HONG KONG (Insert date) - Jumeirah Private Island Phuket, Asia Pacific’s most exclusive development is scheduled for completion in 2009 and set to offer levels of luxury, privacy and security as yet unseen in Asia Pacific. It will also be home to an elite super yacht marina and the private members only Jumeirah Private Island Yacht Club.

The super yacht marina will have 101 berths and will offer true “super yacht" facilities with 24 hour deep water access. The marina will double the number of designated “super yacht" berths in Thailand (thailand property, thailand homes), with 7 slips measuring in excess of 45 metres and an average slip length of over 22 metres.

The marina, located in a protected lagoon on the east coast of the island is surrounded by tropical mangroves, and will be built to top international standards. The marina will include facilities such as helicopter and/or ferry access to and from Phuket, fuel dock with pump out facility, yacht maintenance and repair services and individual berth technology pipes.

The Jumeirah Private Island Phuket Yacht Club (megayachts phuket, islands phuket, mega yachts phuket, phuket islands) is planning to host regattas and black tie functions and will offer a range of facilities; club house, swimming pool, accommodation, formal and informal waterfront dining, business centre and fitness centre.

The benefits of berthing in Phuket (phuket property, real estate phuket) include fuel, crew and dockage costs up to 80 percent cheaper than Europe and no luxury yacht taxes.

TGR contact : Anthony Franklin – Partner, Marketing Director.

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TGR

TGR Group develops and markets award winning luxury hotels and resorts. The management team has over 100 years combined experience working with leading, global construction companies and a successful track record across three continents.

Jumeirah

Jumeirah properties are regarded as amongst the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The rapidly growing Dubai-based luxury international hospitality management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world’s most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South in New York.

The Jumeirah Group portfolio also includes Wild Wadi, regarded as one of the premier water parks outside of North America and The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, the region’s only third level academic institution specializing in the hospitality and tourism sectors.

Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, in a step that aims to initiate a new phase of growth and development for the group.

Jumeirah’s ambitious expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts worldwide to 57 by 2011 are well underway with projects currently under development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Aqaba, Doha, Phuket, Shanghai, Bermuda, Mallorca and London.

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