PHUKET - Operations of the Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket,
one of Phuket's longest-established luxury hotels, will
transfer on 30 June 2011 from Starwood Hotels & Resorts
to Angsana Hotels & Resorts, a division of
Singapore-based Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts. The
419-room hotel, part of the Laguna Phuket destination
resort on Bang Tao beach, will be closed from 1 July 2011
for extensive renovation and refurbishment works to the sum
of THB 500 million that will cover all rooms and public
areas of the main hotel, and reopen as the Angsana Laguna
Phuket on 1 Dec 2011. The hotel has been operating under
the Sheraton and Luxury Collection brands of Starwood
Hotels & Resorts since 1992, in an operations agreement
between Starwood and hotel owner Laguna Resorts &
Hotels.