Phuket Tourism News
Emirates to return to Phuket as island reopens to tourists
Emirates has announced it will resume four weekly services to the resort island of Phuket from July 2nd, with the re-opening of the popular destination to international tourists.
Breaking Travel News investigates: The Nai Harn, Phuket, Thailand
Following a meticulous, 18-month renovation, The Nai Harn offers the largest sea facing hotel rooms on the island, and is equipped more than ever to offer the highest-standard luxury service from one of the island’s most-coveted locations. Here Josephine Perez finds out more for Breaking Travel News
Phuket visitors climb in 2012
An 11% surge in airport arrivals in the first six months of 2012 for a total of 2.32 million passengers is driving Phuket’s hospitality market as the destination chalks up a healthy 75% hotel occupancy island wide, according to the Phuket Mid-Year Hotel Update report released by hospitality consulting firm C9 Hotelworks
Four killed in Thai nightclub fire
A fire at a nightclub on the Thai resort island of Phuket has killed four people, and injured more than twenty, according to reports. The cause of the fire, which broke out on Friday morning, has not yet been confirmed but it is thought to be linked to lightning striking a transformer.
Skål and PATA unite to promote Phuket tourism
Skål International Phuket and South Thailand and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Thailand Chapter are launching a new era of tourism cooperation with local government and Phuket’s travel trade to aggressively promote the destination.
Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister opens new Phuket resort
The hospitality stakes in the Thai tourism jewel of Phuket have been raised even higher following the opening of Westin Siray Bay Resort and Spa. Choomporn Silapa-Archa, the Minister of Tourism and Sports for Thailand, presided over the official opening of the new luxury resort, and pledged his support for the development of facilities on the paradise island.