month we take a trip to Samui, exploring its hotels, restaurants, unusual features and tours. We review two newly opened resorts: The Shasa and The Kala as well as dining out at Olivio at Baan Haad Ngam and View Phangan at the Melati Resort. This month's Ten Reasons to Stay features the sumptuous and exotic Six Senses Samui. We also zoom off by speedboat to visit Koh Tao and Koh Nang Yuan – both snorkeling and diving Meccas.

If you like dining with the sand between your toes check out our Beach Dining section as well as finding out more about one of the most famous and largest parties in the world: Koh Phangan's Full Moon party. Hotel News brings you the latest lowdown on what's happening as regards the hospitality industry on the island while Unusual Thailand exposes some very frisky rocks on one of Samui's beaches.


This Month's Hotels Hightlights
hotel review:
The Kala Resort
The Kala's slogan is 'Where Time Stands Still' and it certainly has done so for the hundreds of beautifully preserved French-Colonial Cambodian antiques and fittings distributed throughout this 38-room-and-villa boutique hillside resort. Read more...
10 reasons to stay at:
Six Senses Hideaway Samui
It's the attention to details that makes this resort so extra-special. Great food, an award-winning spa menu, trendy reception, an eco-friendly design, meticulously kept grounds... Read more...
Top 10 Most Successful Samui Hotels
For some years now Asia Web Direct has annually highlighted the island's most successful Top Ten hotels. As the saying goes, "nothing succeeds like success" and here are AWD's Top Ten Most Successful Samui Hotels of 2008.Read more...
hotel review:
Shasa Hotel Casavela
This newly built five-star, all-suite hotel on a compact six-rai beachside property makes the most of its refreshing sea breezes and views out over the Gulf of Thailand as well as maintaining state-of-the-art touches in its facilities, design and attitude. Read more...

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This Month Stories
Restaurant reviews:
View Phangan and Olivio Restaurant
Beachside dining provides romantics with all the firepower they need to ignite that Love Bomb. This month we explore two options in this explosive culinary arsenal: Olivio, in Chaweng, and View Phanghan, at Thongson Bay in the north of Koh Samui. Read more...
Tour Review:
Koh Tao Tour by Speedboat
Samui is surrounded by some 40 islands. Some of them have only recently been inhabited. There are many day trips heading out to explore this wonderworld. We chose to head to Koh Tao and Nang Yuan – two neighbouring islands 90 minutes from Samui. Read more...
focus:
Beach Dining in Koh Samui
Chaweng Beach at night seems worlds apart from the noisy Beach Road with all its neon lights, hawkers and crowded bars whereas in reality it is no more than 300 metres away. For many years now many stand-alone restaurants have been tapping into an inventive option for resort guests and passers by: Beach Dining. Read more...
Discover Thailand:
Koh Phangan Full Moon Party
Haad Rin Nok Beach on Koh Phangan is regarded by many as one of the best places in the world for viewing the full moon. No surprise then, that it’s also the venue for the famed Fullmoon Party – a must for travelers from all over the world. Read more...
Hotel News:
Samui Hotel Updates
Not long ago, luxury or five-star accommodation choices were limited on Koh Samui. But now things are changing and it looks at though the island will soon have all the big names in the hotel industry: Conrad, Starwood and Hyatt. Read more...
unusual thailand:
Grandpa and Grandma Rocks (Hin Ta & Hin Yai)
Art often imitates Nature, but less common is Nature imitating Art, especially the Art of the Ribald. But in Thailand anything is possible including, on Koh Samui, the natural geological formations known as Hin Ta and Hin Yai Rocks (the Grandpa and Grandma rocks), which look, respectively, like male and female genitalia. Read more...





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