The Central Kata Resort has the Seasons Restaurant (Coffee Shop), the Waves Pool Bar, the Emerald Pool Bar, the Bamboo Bar (with snooker table, entertainment area) as well as Room Service. Clientele during the 2006/7 season may still be heavily on the Scandinavian side; however, the Central Group endeavor to diversify their markets in the coming season.

At the Central Katas doorsteps I counted at least 3 massage shops all conveniently adjoined. A bit further up the road, near the Sawasdee Village, there are a few more shops promising muscular tension relief. With so much supply on such small space one has to wonder if clients staying in this area are prone to muscular and joint

Phuket nalina resort & spa If you follow the road past Sawasdee Village you wont miss Katas newest hotel addition: Phuket Nalina Resort & Spa. Owned and managed by the newly established Alpina International Management, the Nalina will be the first of a total of 7 properties the group plans to own and/or manage by the end of 2007. You just add 200 meters to the distance it takes you to get from the Central Kata Resort to the beach and you know how far the journey to the shores is. However, the Nalina secured 66 sunbeds and 33 umbrellas on Kata Beach (in front of Club Med) in order to provide their guests with controlled quality; free shuttle service between the beach and the resort shall be provided.
Theres still a lot of construction going on but one is quite

sure that the 1st February 2007 soft opening deadline can be kept. Management even sees a chance to accommodate some spill over fromfully and overbooked hotels during January as they expect to have most of their 140 rooms ready. All rooms feature air-conditioning, private balcony or terrace, electronic safe, satellite TV, IDD phone, free internet (WiFi and LAN), mini-bar, coffee & tea maker and hair dryer. The resort will have 2 special rooms for handicapped rooms these are of basic type and are connected with another room.
Nalinas rooms will be among the largest the island has to offer. The standard room type Nalina Classic stretches over 50sq.m.. There will be 116 units of this type, 22 with direct pool access. They come either with 1 King size bed or 2 Queen size beds. Bathrooms have

shower only a rainshower and a separate handset shower.
The 8 Nalina Jaz rooms are equivalent to the Nalina Classic with direct pool access but have the additional benefit of a Jacuzzi bath.The 8 Nalina Grand Suites (100sq.m.) have a bedroom with 1 King size bed or 2 Queen size beds, bath with shower and bathtub, a private semi-open Jacuzzi and a living room
The 8 Nalina Pool Villas (124 sq.m. total area) either have 1 King size bed or 2 Queen size beds, bath with shower and bathtub, guests wc, living room, kitchenette, terrace, private indoor Jacuzzi and private outdoor pool (38 sq.m.)
The Nalina will have The Pond Caf? (main restaurant), the Catch 99 Seafood restaurant, The Pool Bar and The Clef Lounge. There will be a spa and health club, large free form swimming pool, free WiFi provided throughout the hotel, laptops are available for rent, kids playground. You will read more on this property once work has progressed.

Kata thani The reports draft was already completed when I learned about some noteworthy developments at Kata Thani. A quick walk to the shores of serenity was already worth the drive, for the beach looked indeed fantastic (see this reports title picture). I had visited the property a few days earlier for a dinner party. Food, drink and atmosphere were fantastic;but it made you wonder by what factor the averageguests weight would

multiply during their stay. My daytime re-visits purpose were the 30 newly renovated rooms of Superior type, located in the Mountain Beach Building at the southern most end of the property, adjacent to the Kata Bhuri Wings coffee shop. The three-storey u-shaped building has its own swimming pool. The