Six Senses Hideaway Zighy Bay has been included in the Condé Nast Traveler’s “The Hot List Hotels 2008” as one of the top 65 best new places to stay in the world. It is critiqued in the U.S. edition of the magazine with, comments such as “…the first luxury resort on Oman’s mountainous Musandam Peninsula”, and “The service is exemplary…”.

There has never been a better time to take that long-promised holiday of a lifetime, staying at two of Thailand’s premier resorts - Six Senses Hideaway Yao Noi and Six Senses Hideaway Samui. Guests will be able to experience the best of both worlds by enjoying the innovative guest experiences on offer at the multi-award-winning resorts.

Vatulele Island Resort, the operation of which is managed by Six Senses Resorts & Spas, has introduced new luxury pool villa bures to the iconic, award-winning property in Fiji. In addition to this, Vatulele is on track to be formally re-launched as a Six Senses Hideaway towards the end of 2008.

Six Senses Phuket Raceweek 2008, described by participants as the most exciting mixed fleet regatta this region has seen in quite some time, will be held from 23 - 27 July 2008 at the Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa on Phuket Island’s southeast coast.

Six Senses Resorts & Spas continues to receive leading environmental honors in the travel industry, most recently being recognized by Condé Nast Traveler in the 2008 World Savers Awards. Six Senses was one of 38 companies selected from 142 applications worldwide as a leader in social responsibility.

Six Senses Resorts & Spas has launched three new toll free telephone numbers for reservations from South China, Hong Kong and the United States. Launched on 01 August, the new numbers will increase the range of reservations options available and support Six Senses business growth in these emerging local markets.

Six Senses’ Hub, Bangkok, August 06 2008: The 260-room Evason Phuket is set to become the first resort in Asia to implement a bio-mass system as an alternative energy source.

Located on a remote tropical island on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, Soneva Kiri by Six Senses, scheduled to open at the end of 2008, will not only be the most desirable resort in the Kingdom for high-end visitors, but it will also offer its hosts an unequalled lifestyle - their own resort within the Soneva Kiri estate.

Sonu and Eva Shivdasani were honoured on World Environment Day with the Maldives Greenleaf Award for Environmental Excellence.

Six Senses Resorts & Spas will develop two resorts in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. The properties are to be branded as Six Senses Hideaway and Six Senses Latitude. Located approximately 62 kilometres, or 33 nautical miles, north east of the state capital of Maceio, and 143 kilometres, or 77 nautical miles, north of Recife, the site covers an area of approximately 200 hectares, or 495 acres. It is a one-hour drive from Maceio or a thirty-minute flight in the resorts’ own Cessna Grand Caravans from Recife to the private airport. There will also be marina facilities.