RAWI WARIN RESORT & SPA Ranked as One of World's Best Hotels

on Expedia Insiders' Select List

7 th May 2010 – Expedia travelers have ranked Rawi Warin Resort & Spa, Kho Lanta among the world's best hotels on this year's Expedia Insiders' Select list. The list formally recognizes individual hotels worldwide that consistently deliver excellent service, a great overall experience and a notable value. The full list represents only a small percentage of the world's top hotels from the more than 110,000 hotel properties offered on Expedia.

“Delivering our guests superior service is a top priority at Rawi Warin Resort & Spa,” said Robert Frei, General Manager “We are pleased that our efforts have been acknowledged by Expedia travelers and look forward to extending our high level of service to even more guests.”

The 2010 Expedia Insiders' Select? list is compiled based on the more than one million Traveler Opinions hotel reviews collected by Expedia, combined with a value rating and the local market expertise of more than 400 Expedia employees in local markets worldwide, resulting in an easy-to-browse list that provides travelers with a powerful way to find the perfect hotel using the trusted insight of other travelers like them. The list showcases the diverse selection of travel destinations and hotel properties. For more information, visit www.expedia.com/insidersselect .

Rawi Warin Resort & Spa is located on the serene and secluded, tropical island of Koh Lanta in the south of Thailand, and sits proudly between two engaging nature realms: the ocean and the tropical rainforests that are so abundant throughout the island. And regardless of whether you prefer being horizontally-inclined for much of your stay or exploring the great outdoors, here you will find the perfect balance.

VIP from TAT

The Rawi Warin was proud to welcome a familiarization trip from the Tourism Authority of Thailand recently. Under the attendees was also the director of the TAT Office in New Delhi ( India ) one of Rawi Warin's newest emerging markets.

Rung Saeng Battery Co.,Ltd. ( Incentive Group )

May 2 – 5. 2010

  Rung Saeng Battery Co.,Ltd. is "Panasonic Battery's Representative in Thailand" . This Japanese Company is one of the world's leading battery producers with a factory in Thailand. Rung Saeng organizes an incentive trip for all retail dealers in Thailand reaching or exceed the sales targets, this year to the Rawi Warin Resort & Spa on Koh Lanta, Krabi.

  The participants are retail dealers from Bangkok, but included the best of the best from Chonburi, Nonthaburi, Pathumthani, Trad and Amnard-Charoen.

  We trust that all participants enjoyed the beauty of Lanta and all the tourist hot spots that were included in this outing, including the excursion to Bubu and Talabeng Island onboard one of the resorts 5 cruisers and last but not least the luxury and services of the Rawi Warin Resort & Spa.

 

Weddings at Rawi Warin Resort & Spa

April 6 th and 9 th was the chosen month for 2 couples to exchange their wedding vows at the resort. The Rawi Warin is the perfect location to tie bonds for life, coming as a couple or with friends and family; the setting will be stunning for all, coordination perfect. Our Sales team and resort wedding coordinators are experts and no detail remained unanswered or is too much of an inconvenience. Our pleasure to make these important days an unforgettable experience.

We are looking forward to have them back next year for their first anniversary…..

 

Good News-Green News

after testing has confirmed that the island of Lanta has some of the best water quality in the south of Thailand. Filtering through the lime stone ground of Lanta, we are able to pump up a virtually potable quality. Nevertheless, water remains a natural resource that has to be controlled wherever possible. Besides giving our guests the regular practiced opportunity under our “Every Drop Counts” campaign to conserve water by declining daily changes of linen, we have, from construction point onwards, planned to use H2O with care and as many times as possible. After being used in the guest rooms and public areas, we have our own water treatment facilities. Passing the cleaning system we add the treated water to feed our ponds and waterfalls. Whenever required, we pump this water to the storage tanks on the highest point of the resort and from there reuse it to our gardening sprinkling system. No more power required, gravity does the trick.

But we don't stop there. In our never-ending efforts to be good neighbors with nature and running our property as eco friendly as possible, the 3 RRR's ( “R”ecycling, “R”euse and “R”educe ) concepts are fully implemented and we have added another 2 RR's for “R”effuse and “R”eject. No un-required packaging is accepted upon delivery of goods. Our suppliers are informed to keep it to a safety and sanitary minimum. Those that are not willing to comply will have to find new customers. Recycling is not only environmental friendly; it's a business. Separating plastic, aluminum (Aluminum can opening pins are collected by our staff to donate for the production of artificial limbs), metals, glass and paper is easily sold to companies that make a living on turning old to new.

Food waste is turned into EM ( Effective Microorganism ) which we use for fertilizing our landscaping and water treatments. Cheap ( you only invest in the equipments ), effective and 100% natural. Looking at our gardens, you won't believe that we don't use any chemical fertilizers at all.

We don't stop there. Bio-Diesel is produced in-house from old oil. Our mini vans, pick-ups and fleet of ocean cruisers enjoy the natural fuel as much as regular diesel. The consumption is measured carefully in order to ensure that our drivers and boat captains keep within the speed limits as specified by the management.

Thumbs up.. Your Green Team

For the second year in a row, AIDA in cooperation with the TAT, Blue Planet Divers and Mares as sponsors held the Free Diving competition at the Rawi Warin. The 3 day event attracted over 20 top class athletes including the world champion from France . The competition was held in the resorts main pool as well as in the open sea near 5 Islands . Holding breathe under water saw the winner with a time of over 5 minutes, swimming distance under water at just below 200 meters and deep diving that reached almost 60m meters. A great event for divers and spectators alike.

The vowed to be back in 2010!

Welcome

From June 17th to 19th, 2009 the Rawi Warin was the proud host of the “ Disease and Prevention Meeting ” from Songkhla under the topic “ Reung lao… Khong Kon Tai ”

“ Perfact Meeting, Good Food, Great Place "so the organizer said" we will be back! ”