{"id":10697,"date":"2008-11-09T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/rixos-hotels-expand-to-asia-2\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T21:21:00","slug":"rixos-hotels-expand-to-asia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/11\/rixos-hotels-expand-to-asia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rixos Hotels Expand To Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easier.com\/myads\/images\/193954-35.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easier.com\/myads\/images\/193954-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rixos Premium Khao Lak Opening To Boost Group&#8217;s Global Expansion Strategy<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>BANGKOK &#8211; Luxury hospitality group, Rixos Hotels, continues its global expansion with the launch of its first hotel in Thailand.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 298-room Rixos Premium Khao Lak opens on December 16, the Rixos Group&#8217;s initial hotel in Asia as it expands outside its European base for the first time.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Khao Lak resort follows the company&#8217;s eight other properties in Europe by presenting Asia&#8217;s first exclusive &#8220;All Inclusive&#8221; concept, in which guests receive meals and other food and beverage options as part of the in-room package.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The &#8220;Premium&#8221; brand is only given to the group&#8217;s upmarket properties.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rixos Hotels Corporate Communications, Advertisement and PR Manager, Tunc Tuzcu, said the company is drawn to the dynamic Asia market as it leads the world&#8217;s tourism industry in growth, with Thailand at its core.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We aim to drive business from our European properties into our emerging Asian portfolio as well as entice Asians to stay in our established European hotels,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;By launching the Rixos brand and our premium product in Khao Lak we hope to become as popular and successful in Asia as we are in Europe.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Experienced Asian hotelier William Schillinger has been appointed General Manager to launch the Rixos Premium Khao Lak. The company has also opened an Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Bangkok.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rixos Premium Khao Lak is located on a 300-metre stretch of private beach overlooking the Andaman Sea, less than 90 minutes from Phuket International Airport.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The resort features three Executive Suites, 16 Duplex Suites, 20 Junior Suites, 149 Deluxe Rooms and 110 Lagoon and Pool Access Rooms, four restaurants &#8211; serving international, Thai, Japanese and Mediterranean dishes, evening entertainment, special facilities in The Rixy Club for children and a spa with 15 private treatment villas.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Inside the resort&#8217;s 80,000-square-metre tropical garden is Southeast Asia&#8217;s largest lagoon-style swimming pool at 16,000 square metres. Recreation facilities offer beach volleyball, water polo, sailing, wind surfing, snorkelling, diving, paddleboats, canoeing, rafting, hiking and elephant trekking.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rixos Premium Khao Lak provides three conference rooms and three meeting rooms, which can be joined into a 280-guest, theatre-style Grand Ballroom.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>European-based Rixos Hotels Group will also launch an Ottoman-themed 410-rooms hotel and 38 private villas in the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai in 2009, targeting a total of 14 properties worldwide by 2010.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Director of Business Development of Ottoman Palace by Rixos, Yanal Abaza, said: &#8220;The Ottoman Palace is our first project in the Middle East and scheduled to open its doors next year on the iconic man-made island The Palm Jumeirah.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Ottoman Palace by Rixos boasts 410 luxury rooms, 16 food and beverage outlets and the biggest Turkish spa in the region (8,500 square metres). It will also offer world-class entertainment and venue for concerts and events.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Rixos Premium Khao Lak<\/strong><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>The 298-room Rixos Premium Khao Lak is located on a private Andaman Sea beach, less than 90 minutes transfer from Phuket International Airport. The resort features Asia&#8217;s first exclusive &#8220;All Inclusive&#8221; concept and Southeast Asia&#8217;s largest lagoon swimming pool. Four restaurants serving international, Japanese, Thai and Mediterranean cuisine are complimented by two bars and a delicatessen. The resort offers recreational and water sport options, The Rixy Club for children, 15 private spa treatment villas and extensive conference facilities.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rixos.com\/\">www.rixos.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rixos Premium Khao Lak Opening To Boost Group&#8217;s Global Expansion Strategy BANGKOK &#8211; Luxury hospitality group, Rixos Hotels, continues its global expansion with the launch of its first hotel in Thailand. 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