Banyan Group and Laguna Phuket: a 1,000-acre resort and the homes inside it

Who they are

Behind the homes in Laguna stands Laguna Resorts & Hotels Public Company Limited — founded in 1983 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1993 under the ticker LRH. The same company runs the hotels and the golf club inside the resort.

LRH belongs to Singapore’s Banyan Group (formerly Banyan Tree Holdings), the hotel operator known for Banyan Tree, Angsana, Cassia, Garrya and Homm. Developer and hotelier are one group here, and it shows in how the estate is run.

The resort covers around 1,000 acres of tropical parkland along Bang Tao beach: hotels, lagoons, the Laguna Golf Phuket course, waterfronts and residential quarters, all linked by shared roads and a shuttle.

What they build

Several lines live inside Laguna: Banyan Tree Beach Residences right on the water, Skypark apartments by the golf course, Laguna Village villas and townhouses, and residences under the Angsana and Garrya names.

What they share is the setting — inside a working resort. A buyer gets more than a home: access to the infrastructure hotel guests use, from the beach and pools to restaurants, sports, perimeter security and internal transport.

The formats vary, from compact apartments to beachfront villas. Some projects are handed over finished and furnished; some can be placed under hotel-operator management.

What to weigh when choosing

The main difference inside Laguna is how far you are from the water and from the golf. Beachfront projects cost noticeably more, and supply there is thin — usually a handful of units.

The second is ownership. Condominiums carry a foreign freehold quota; villa land is more often leasehold. We check the quota and the structure for the specific building before you reserve.

The third is fees. Inside the resort they run above the island average because they cover the upkeep of shared land and access to the infrastructure. Worth counting before the deal rather than after.

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