Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort
PHUKET, THAILAND - Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort, an award-winning 470-room resort located on a secluded beach on Phuket’s southwestern coast, recently became the only seaside hotel in Thailand to be included in this year’s prestigious World’s Best 2009 Top 100 Hotels and Top 15 Resorts in Asia as voted by readers of the internationally-
Travel & Leisure Magazine readers cast their votes in the 14th annual survey of the World’s Best, and Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort scored an impressive 89.75 score, placing it #82 on the world’s Top 100 hotels and #12 on Asia’s 15 Best Resorts lists. Readers based their votes on the hotel’s environment, ambiance, hospitality, service and accommodations.
“We’re both humbled and proud to be held in high regard and placed in company with other distinguished hotels and resorts in the world,” said Rudolf Borgesius, General Manager of Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort. “Our aim is to continually enrich guest experience, providing pleasant discovery at each and every visit. We’re thankful that our guests and Travel + Leisure readers appreciate our efforts again,” he added.
The accolade follows closely on the heels of the resort’s announcement of a multi-phased enhancement project aimed at providing its rooms and suites with a host of upgrades including new décor as part of a dynamic focus on culture and refinement, larger bathroom space and redesigned fixtures complemented by designer amenities and improved sound isolation.
Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort is situated on 40 acres of lush tropical greenery and features a secluded 500-metre pristine beach, two oversized swimming pools, 10 restaurants and bars, over 1,310 square metres of floor space for indoor and outdoor events of up to 980 persons and a complete range of water sports and recreational facilities.
The resort is a 45-minute drive from Phuket International Airport and just minutes away from some of Phuket’s popular sites, including the shopping and restaurant district of Patong.
About Le Méridien:
Le Méridien brand, currently represented by 113 properties in 50 countries, was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) in November 2005. With close to 80 of its properties located in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Le Méridien provides a strong international complement to Starwood’s primarily North American holdings. Plans call for dynamic expansion of Le Méridien hotels and resorts within the next five years, concentrating in the U.S., Latin America, and Asia-Pacific, including destinations such as India, Thailand and China. Le Méridien plans to open new hotels in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Shimei Bay (China), Dallas and Philadelphia in the coming months, and has recently signed new hotel deals in Taipei and Xiamen, China. For more information, please visit www.lemeridien.com. For more information on Starwood Hotels and Resorts, please visit www.spg.com.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Almario Villanueva Mungcal
Marketing Communications Manager
Le Méridien Phuket Beach Resort
29 Soi Karon Nui, Karon Muang
Phuket 83100 Thailand
Tel : +66 76 370 100 ext.5714
Fax : +66 76 370 176
E-mail: almario.mungcal@
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