OUTRIGGER Hotels and Resorts will manage the Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort & Spa as its third hotel property in Thailand.

The resort will continue to operate under its current name until November 1 next year, when it will be rebranded as Outrigger Phi Phi Island Resort & Spa.

Outrigger has already assumed full sales & marketing functions at the resort, which currently offers 112 villas, four restaurants, two bars, a spa, a fitness centre, and a dive and activity centre.

A US$1.7 million refurbishment will take place before the rebranding, with thirty-eight new villas to be added to the property.