Twinpalms newsletter June 2012

Catch Beach Club Welcomes New Manager Benedikt De Bellis
Catch Beach Club, Phuket's most fashionable beach club, is pleased to announce an exciting addition to our dynamic team: Benedikt De Bellis, our new Manager.

Ben brings hospitality expertise gained from a number of operations across Europe and Asia, including five years in Phuket, to his new role at Catch Beach Club. Before arriving to Phuket, Ben held management positions at some well-regarded luxury venues including Grand Copthorne Waterfront in Singapore, Radisson SAS Portman Hotel in London, and The Ritz Hotel London, Piccadilly.

Ben said he's looking forward to bringing fresh ideas to Phuket's foremost beach club, and is happy to have the chance to continue to enjoy "the pristine beaches, the business opportunities, the weather, and the quality lifestyle" on the resort island. "But what really makes this place," he added, "are the people that live in it. Being a Westerner, I, like many others, found it difficult at the beginning to adapt to a totally different culture, but what kept me going was that I always admired how genuine and cordial the people of Thailand can be. Nowadays, there aren't many people like that left in the world. It is a blessing for me to be able to work and live among them."

Ben will help cultivate Catch Beach Club's constant evolution in its aim to share our zest for life in the hot tropics with every new and returning guest.

Catch Beach Club recently expanded in size and scope, adding daily lunch and dinner buffets, a boutique shop, and a reception area for booking Twinpalms hospitality offerings including luxury yacht charters with sister company Andaman Cruises. It offers Phuket visitors and residents a rich variety of choices to indulge in a sophisticated and fun tropical lifestyle, from the club's membership packages and day passes to white-hot parties, cool cocktails and fiery seafood barbecues.

With Ben at the helm, Catch Beach Club is poised to build upon its reputation as Phuket's style-setting beach club, and take its signature brand of hospitality into exciting new directions.