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Latest While the authorities struggle to help Phuket’s beach vendors, the needs of the tourists who pay all the bills continue to be ignored, says a prominent tourism industry expert.

Phuket Updating Digest Taiwan, China leaders to meet; Airline faces cash crunch; Phuket commander will stop drink drivers; Molesting young girls crackdown in Chiang Mai.

Around the Region Bangkok sees night light up; Myanmar faces possible genocide; Australia likely destination for scandal cash; Singapore, China likely to do deals.

PHUKET: JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa has once again been recognized by the prestigious world-class travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler in their Reader’s Choice Awards 2015, ranking 14 in the Top 25 Resorts in Asia category, with an impressive overall score of 86.084.

PHUKET: Phuket is Thailands number one tourism destination outside of Bangkok and the number one beach resort destination in Asia welcoming approximately six million arrivals (international and domestic combined) each year. Amongst Thai provinces, Phuket has the third highest Gross Provincial Product on the back of a resilient tourism industry.

PHUKET: Angsana Laguna Phuket has appointed Nampetch Tipaxsorn, better known on Phuket as “Khun Nikki”, to the position of Director of Marketing and Communications for Banyan Tree Phuket and Angsana Laguna Phuket Thailand, the flagship property of the Banyan Tree group.

PHUKET: The chief of Phuket Police has issued a warning to all motorists that drink driving laws will now be more strictly enforced in a bid to reduce the number of road accidents reported on the island.

PHUKET: Local officials are waiting for experts to confirm what caused the death of a dolphin found off Bon Island, off Phuket’s southernmost beach at Rawai, earlier today (Nov 3).