W Resort’s Thailand Music Retreat Overview: Contained in the Expertise

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With all eyes set on Thailand, due to the current success of the hit HBO sequence White Lotus, W Resort has created a one-of-a-kind retreat, turning their beautiful Koh Samui location right into a vibrant tradition hub for music lovers.

Dubbed W Presents, the progressive dwell music showcase options an all-inclusive expertise that features unique performances from collaborating DJs and artists from across the globe, native excursions equivalent to elephant sanctuary visits, a Muay Thai boxing session, and even a White Lotus-style island-hopping boat cruise with a sundown social gathering.

The inaugural Koh Samui retreat happened between Could 1 to five with a jam-packed lineup of dwell performances from famend DJ and W Motels‘ World Music Director LP Giobbi, plus Bonobo, Sofia Kourtesis, Beatrice, Emjie, JOPLYN, Mascolo, in addition to native artists like Kate Sara, Dan Buri, and W Koh Samui Music Curator, Armando Mendes. From poolside DJ units throughout the sundown, to intimate villa dinner partiers, to luxe boat cruise dancing, every efficiency was unfold all through a number of nights and set at totally different places to make every set really feel distinctive.

“Music has at all times been a part of W Motels’ DNA, and W Presents has turn out to be a robust international platform for a culturally related sonic expression,” says W Motels senior VP and international model chief George Fleck. “With our first-ever W Presents Retreat, we’re deepening that connection to be an much more immersive expertise on this planet’s most unique locations, bringing company nearer to the artists they love and the locations they love to find. Launching at our iconic W Koh Samui makes it much more particular given the island’s vibrant music scene, pure magnificence and gorgeous native tradition.”

“We don’t simply see music as background noise, as in lots of accommodations, however relatively part of creating experiences, each for our company, but in addition for making a platform for artists who wish to share their artwork and write their music with company all over the world. And so it was sort of a pure evolution for us as we take into consideration music programming, that we’d create a worldwide music tour the place we will convey attention-grabbing artists to locations that additionally actually resonate with these vacationers.”

What units W Presents other than concert events or music festivals is the extra intimate setting. On the W Resort, there aren’t 1000’s of followers packing right into a venue or safety separating the artists from followers, however the precise reverse. The retreat encourages attendees and musicians to combine and mingle collectively in an informal setting to assist construct connections and a way of group. With just a few hundred company on web site, the expertise felt extra like a VIP unique getaway for creatives, artists and music lovers alike.

“The privateness of those accommodations, in a very cool setting, you could have extra entry to them. You possibly can be taught extra about how they create music, and you may really feel extra a richer, extra customized expertise that hopefully will dwell with you for a very long time and create these reminiscences that stick with you. That’s actually vital to us, that we don’t simply come throughout as a lodge that performs music.”

Apart from having fun with dwell music, company are immersed into native delicacies, artwork, nature, and hospitality. Many excursions had been deliberate to totally embrace and expertise the Koh Samui island with choices to discover vigorous night time markets, use arts and craft stations, be taught Muay Thai boxing, or gradual issues down with beach-front yoga and sound baths. What you see within the White Lotus might look luxurious, however truly laying out by the ocean with contemporary coconut water and mango sticky rice in hand is the proper trip deal with.

The W Presents Retreat at W Koh Samui ranges from $3,836 (132,000 Baht) for a one-bedroom villa with a non-public pool and backyard view to $6,746 (232,000 Baht) for an oceanfront villa. Bookings embody breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2 company every day, a welcome dinner and entry to wellness applications (equivalent to sound baths and yoga and mindfulness courses talked about above).

Can’t make it to Thailand? W Resort is increasing its W PRESENTS sequence with a worldwide tour this summer time hitting Shanghai, Budapest, Seattle, Prague, and Abu Dhabi. W PRESENTS may even have a stage at different W Resort properties this yr, together with W New York (Union Sq.), W Hoboken, W Hollywood, W Punta Cana, W Bali (Seminyak), W Singapore (Sentosa Cove), W Fort Lauderdale, W Dubai (Mina Seyahi), and W São Paulo, with occasion dates quickly to be introduced.

“W Presents is a robust platform for W Motels – a model that’s at all times been anchored in sound, scene, and self-expression,” shares George Fleck, Senior Vice President and World Model Chief, W Motels in a press launch. “As music-led journey continues to surge, W Motels stays a cultural connector, setting the stage for discovery and unforgettable experiences that blur the road between efficiency and place. By groundbreaking dwell units and immersive experiences, we’re redefining how music and hospitality come collectively to create these moments that you just simply needed to be there for.

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