High-end dining, floor-filling tunes in Phuket
The Phuket Hotels Association is hosting a benefit gala dinner, “The Glam, Glitz & Glitter”, at the Latitude Marquee, Laguna Phuket on Saturday, 7pm to midnight.
Held with the aim of raising funds for hospitality scholarships and community training programmes around Phuket, the evening of fine dining and entertainment will begin with welcome cocktails while live musicians perform.
This will be followed by an elaborate international buffet dinner featuring live cooking stations by some of the top chefs from Phuket’s best hotels, and drinks prepared by the island’s most creative mixologists.
The entertainment highlight will be live music from Mark Zitti Ei Fratelli Coltelli, a seven-piece swing band who are flying in from Italy to support the event for the second year in a row. Professional dancers from Revelare Dance Phuket will swing to Mark Zitti’s music. Phuket’s in-demand DJ Benjamin Jenkins (Ben Jay) will also take to the stage to fuel the party with one of his floor-filler sets.
Featured as part of the dinner is a silent online auction currently open for bids from phab.phukethotelsassociation.com/ silent-auction until 7pm on the day of the event.
Prizes include spectacular 5-star hotel stays and experiences donated by an array of sponsors from London, New York, Dubai, the Maldives, Sydney, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Krabi and Koh Samui. The offers come with amazing discounts for the highest bidder.
The online auction also includes a range of appealing activities, such as yacht charters, golf, tennis, Pilates, surfing classes and gym memberships.
Last year’s gala dinner drew 300 guests and raised over 4 million baht for the scholarship fund. This year’s spectacular evening is expected to attract 400 guests with a similar target figure.
Tickets cost 3,900 baht per person, including a buffet dinner and selected freeflow wines (4,900 baht for VIP seating) and can be purchased from phab.phukethotelsassociation.com/buy-tickets.