First W Retreat in Southeast Asia to Open Summer 2010
W Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment of Coetzer Deysel as general manager of W Retreat – Koh Samui.  The first W Retreat in Southeast Asia, W Retreat – Koh Samui is scheduled to open in summer 2010.  An all-villa beachfront resort set [...]

The resort island of Koh Samui is experiencing growing pains as hotel supply hits 16,069 rooms according to the Samui Hotel Market Update, an extensive research project into the market undertaken by leading Thailand consulting firm C9 Hotelworks.
Citing the prevailing challenge for the destination was a distinct lack of direct international flights, as domestic flight [...]

Bangkok Airways, a sub-lessee and a property manager of Samui Airport, has been granted permission from Department of Civil Aviation to increase the International Passenger Service Charge (International PSC) for Samui Airport, from Bt500 to Bt600 per ticket.
 This will impact passengers whose air tickets are issued from March 1.
 DBS Vickers Securities (Thailand) considered this increase [...]

A golf tournament which will be open to the public, is to be held simultaneously with the annual Sawadee.com Regatta 2010 in June of this year – adding yet another reason to attend the popular event on the island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand.
The venue for the ‘Sawadee.com Regatta Open’ is the Santiburi Samui [...]

Speed boat and tour operators have expressed concern over the government’s plan to close down Angthong National Marine Park from Nov. 1 to Dec. 23 this year, saying this would result in a big loss of income for them. At a recent meeting at the Koh Samui District office, the committee in charge of the [...]