LANG CO, Vietnam (September 21, 2021) — Laguna Golf Lang Co has restated its credentials as one of Vietnam’s greenest clubs by retaining its EarthCheck “Gold Certification” for 2021. With initiatives including a moratorium on single-use plastics and its “edible golf course” planted with rice fields and tended by water buffalos, the award-winning layout —...
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (September 15, 2021) — As a Sicilian, Frederik Farina is steeped in a culinary culture that emphasises simplicity and sustainability. And the experienced F&B visionary is utilizing his ingrained food philosophy to establish the Hyatt Regency Koh Samui as the most exciting dining destination on Thailand’s legendary paradise island. Farina, who has...
Balcony Media Group is now representing Meliá Phuket Mai Khao in Thailand. On Phuket’s northwestern coastline, the beachfront resort is scheduled to open in November this year. The resort is home to 100 contemporary, light-filled and spacious Mediterranean-inspired accommodations. Thirty suites feature outdoor bathtubs and cabanas. Seventy private-pool villas include 15 “Wellness Pool Villas” with...
PHNOM PENH (Sept. 13, 2021) – Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh has become the first hotel in Cambodia to partner with ecoSPIRITS, a company that pioneers the world’s first low-carbon method of packaging and distribution for high-end spirits. ecoSPIRITS is a closed-loop distribution system which uses a low-waste, low-carbon spirits distribution technology, thereby minimising packaging waste...
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Sept. 6, 2021) — One of Southeast Asia’s most beloved hotel groups, Banyan Tree, is celebrating its 27th anniversary with a range of value-driven offers across more than 40 properties worldwide. In Thailand, the group’s luxury resorts in Koh Samui and Krabi will provide daily credit vouchers to guests, which can be...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Sep. 6, 2021) – With Phnom Penh on track to become the most vaccinated city in Southeast Asia, moves are afoot within Cambodia’s tourism industry to work towards a possible reopening of borders for fully vaccinated international travelers by November this year. The Cambodian tourism ministry recently announced that fully vaccinated international...
BALI (Sept. 2, 2021) – A newly-opened family pool at the forefront of this Balinese resort harkens back to another era of the property. The spot was once the prime gathering place for the whole Hadiprana family, long before there was even an inkling the grounds would one day become a resort. For decades the...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Aug. 31, 2021) — Raffles Hotel Le Royal, celebrated for more than 90 years as one of the “Grandes Dames” of Southeast Asia, has reopened its northern wing as an ASQ (alternative state quarantine), offering an elegant option to inbound travelers. “Guests will be accommodated in a stand-alone wing of the hotel,...
CAM RANH, Vietnam (August 31, 2021) – As hotels navigate the ups and downs of trying to retain staff during the pandemic, one hotel on Vietnam’s Cam Ranh peninsula has figured out a way to put staff to work at home before they return to in-person service. This month, Alma has joined forces with Australian-founded...
