Category Archives: Operations – SE Asia

Outrigger Phuket Supports Internship Program

BY PATCHAREE (PAEW) CHANANTHO — As Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort and Villas Human Resources Manager, I joined with the Vice-Governor of Phuket Province and Phuket Vocational College’s board committee to reach an agreement for long-term training association.

This project will allow students to learn, grow and develop as company interns. A mutually beneficial program for both Outrigger and these talented students!

Khun Paew (seated far right) with Governor of Phuket Province and Phuket Vocational College board committee

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Outrigger to Manage Beautiful Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort and Spa

By Darren Edmonstone

The new Outrigger in Phi Phi Island, Thailand

I am pleased to announce that Outrigger will manage the idyllic Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort and Spa as our third hotel property in Thailand. We assumed full sales and marketing responsibility for the resort on November 3, 2011, and will have complete operational control by November 1, 2012. The resort will continue to operate under its current name, Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort and Spa, until November 1, 2012, at which time it will be rebranded as “Outrigger Phi Phi Island Resort and Spa”. Read the rest of this entry

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Outrigger’s Asia-Pacific Portfolio Growing Rapidly

By Dr. Richard Kelley

Outrigger currently has 8 properties with 1,643 rooms open and running in the Asia-Pacific region: Read the rest of this entry

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Visiting Outrigger’s Offices in Phuket, Thailand

By Dr. Richard Kelley

I just returned from a one-week trip to Southeast Asia, which included a three-day stop at Outrigger’s Asia-Pacific regional office in Phuket, Thailand. David Carey, Dr. Chuck Kelley, Bitsy Kelley, Mel Kaneshige and Director Mark Fukunaga also made the trip.We all stayed at the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Resort & Villas and were briefed on our company’s activities and future plans for the Asia-Pacific area. Read the rest of this entry

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