Conrad Phuket opens in '07
After a two-year-delay, the Conrad Phuket Resort and Spa is scheduled to open next year.
It follows the Conrad Bangkok, which has been open for more than three years. The resort will be its sixth in Asia after Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Bali.
Conrad Bangkok general manager Gregory Meadows said yesterday the resort would cater to the high-end leisure market, attracting guests from Western and wealthy Asian countries.The resort on Cape Panwa Bay was set to open last year. Its 107 rooms come in four styles, including villas, each situated on a hillside with an ocean view. Conrad Phuket is a US$15-million (Bt584.76 million) redevelopment and re-branding of the Panwaburi Resort and Spa, commissioned to Hilton International by its owner, Resort Holdings Co Ltd, in 2003. Hilton International operates the Conrad brand. Meadows said Conrad Bangkok is the first hotel in Bangkok, even the world, to provide a luxury limousine service to its guests. Conrad Bangkok is running 95 per cent full and is expected to be 85-per-cent occupied for the entire year, the same as last year. Almost all its guests are businessmen from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the US. The political turmoil has had no effect yet. "There have been no cancellations," Meadows said. Suchat Sritama, The Nation
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