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The first Soneva property outside the Maldives
is due to be unveiled by upmarket hotel firm
Six Senses on Ko Kood, a remote island on
the east coast of Thailand, in April.
Soneva Kiri will have 42 villas with
private pools along the beachfront and on a
hillside overlooking the Gulf of Thailand.
Guests will have personal electric carts for
travel around the property. Resort facilities
include an outdoor cinema, a children’s club,
and one of the renowned Six Senses spas.
The property will also have its own airport
on a neighbouring island, served from
Bangkok by the hotel’s eight-seat Cessna air-
craft. Guests will be met at Suvarnabhumi
airport in the Thai capital by a Soneva butler
and shown to a first-class lounge to wait for
their 60-minute connecting flight. On arrival
they will be transferred by speedboat.
Room rates are from £802 per night.
■ sixsenses.com The Soneva Kiri in Thailand will offer 42 villas with private pools, while (below) the Six Senses Hideaway Con Dao will boast 51 villas
Paresa, an exotic hideway built into a cliff village. Other highlights will include a
side on the western coast of Phuket, is due to Vietnamese coffee shop, deli, and a main
open in April. restaurant perched on top of sand dunes.
The boutique property, in an area known The hotel’s spa features wooden walkways
as Millionaire’s Row, will feature 49 rooms connecting treatment rooms built on stilts
and villas, with architecture and design high above ground level to create a relaxing
inspired by traditional southern Thai homes. haven, complete with river and forest views.
Most rooms and villas will have private The resort will also have its own aircraft to
infinity pools, while five indulgent Dima offer 45-minute transfers from Ho Chi Minh
Suites will include private steam rooms. City.
Room rates start at $695 per night. Six Senses Hideaway Con Dao is due to
■ paresaresorts.com open in July. Room rates have yet to be set.
■ sixsenses.com
VIETNAM.
BALI.
Six Senses’ second major opening in 2009 is The 30-storey Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel
Starwood is set to introduce its W brand to on Con Dao Island in south-east Vietnam. and Spa will be the tallest building in the
Bali in September with the opening of the Six Senses Hideaway Con Dao is set popular beach resort of Nha Trang when it
W Retreat and Spa at Seminyak. along a white-sand beach and backed by opens later this year.
The beachfront property will feature 157 lush tropical mangroves. The property will The property on Tran Phu Boulevard
rooms and 80 luxury villas. Designed to offer 51 villas, each with at least one private will have 281 rooms and six restaurants
reflect a traditional Balinese courtyard, each infinity pool, and offering sea views. and bars. The hotel is also aiming at the
villa will have a private pool. Other facilities Many villas will also have indoor-outdoor meetings and incentive travel market, with
include two gourmet restaurants. bathrooms and private spa suites. 10 function rooms.
Prices have yet to be announced. The reception area will be designed in Reservations are due to open soon.
■ whotels.com the style of a Vietnamese market and fishing ■ starwoodhotels.com
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