Millennium Resort Patong Phuket Tucked within? the fashionable Jungceylon Shopping Centre – Phuket?s trendy shopping hub – this Five-Star Resort epitomizes the true Urban LIving in a Resort. Here, a modern and contemporary design sets the mood for guests within the immediate vicinity of Patong Beach and the island?s concentraiton of shops, restaurants and entertainment.

Phuket, Thailand?s Pearl of the Andaman, is everyone?s dream destination. The island offers a huge range of attractions, from spectacular golfing courses to gorgeous scuba-diving locations along with a vibrant nightlife. If you?re a beach person welcome to paradise, if you?re a food enthusiast, likewise. If you want a holiday away from it all, no problem whatsoever. But for shopaholics there?s only one place to stay; at Millennium Resort, Patong.

Consisting of two Wings, the Lakeside and the Beachside, the 224 and 197 guestrooms are designed to exude a Resort like ambience with the feel extending to each of the Wing?s Dining Outlets. It also houses the Escentika Spa, a well-equipped Gymnasium, Ballroom, Function Rooms and two Swimming Pools.

Swimming Pool – Lakeside wing
The 120-metre, T-shaped pool is on the fourth floor, open to a fresh sea breeze and features a pool bar serving up delicious light snacks and refreshing drinks. Surrounding the pool are 52 sun loungers with parasols and to the side is a kids? pool. Palm trees provide a tropical atmosphere and to the east side two large frangipanis grace the entrance to the spa. There are steps and a steel railing to ensure safe entrance into the water. At the western end two large golden-coloured oriental motifs adorn the steps into the pool. Each Pool Access Cabana room has a Jacuzzi. The pool ?closes? at 20:00 but guests are free to use it unsupervised at their own risk after that time.

Rooms & Suites
There are two wings: The Lakeside and the Beachside with 224 and 197 guestrooms respectively. Millennium follows the same design for all of its rooms excepting the executive suites with slight exceptions in room size.

Rooms feature subtle pastel shades with beige tiled flooring. At the Lakeside wing they feature a large balcony with table and chairs. There is a large sofa with cushions and a coffee table near the sliding balcony doors with a mirror opposite. Superior rooms in the Beachside wing do not have balconies. Facilities include a satellite TV, internet access, tea and coffee making facilities in the bathroom, a king-size bed with a large illuminated headboard, generous hanging and storage space with ironing facilities, a writing space, many different lighting combinations and a plethora of colourful cushions and pillows on the bed. The bathrooms have slate-grey non-slip floor tiles, black wall tiles, a large white bath tub and in-tub showering facilities, see-through partitions with wooden Venetian blinds on the room side, complimentary douche gel, shampoo, conditioner and after-sun lotion as well as toothbrush, toothpaste and comb and two bottles of drinking water daily. A large mirror over the sink gives the room extra dimensions.

Cabana Pool Access rooms have all of the above with steps from the sun terrace leading into the pool as well as their own Jacuzzi. Deluxe Beachside also feature DVD players (DVD?s available at reception).

Executive Suites Lakeside 65sqm: There are four of these spacious suites and they feature a bedroom/lounge/bathroom arrangement with beige floor tiles, large sliding balcony doors in the bedroom and lounge, a spacious balcony overlooking the pool, two satellite TV?s, a DVD player in the lounge as well as a writing desk and large sofa with a coffee table. The bedroom design is similar to the rest of the hotel?s rooms, as is the bathroom but both are slightly bigger.

Primarily located at the Beachside Wing, our Superior rooms vibrant and exciting with bright colour scheme for your total enjoyment. They are fitted with either a King or Twin beds and is furnished witha sofa set, lounge chair, coffee table, round stool, work desk with power point console and a 29 inch television with 45 cable channels available. The bathrooms comes with an enclosed glass shower area and full bathroom amenities. All Superior rooms at Beachside Wing have balconies with outdoor furniture and have views of the City or Shopping Mall.

Health & Fitness Centre
Open from 08:00 to 20:00 and located next to the swimming pool on the resort?s fourth floor, Millennium?s health & fitness centre features 15 state-of-the-art workout machines, constant professional surveillance, full-length mirrors, parquet flooring, two wide-screen TV?s showing sports channels and full air conditioning.

Jungceylon Shopping Centre is a 200,000 sqm heaven for shoppers with 75,000 sqm of retail space and more than 200 shops including Carrefour, Robinson?s Department Store and SF Cinema.

Restaurants & Dining
Lakeside: Bistro is a spacious and attractive restaurant that can handle 176 covers with fine dining options in air-conditioned comfort with continental and Thai cuisine. The restaurant has one of the largest cocktail lists on the island and a full wine list as well as a separate children?s menu. It also hosts daily international breakfast buffets. Lounge 98 features soft music and a great list of cocktails.

Beachside: Straits Dining, the second-floor air-conditioned restaurant features international and Asian cuisine, all day a la carte dining, a full breakfast buffet, a kids? menu, 94 covers and 24-hour room service as well as poolside service. On the ground floor in the large and well-appointed lobby Bar 8 Degrees is the last word in opulent, air-conditioned comfort and is the perfect place to unwind after shopping. Open week nights until 01:00 and until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, featuring live music.

The Escentika Spa
The Escentika Spa at Millennium is situated in the resort?s Lakeside wing and has nine treatment rooms with one beauty salon. The rooms have beautiful parquet floors, discreet lighting arrangements, both ground level and raised treatment beds, facilities to handle couples, tasteful d?cor, adequate changing space and electric blankets for body wraps and facial steam facilities.

The Escentika has six experienced and qualified therapists and 14 different types of massage ? even a massage for children under 16. A good personal touch is the addition of an iPod in each room for guests to choose their own background music during treatment. Exclusively using Pevonia Botanica products, the spa features a wonderfully rich menu that offers everything from wraps to scrubs to facials to a five day-long spa packages and even offers hair treatments and braiding as well as pedicures and manicures.

Banquets & Meetings
Millennium has three function rooms in its Beachside wing and a 300sqm ballroom at Lakeside. The medium-sized (16-25 people) meeting rooms can be used for changeable purposes and have a full range of audio and video equipment. The meeting rooms come with pre-function areas and full catering services. Millennium offers a ?triple B? (bed, breakfast, broadband) package for traveling businessmen.

The resort?s well equipped ballroom and three function rooms, catering mainly to meetings, seminars, group conferences, team building activities and more are designed for various capacities and come complete with pre-function areas.

A dedicated catering team will be specially assigned to meet your needs.

Hotel Location

The Millennium stands right next to and has immediate access to the 200,000sqm Jungceylon shopping centre in downtown Patong with 75,000sqm of retail space and more than 200 shops, along with a multi-screen cinema. Just minutes from the beach and Patong?s famous nightlife, you?re in the most convenient spot in town.

With a business centre featuring three function rooms and a ballroom, swimming pools, state-of-the-art fitness centre, a gorgeous Escentika spa, in-room wired and wireless internet and WI-FI in public areas, fine-dining restaurants along with many more facilities, the Millennium will exceed your needs in style.

Centrally located, stylish, ultra-modern facilities, rooftop pools, cutting-edge restaurants and bars-Millennium Resort in Patong has it all.

The Amanpuri Hotel Phuket is set in a coconut grove sloping gently down to sandy Pansea beach, on the west coast of Phuket. The hotel?s 40 teakwood pavilions scattered around a coconut plantation are elegantly designed and connected by elevated walkways. It has excellent services with a high level of recreational facilities including a gym with floor-to-ceiling windows, set on the beach.

Since its opening in 1988, the Thai beach resort of Amanpuri has established an enviable reputation for personal service, fine cuisine and watersports activities, all of which complement the natural beauty of its tropical island surroundings.

Located on the west coast of Phuket, Thailand?s largest island, Amanpuri is surrounded by the Andaman Sea. The resort?s 40, Thai-style pavilions and 30 private villa homes are interspersed throughout a mature coconut plantation.

Amanpuri, a Sanskrit word meaning ?place of peace,? reflects its name in more ways than one. The entrance sala, surrounded by lotus ponds, overlooks the resort?s main swimming pool, the restaurants and bar.

Since its opening in 1988, the Thai beach resort of Amanpuri has established an enviable reputation for personal service, fine cuisine and watersports activities, all of which complement the natural beauty of its tropical island surroundings.

Located on the west coast of Phuket, Thailand?s largest island, Amanpuri is surrounded by the Andaman Sea. The resort?s 40, Thai-style pavilions and 30 private villa homes are interspersed throughout a mature coconut plantation.

Amanpuri, a Sanskrit word meaning ?place of peace,? reflects its name in more ways than one. The entrance sala, surrounded by lotus ponds, overlooks the resort?s main swimming pool, the restaurants and bar.

Food and dining

The Terrace restaurant offers casual, all-day dining in an alfresco setting and features Thai and European specialties. The Restaurant serves Italian cuisine. Both restaurants are located beside the swimming pool. From November to April, weather-permitting, lunches and evening torch-lit beach barbecues are held at the Beach Terrace. The Bar offers poolside drinks and snacks. At last light, half a dozen moulded-brass tables and pairings of teak, rattan-backed chairs are set out along the terrace between the pool and the steps leading to the beach. The view is to the sun setting on the Andaman Sea. Room service is available, 24 hours a day, in the privacy of the pavilions and outdoor salas.

FACILITIES

Aman Spa: The Aman Spa opened here in December 2001. The spa features three double rooms for couples and three single rooms. Each room has its own changing area, steam shower, treatment area, and outdoor sala (pavilion) for lounging. There is also a sauna and steam room. Spa services include a range of massage and holistic therapies, facials, scrubs, body wraps, baths and beauty treatments with salas for meditation and yoga sessions.

Swimming Pool : Amanpuri?s 27m freshwater swimming pool is finished in midnight-blue tiling.

Beach Club : This is an informal spot immediately in front of the resort. The facility offers snorkelling equipment, sun beds and towels. Water-skiing with Amanpuri?s own ski boat can also be arranged.

Yoga classGym : The beachside gym features floor-to-ceiling windows, with views to the sea and sunset. Equipment ranges from free weights to a variety of exercise machines. The facility is open 7am till 7pm.

Library : The sun-lit library keeps more than 1,000 books, ranging from novels to travel guides and coffee-table books on Southeast Asia. A large selection of CDs is available.

Tailor : A tailor is available and guests may choose from a large selection of fabric. Fittings can be arranged in the privacy of the Pavilions.

Board Room : Meeting facilities include a boardroom with audio equipment and an LCD projector.

Gallery : An exclusive selection of Asian jewellery, antiques, textiles and artefacts are featured. General amenities are available as well as a selection of gifts, souvenirs and Thai fabrics.

Location

Phuket Island is off the west coast of the Kra Isthmus, 890km south of Bangkok. First mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd Century, the island was a regular port of call for Arab and Chinese ships. Portuguese and Chinese settlements began to appear in the 18th Century. Phuket is 50km long and 21km at its widest point. Connected to Thailand?s Phang Nga province by bridge, the island is surrounded by the azure Andaman Sea. Phuket is served by numerous domestic and regional flights and Bangkok, less than two hours flying time away, has connections to major international destinations. Complimentary private limousine transfers to and from Phuket airport are offered to guests and the 17km drive to Amanpuri takes 25 minutes.