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Effective September 01, 2004, the Santiburi Group
is to commence management of all its company's assets as well as future developments through its own
Management Company. This coincides with the conclusion of a successful 12-year affiliation with
Dusit Hotels and Resorts as the current management partner.
The Santiburi Group was founded by Khun Santi Bhirom Bhakdi in 1992 when it
opened one of Thailand's premium quality championship golf course in Chiang
Rai, the Santiburi Golf and Country Club. This delightful northern golf course,
presenting a perfect blend into natural hilltop landscape, was designed by Robert
Trent Jones. Jr., one of the world's finest golf course designers. Simultaneously,
the Santiburi Group expanded a second establishment, the Santiburi Dusit Resort
in Koh Samui, one of the first and foremost luxury hotels on the island.
It has been the aim of Khun Santi to eventually establish his own management
company overseeing the Group's existing operations as well as future projects.
In early 2004, the Santiburi Group
added the first and only 18 hole Championship Golf Course in Koh Samui, the Santiburi Samui Country Club. This
stunning golf course is built on the mountainside of Maenam, featuring breathtaking views of the Gulf of Siam with its numerous islands as well as
Samui's famous coconut plantations. Moreover, the Group's second luxury hotel
on Koh Samui, the Bophutburi Resort and Spa, is currently under construction
and is scheduled to be opened in December 2004. Also in the Group's project pipeline
is the "top of the end" Villas Real Estate project situated on the hillside
overlooking Maenam bay, again in Koh Samui.
The Santiburi Dusit Resort will be renamed as the Santiburi Resort, Koh Samui. |
