Category: Kata Rocks Blog Entries

Phuket’s Homegrown Green Initiative

Posted on February 2, 2012 by KataRocks

PHUKET: If you could tap the energy that obviously resonates from Sean Panton, one of the founders of SEEK, Phuket’s own active environmental group, his electricity supply could make a small rural village self-sufficient in power. Working with JW Marriott … Continue reading →

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Bangkok Post: No More Low Season in Phuket

Posted on January 24, 2012 by KataRocks

Phuket will no longer have a low season as it continues to fill up with tourists from high-growth markets such as India, China and Russia, says the hotel chain Accor. Market research by C9 HotelWorks, the asset management and hospitality … Continue reading →

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Former PM Blair: Thailand a Great Gateway for the UK into ASEAN

Posted on January 19, 2012 by KataRocks

In an exclusive interview with Ensign Media, publishers of Property Report South East Asia and Business Report Thailand, former prime minister Tony Blair said Thailand is an ideal base for British companies wanting to access the rapidly growing ASEAN markets, … Continue reading →

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Property Report: “Phuket Condos will blossom in Kata and Karon Beach”

Posted on January 13, 2012 by KataRocks

Knight Frank LLP, a London-based global property consultancy, apprehends that Phuket condominium developments will blossom in Kata and Karon beach. Knight Frank Thailand’s research indicated that this shift to the Southwestern area of the island would account for 59 per … Continue reading →

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Phuket 2012: The Year of the Beach Club?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by KataRocks

PHUKET: For globetrotting party-goers, the line-up of posh beach clubs has led them for years from Ibiza, to Miami’s Nikki Beach and down to the Caribbean for sundowners on St. Barts. Asia’s beach club evolution kicked off with the iconic … Continue reading →

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