Laguna Resorts & Hotels Phuket: Projects, Reviews & Prices 2026

Laguna Resorts & Hotels is the master-developer of the Laguna Phuket integrated resort in Bang Tao and one of the best-known names in Southeast Asian real estate. The company is part of Banyan Tree Group, a Singapore-listed hospitality holding, with sales offices in Bang Tao, Bangkok, Shanghai and London. All 14 residential projects sit inside a single integrated resort spread over 1,000 rai (around 160 hectares), with its own lagoon, eight hotels and three golf assets.

Laguna Phuket was created in 1987, when the founders of Banyan Tree Group acquired abandoned tin mines on the west coast of Phuket and converted them into a system of freshwater lagoons. By the early 1990s the first hotels, Dusit Laguna and Laguna Beach Resort, had opened, and in 1992 the company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand under the ticker LRH. As of 2025 this is the only integrated resort destination of its scale in Asia, combining 8 hotels, an 18-hole golf course, a dive centre, the Phuket International Academy school and more than 14 residential communities. Total deliveries exceed 1,500 villas and residences. Banyan Tree Group operates more than 80 hotels and 60 spa locations in 25 countries, so each Laguna phase enters the market with ready-made management infrastructure and global brand recognition.

All 14 residential projects sit inside Laguna Phuket in Bang Tao and Cherng Talay:

• Laguna Waters, the newest high-rise apartment collection with direct access to the water;
• Laguna Cove, villas with private boat moorings facing the main lagoon;
• Laguna Fairways, villas and townhouses on the golf course;
• Laguna Vista, mid-rise apartments with lagoon and fairway views;
• Laguna Village and Laguna Village Residence 8, the original residential cluster with direct beach access to Bang Tao;
• Laguna Links, villas by the second golf course with fairway panoramas;
• Laguna Park and Laguna Park 2, family townhouses suited for living and rental;
• Laguna Lakeside, villas along the north shore of the lagoon;
• Laguna Lakelands and Lakeview Residences Laguna Lakelands, the new master-plan with its own promenade and amphitheatre;
• Laguna Bayside, a boutique-format project on the inner bay;
• Laguna Golf Residences Hibiscus, the 2024 flagship: luxury hillside villas above the new 18-hole Laguna Golf Phuket course.

Laguna architecture follows a tropical minimalist line with Asian references: long horizontal roof lines, open galleries, teak, basalt and terracotta tiling. High-rise projects (Laguna Waters and parts of Lakelands) are designed by international studios, with partners including Architrave, Atelier de Pacha and Department of Architecture (Bangkok). All residences are operated by Laguna Property Management, a wholly owned subsidiary that has worked on the island since 1994. Services include concierge, 24/7 security, pool maintenance, landscaping, insurance and tax reporting for foreign owners. Residents receive a Laguna Privileges card with discounts of up to 50 percent across hotels, restaurants, golf clubs and spas inside the resort, plus a free internal shuttle.

Deal structure depends on the asset format. Apartments at Laguna Waters and Lakelands are sold under the foreign freehold quota (49 percent per building). Villas are structured either through a Thai company with a long-term land lease (30+30+30 years) or through freehold ownership with a Thai majority shareholder. 2025 price bands: apartments from 280,000 dollars for a studio in Laguna Vista up to 1.2 million dollars for a penthouse in Laguna Waters; villas from 850,000 for a Laguna Park townhouse up to 6 million dollars for Hibiscus residences. The Laguna Property Rental Programme offers a 6 percent guaranteed yield for 5 years or a pool model with actual returns, which in 2023 and 2024 reached 7.8 and 8.4 percent respectively. Laguna hotel occupancy consistently exceeds 75 percent in high season and 55 percent in low season, which anchors the rental model for the residential side. Capital appreciation across Laguna Phuket between 2010 and 2024 reached around 90 percent in dollar terms for villas and around 65 percent for apartments. Approximately 60 percent of buyers at Laguna Phuket come from China, Hong Kong and Singapore, another 25 percent come from Europe and the CIS, while the remainder comes from Thailand and the Middle East. The average holding period before resale is 7 years for an apartment and 11 years for a villa, which reflects the longer-term hold profile of villa owners who use the property seasonally and rent it out the rest of the year. Inside the resort, an internal secondary-market platform handles around 80 resales per year, which keeps liquidity inside the brand high. Payment plans for new phases typically run on four milestones, with a 25 percent downpayment at signing and the balance staged against construction progress; mortgage financing in dollars or Singapore dollars is available through partner banks for qualified non-resident buyers.