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Published: 12:00am, 22 Apr 2003

Island life: The newly opened Sheraton Sanya Resort on Hainan Island (left), which has its own private white sand beach, is offering a series of introductory packages. The week-long Recharge Package ($4,524) includes seven nights' accommodation; a complimentary jet-ski ride and speedboat tour of Yalong Bay; and five free meals in any of the resort's three restaurants. For a shorter stay, the Relax Package ($1,716) features three nights' accommodation and a jet-ski ride; while the Golf Package ($2,886) offers three nights' accommodation, three rounds of golf at any of Hainan Island's four courses; and 15 per cent off all water sport activities such as jet-skiing, waterskiing, parasailing, kayaking, scuba diving, snorkelling and Hobie Cat boat rides.

All packages are available until November 8 and include limousine transfers and daily buffet breakfast, and prices are based on twin share in a Superior Golf View Room overlooking the eight-hole Yalong Bay Golf Club. A state-of-the-art spa is to open in May, followed the next month by the Samba nightclub, featuring a wine bar, disco and karaoke. Call 86 898 8855 8236 or toll-free on 800 810 3088 (www.starwood.com).

Holiday at home: Cancelled your Easter excursion and feeling stir crazy? Until the end of June, the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong is offering rooms and suites at a very reasonable $888 and $1,288 a night, respectively (normally $3,800 and $5,500). Available to residents of Hong Kong and Macau, prices include a box of homemade chocolates and a copy of the hotel's new 40th anniversary cookbook. Plus, for every $100 spent in the hotel, you'll receive a further $10 discount off the room rate or $20 off the suite rate. Call 2522 4466 or visit www.mandarinoriental.com for more details.

In for the long haul: Marriott International has opened a complex of executive apartments in Bangkok, aimed at business travellers planning to stay more than a month in the Thai capital. The Mayfair in the central business

district, five minutes from Chidlom SkyTrain station, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 580 to 2,000 square feet, and priced between $12,480 and $27,300 a month. All apartments feature a fully equipped kitchen (including dishwasher, washing machine and dryer), safe, at least three telephones, high-speed Internet access, DVD player and a flat-screen satellite TV. Daily

breakfast, daily housekeeping and access to the health club, rooftop pool and multiple saunas and whirlpools are complimentary, while other services and amenities include laundry, room service, couriers and limousines. Visit www.mar riott.com for further details (60 Soi Langsuan, Lumpini, Pathumwan. Tel: [66 2] 263 9333).