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Lalvani’s island would not only have berths accommodating much bigger boats, but it would include a five-star hotel and luxury condos. He described it as “a mini-Palm Island, like in Dubai.” But don’t try to reserve a berth just yet. Reports the International Herald Tribune: “The project is still more of a concept than a reality, with Lalvani expecting to spend the next three years planning before the start of construction.” Lalvani told Reuters he was bullish on post-tsunami tourism. “First quarter arrivals and hotel occupancy were at an all time record,” he said. “2005 was a disaster but now every hotelier is over the moon. The tsunami’s a thing of the past, everyone’s forgotten about it.” Well, not everyone everywhere. Photo of Phuket waters by yeowatzup via Flickr, (Creative Commons). Categories: Weblog • Islands • Thailand 
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COMMENTSYou had a show on a huge sail boat that could be run by one person. This boat was huge. My friends don’t believe me. Do you have the details of the size and maybe a photo I could use to make them believe me. Thank you. By on 6.12.08 at 11:53 PM
Totally agreed!! I’d just been to phuket early this year. The beach is charming and there’re a lot of great hotels in Phuket already now. By Peter Pranya on 8.15.08 at 01:20 AM
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Oh, to be Bill Gates’s yacht. The waters you’d sail. The navigational software that would chart your course. The luxury tourism developments you’d inspire. Developer Gulu Lalvani says a conversation he had with Gates in Phuket, Thailand earlier this year has inspired him to build a small island just off the Thailand coast in Phang Nga Bay. As Lalvani recalled, Gates told him: “If I could bring my yacht, I would come here every year.” The trouble is, Gates’s 54-meter yacht (a little larger than the pleasure craft pictured here) is too big for Phuket’s marina, which holds yachts up to 40 meters long.
