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Anantara Hua Hin is the first and oldest Anantara resort with a Thai luxury contemporary designed, throughout the resort you will find elephant sculptures in the tropical garden.

Couple, family and friends will enjoy exhilaration in paradise with the stay at AVANI+ Hua Hin. On a spectacular beachfront location, surrounded with greenery, this is a one-of-a-kind destination to rediscover family time, rekindling romance with special one, reconnecting with friends and relaxing with colleagues. Free buggy service and Free Wifi throughout resort property. Avani+ Hua HIn Resort has 173 rooms/suites and 23 villas with a mixed of modernist and traditional architecture.

As wellness-inspired hospitality group Fusion readies for a year of growth, they’ve tapped globe-trotting hospitality veteran Dawid Koegelenberg to lead the charge at Fusion Resort Cam Ranh, on Vietnam’s South Central Coast. The South African brings with him close to a decade of experience in hotel management in Asia, and close to the same number of years in restaurant management and wine education in the UK.

Anantara Hotels & Resorts, the indigenous experience led luxury hotel brand, will roll out a global ban on the use of single-use plastic straws at every property worldwide by 1st October 2018. Since January of this year, when Anantara was the first major hotel brand to announce its decision to eradicate plastic straws at every single property across the Asia region, Anantara has been working hard to roll out the ban to properties in Australasia, Europe and the Middle East.

SWISS First Class and Business Class passengers on intercontinental flights from Switzerland are in for a special treat. Starting September 4 and running through December 4, 2018, menus designed by Mike Wehrle, Culinary Director of Switzerland’s award-winning Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne will be offered as part of the “SWISS – Taste of Switzerland” program.

Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort is delighted to announce that Executive Chef Azizskandar Awang has won the prestigious Chef Hotelier of the Year award at The Hotelier Awards Asia 2018. The fifth annual Hotelier Awards was hosted on 23 May 2018 in Singapore to recognise outstanding professional excellence across Asia’s hospitality sector. Attended by over 350 hoteliers and industry professionals, the glittering event celebrated award winners who shone amongst stiff competition, decided by a panel of expert industry judges in a two-round process, based on applications, interviews and testimonials.

Bali is world-renowned as a surfing paradise and the hot spots around Uluwatu boast some of the greatest breaks. Combining spectacular surfing with luxury resort pleasures, Anantara Uluwatu Bali Resort invites surfers of every level to find their ultimate wave with a special Uluwatu Surf Break package for two persons.

Guests at Anantara Layan Phuket and Anantara Mai Khao Villas recently participated in the company’s annual baby turtle release in support of the conservation efforts of the Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation (MKMTF) and the Phuket Marine Biology Center (PMBC). 50 young green turtles ranging from 12 to 15 months old were released at Layan and Mai Khao beaches in southern Thailand with the hope of them returning to lay their eggs in the years to come.

Anantara is thrilled to immerse guests in the iconic King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament. Book the special Elephant Polo package at any of the four distinctive Anantara Hotels and Resorts in Bangkok from 8th – 11th March, 2018 and receive free entry to the tournament, free player polo shirts and free breakfast for the duration of the event.

Anantara and AVANI Hotels and Resorts are proud to announce the decision to end the use of plastic drinking straws at all hotels and resorts in Asia from 1 January 2018. The first major hotel brands to announce a companywide decision to eradicate plastic straws at every single property across the Asia region with a view to extend the roll out to properties in Australasia, Europe and the Middle East by the end of the year.

The islands that speckle Mozambique’s coastline are a welcome vision of paradise for every guest. Equally as breath-taking as these stunning ocean views are the extraordinary sights that lie just below the surface. Seamlessly blending in with the natural beauty that surrounds them, Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort and Anantara Medjumbe Island Resort are as popular with marine adventurers as they are with holiday-makers and honeymooners.

Peppering the hillsides and valleys around the city of Quy Nhon in central Vietnam are venerable relics of the lost Champa civilisation that dominated the country’s centre and south between the 2nd and 15th centuries. Despite the towers’ status of an architectural marvel, the temples’ remoteness means that travellers venturing further afield to explore them are likely to have the spectacular sites all to themselves.

Appealing to discerning travellers, Anantara Angkor Resort reopens as Siem Reap’ s premier all-suite boutique resort and gateway to the heart of Cambodia’ s ancient Khmer Empire. Renovations to the suites, restaurants and common areas plus the addition of several amenities and services ensure that every step of the guest’ s local immersion and high adventure are seamlessly navigated and masterfully personalised.

Always daring to be different, PER AQUUM Hotels and Resorts offers dreamers, adventurers and families alike a myriad of luxury aquatic experiences over, on and under the Maldives’ Laccadive Sea this festive season. From the avant-garde to the surreal, PER AQUUM Huvafen Fushi and its sister resort PER AQUUM Niyama are set to thrill holidaymakers with an array of experiences and offerings ranging from radiant glow parties six metres under the sea to dreamlike sleep-overs at sea, and the Maldives’ first live underwater coral Christmas tree.

Known for its quiet back streets and beautifully preserved Ancient Town, Hoi An, on Vietnam’s central coast line, also lights up in colour once a month when locals and curious travellers join together to celebrate the lantern festival. The monthly institution in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hoi An bursts to light on the 14th day of every lunar month when the moon is brightest.

It was a momentous event for the Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort team as we were recently announced as the Country Winner for best Luxury Resort Spa at the 2016 World Luxury Spa Awards. The resort has been earning recognitions and prestigious honours ever since it opened in 2012. Various awards from the travel media and industry peers is a reflection of the resort’s unwavering dedication, yet the most valued judges of hospitality excellence are our customers themselves, who voted for the resort. Accolades gained in 2015 include Country Winner for best Luxury Rooftop Hotel at the 2015 World Luxury Hotel Awards and the best Family Resort at the 2015 Travel Weekly Magellan Silver Award. These important honours highlight Sheraton Kuta’s versatility as a luxury resort destination for both leisure and business travelers.

Immersing discerning travellers in Sri Lanka’s rich heritage, vibrant local life, charming colonial footprints and wild nature, Anantara Kalutara Resort will offer a unique shoreline hideaway with two views of paradise when it opens in October 2016. Only 10 minutes from the historic town of Kalutara and an hour from Colombo, Anantara Kalutara Resort resides along Sri Lanka’s beautiful southwest coast. The peaceful beachfront setting between the Indian Ocean and Kalu River boasts coastal, river and lagoon frontage.

To help celebrate Anantara’s 15th anniversary this year, 15 lucky competition winners will experience their Anantara Dream Journey, simply by sharing their travel dreams. A decade and a half ago in 2001, Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas brought a new kind of luxury discovery to Thailand. Anantara’s journey has continued across Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East and most recently Africa, and now boasts 35 unique hotels and resorts across 11 countries. Evolving to meet the needs of new explorers, in 2016 Anantara proudly offers authentic luxury that excites, in some of the world’s most incredible destinations.

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas continues to raise the bar for Omani luxury. Revealed as the collection’s second resort in the Sultanate of Oman, Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara, will soon open its doors in the lush seaside jewel of Oman’s southern shores. Famed for the riches of its frankincense groves and a profusion of tropical greenery that conjures up new images of Arabia, Salalah offers travellers an emerging destination of breathtaking natural beauty. The new resort makes the most of an immaculate site, placing guests between a long, scenic beach and freshwater lagoon. Drawing from centuries of coastal heritage and embracing the desires of modern travellers, Anantara is set to deliver its indigenous inspired-hospitality to Salalah when the resort welcomes its first guests this summer.

Secluded on a pristine private island in the Quirimbas Archipelago off the northern coast of Mozambique, Anantara Medjumbe Island Resort has reopened following an extensive refurbishment. The 12-villa, adults-only African island hideaway now features refreshed décor, luxury villa upgrades and new signature experiences, including a Robinson Crusoe-style star bed for the ultimate romantic escape.