Welcome back to Southern Delights by Dewa Phuket and Grove Gardens, our monthly publication dedicated to bringing you the latest Dewa Phuket & Grove Gardens news along with some travel information about Phuket and its surroundings.

EVENTS

Dewa Phuket hosts 1st SKAL Dinner for the year

With around 70 island hoteliers, restaurateurs and industry related guests, Dewa Phuket hosted the first monthly SKAL dinner for 2009. Our thanks to Skal Phuket for this opportunity to host the dinner, and it’s always a sign of a great party when there are stragglers late into the night, or early morning.

Valentine’s Sundowner

Dewa Phuket celebrates Saint Valentines Day with a Sundowner Evening, starting at 5pm. Great beautiful sunset evening with a tantalizing spread of tapas style starters, BBQ and a delectable spread of dessert and free flow of wine, accompanied by the tropical sounds of the Island Steel Band.

NEWS

The Spa @ Dewa Phuket
Our new spa opened it’s doors on the 6th February, 2009. Featuring our spacious double treatment rooms with outdoor bath & shower, we invite you to indulge in the various pampering treatments available in a truly tranquil environment. From now until the end of February 2009, we are offering a Valentines Special, which allows you & your other half to let your senses relax for the price of one treatment. For more information, please email spa@dewaphuket.com or call us at +66 76 372300

DEWA RESIDENCE

Car Decals for additional security
To enhance security around the property, with effect from the 15th February 2009, all vehicles entering the Dewa Phuket Residence will be stopped by our Security and we would require an exchange of identification with a visitors pass. All Residence Owners are advised to register their vehicles with the Resort Host in order to receive the Dewa Phuket Car Decal. Notices have been emailed to all concerned, and copies of the registration form are also available from the Owners’ Portal in the Dewa Phuket website.

Waste disposal and recycling
We have installed 5 different colored bins labeled PLASTIC, GLASS, CANS, WET GARBAGE & PAPER on each of the lift landing area of the Residences. As part of the Resort’s environmental initiatives, we strongly encourage all our owners and guests to separate their rubbish before disposing them in the various bins provided.

Owners Portal on Dewa Phuket’s website
We have gone online with the Residence Owners’ Portal in our website and most owners should have received their usernames and passwords to access their site by now. We hope you will find this portal useful as it allows us to post documents, files, forms and photos related to each individual apartment easily. This also allows you to access and view these easily, from wherever you have a computer with internet connection, without the need to download massive files from your email account, which could be time consuming not to mention potentially fill up your mail box. If you have not received notification from us with your username and password, please kindly drop us an email at Lillian@dewaphuket.com

Songkran Festival - April 2009

Songkran the Thai New Year is celebrated every year from April 13th to April 15th. It coincides with the New Year of many Dai Calendar in Southern Asia. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculations, but it is now fixed.

The most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water. People roam the streets with containers of water or water guns, or post themselves at the side of roads with a garden hose and drench each other and passersby. This, however, was not always the main activity of this festival. Songkran was traditionally a time to visit and pay respects to elders, including family members, friends and neighbors. People also take this time to visit their Temple to pray and give offerings to Buddha and the monks. They may also cleanse Buddha images from household shrines as well as the Buddha images found in Temples, by gently pouring water mixed with Thai fragrance. It is believe that this will bring them luck and prosperity for the New Year.

For room reservations and promotions during this Thai Festive holidays, please email reservations@dewaphuket.com