Recent travel news for Koh Samui
February Samui events: Full moon & more
1 Feb 2012
February events in Koh Samui include; Full Moon Party – Haad Rin Beach (07/02, starts after dark); Soulful Saturdays - Live DJs at Beach Republic, Lamai (17/02, 13:00-sunset);
A romantic Samui Valentine's break
30 Jan 2012
Samui’s Le Méridien Koh Samui Resort is running a special promotion package for the whole of the month of February. The Romance Escape Package will celebrate St Valentine’s Day on the 14th of the month by offering two-night packages for two people with starting rates for a suite of 8,500 Baht a night.
Samui airline to add international route
23 Jan 2012
Leading Thai domestic carrier Bangkok Airways has announced that it will add Kuala Lumpur to its direct flight destinations from Koh Samui. A daily service to and from the Malaysian capital city will commence on 1 March.
Revamped resort set for February re-opening
16 Jan 2012
After a 10-month refurbishment, the luxury Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort is all set to re-open on the 1 February. When the Baan Taling Ngam first opened for business it was the first luxury accommodation complex on Samui, and marked the island’s transition from a backpacker’s haven to a mainstream holiday destination.
Shoddy electric earth claims life of tourist
9 Jan 2012
The simple action of taking a bottle of chilled water from a fridge has claimed the life of a tourist on Samui’s neighbouring island, Koh Phangan. Briton Grant Harrison, 36, had been sunbathing and was then electrocuted as he took the water out of a poolside fridge to cool down.
Samui bookings boom ahead of Chinese New Year
2 Jan 2012
Tour operators in China say there has been unprecedented demand for holidays to Koh Samui for the forthcoming Chinese New Year holidays. Although Chinese citizens traditionally spend their most important annual festival at home, over recent years abundant sunshine on Samui and other islands in Southeast Asia has increasingly drawn visitors from the colder regions of China.
