Dear Guest,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your detailed feedback in regards to your recent stay with us and for sharing both the positives as well as the areas that you felt required improvement, the latter being crucial to us in our endeavours to constantly upgrade and improve our products and services.
I understand that you had required a change from the category you originally booked as it was located outside our main resort, and despite the challenges of trying to provide another option during a period of very high occupancy, I am glad that our team were able to provide you rooms that were in line with your expectations and with a view of the ocean as well.
I am sorry that the water insects, that make their home in the lagoon during the rainy season, had such an impact on your stay and we are investigating why the situation was so severe in your particular room, as they are in fact normally only found in public areas and then again in lesser numbers.
Delivery times for room service meals do depend on the occupancy and demand, as is the case with most resorts. I am sorry we were not able to meet your expectations in this regard, but am glad to read that our staff did indicate the waiting time from the onset and that you were able to avail of the local restaurants on the beach to minimise any inconvenience.
The hotel does, as you pointed out, provide two options for breakfast, and that guests staying in our suites and lofts can avail of a more intimate a la carte breakfast at Bodega, though we do provide an extensive buffet breakfast at Marketplace, which though at times busy, has often been indicated in many reviews as the highlight of guests’ stay. Our peak periods are from 9:00 – 10:30 perhaps in part due to the visit of “Lucky”, our resident baby elephant, but we do also provided an extended resort breakfast hour until 11:00 am to allow guests to enjoy this service after the main rush.
The hotel does have a higher than normal ratio of mainland Chinese guests at this time of the year, a trend that is quite common across all hotels in Phuket during this season, but I am disappointed to read that they had a profoundly adverse impact on your holiday.
In closing I wish to once again extend our sincere apologies for not being able to exceed your expectations as we would have hoped, and assure you that your comments have been shared with the entire team and we look forward to sharing with you, the many improvements we have made on a future stay.
Best regards
Jerry J. John
General Manager