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BANGKOK

Someone say 'chocolate'?

Get sweet on the Sofitel Bangkok Silom all this month with "I Love Chocolate", which has room rates starting at Bt4,055 a night for three consecutive nights. You get daily breakfast and an afternoon snack of delectable pastries and the finest hot chocolate, and you don't have to check out until 2pm. Book online at www.Sofitel.com.

HUA HIN

Suiting golfers to a tee

Right through next October, the Two-Night Golf Escape Package at the Hua Hin Marriott Resort & Spa gets you a round of swatting on the 18hole championship course of your choice. Tee off at the Royal Hua Hin Golf Club, Palm Hills Resort & Country Club, Majestic Creek Golf Club, Imperial Lakeview Golf Club, Black Mountain Golf Course or Springfield.  Included are two nights in a Deluxe Garden View or Deluxe Sea View room with daily American breakfast for between Bt4,800 and Bt5,700 per night. Call (02) 477 0755 or email reservemarriott@minornet.com.

Attending to every Detail

The Rest Detail Hotel Hua Hin is in a romantic mood. Stay for five consecutive nights and you get daily champagne cocktails, a range of relaxing spa treatments, a private beachside moonlight dinner for two, a romantic gift for two, personalised turndown gifts and a free rides to Hua Hin's famous night market. The prices range from US$240 to $350 per night. Call (032) 547 733 or book online at www.RestDetailHotel.com.

SINGAPORE

Love at the Mandarin

Celebrate Valentine's Day from February 13 to 15 at the Mandarin Oriental Singapore, where "Lover's Indulgence" includes two nights in a Harbour Suite room, roundtrip airport transfers in a Mercedes-Benz limo and much more. There's champagne breakfast, all-day soft beverages, afternoon tea, evening cocktails with hors d'oeuvres, a bouquet of roses, fresh strawberries and handmade chocolate pralines, a romantic rose-petal bath, a five-course Valentine's Day set dinner for two and 180 minutes of indulgence at the Oriental Spa. The price is S$3,999 per night. Call (+65) 6885 3030 or email mosinreservations@mohg.com. 

PHUKET

So who needs fire?

Mom Tri's Villa Royale at Kata Noi will host Phuket's first rawfood workshop on January 24 from 1 to 5pm, with celebrity chef and author Ani Phyo showing how to prepare six healthy, guilt-free dishes adapted for Thais. Admission is Bt800 in advance and Bt1,000 at the door. Space is limited, so it's best to book ahead. Call Sylvie Yaffe at (076) 333 569 or email pr@villaroyalephuket.com.

Visa's posh villa escapes

Anytime this year, if you've got a Visa Platinum, Visa Signature or Visa Infinite card, you could win four free nights by booking a stay at one of 32 luxury private villas in Bali, Koh Samui and Phuket. The card already saves you up to 33 per cent on accommodation, gourmet seafood dinners and spa treatments. Visa and the Private Homes & Villas guide are offering two to six-bedroom villas ranging from romantic retreats like the new Headland Villas on Samui and stunning, cliff-top Samsara Estate on Phuket to Bali's wondrous Puri Bawana and Beach House. Rates start from as little as US$50 per person per night. Visit www.PrivateHomesAndVillas.com/visa.