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{{Short description|Hotel on the island of Phuket, Thailand}}
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| image            = Cape Panwa Hotel - panoramio (1).jpg
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| location         = [[Cape Panwa]], [[Phuket Province]], [[Thailand]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|7.807265|N|98.409218|E|display=inline,title}}
| opened_date      = {{start date|1980}}
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| operator         = Cape and Kantary Hotel Group
| owner            = Tirapongse Pangsrivongse
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| classification   = Luxury resort
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| website          = {{URL|capepanwa.com}}
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The '''Cape Panwa Hotel''' is a luxury hotel on the island of [[Phuket Province|Phuket]], [[Thailand]].<ref name="Rhodes2016-08-27">{{cite news |last=Rhodes |first=Sheriden |date=2016-08-27 |title=Cape Panwa Hotel review, Phuket: Quiet, affordable luxury resort away from crazy Phuket |url=https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/the-review-cape-panwa-hotel-phuket-thailand-20160823-gqytvn.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |id={{ProQuest|1814146860}} |accessdate=2025-10-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018234715/https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/the-review-cape-panwa-hotel-phuket-thailand-20160823-gqytvn.html |archivedate=2025-10-18 }}</ref> It was considered one of the first luxury resorts in Phuket upon its opening in December 1987.<ref name="Klangsombut1998-05-07">{{cite news |last=Klangsombut |first=Yingyord |date=1998-05-07 |title=Hotels - Privacy rules on Phuket's quiet cape. |newspaper=[[Bangkok Post]] |page=7 |id={{Factiva|bkpost0020010922du57008sa}} }}</ref><ref name="Brany2019-07-06">{{cite news |last=Brany |first=Amy |date=2019-07-06 |title=A meal at the manor: Bringing Thai cuisine home at Panwa House |url=https://www.thephuketnews.com/archive/07-06-2019.pdf |page=13 |newspaper=[[The Phuket News]] |accessdate=2025-10-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251019001158/https://www.thephuketnews.com/archive/07-06-2019.pdf |archivedate=2025-10-19 }}</ref>

Notable guests included [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in 1989 as well as [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Gordon Ramsay]], [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], [[Michelle Yeoh]], and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]].<ref name="Rice2025-03-02">{{cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Jenn |date=2025-03-02 |title=This Beach Resort Is Featured on 'The White Lotus' Tonight—and It Has a Stunning Private Beach and 10 Restaurants and Bars |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/cape-panwa-hotel-review-in-phuket-thailand-11686127 |magazine=[[Travel + Leisure]] |accessdate=2025-10-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018235013/https://www.travelandleisure.com/cape-panwa-hotel-review-in-phuket-thailand-11686127 |archivedate=2025-10-18 }}</ref><ref name="Bayes2008-10-05">{{cite news |last=Bayes |first=Robin |date=2008-10-05 |title=Look back in languor |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/look-back-in-languor-20081005-gdsxbn.html |newspaper=[[Brisbane Times]] |accessdate=2025-10-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018235652/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/look-back-in-languor-20081005-gdsxbn.html |archivedate=2025-10-18 }}</ref><ref name="Weeradet2002-04-18">{{cite news |last=Weeradet |first=Thanin |date=2002-04-18 |title=Hotels Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket - Haunt of the rich and famous |newspaper=[[Bangkok Post]] |page=3 |id={{Factiva|bkpost0020020418dy4i0000n}} }}</ref> The hotel is known{{cn|date=July 2022}} for its idiosyncratic charm: odd features include the hotel's pet otter, the vintage hotel tram, a sunken labyrinthine bridge that projects out into the [[corral]] reef, and frequent visitations by bathing monkeys. The hotel has provided the site for numerous documentaries as well as major film shoots. The owner and current founder is environmentalist and TSPCA president Tirapongse Pangsrivongse.

The Cape Panwa Hotel is a member of the Cape and Kantary Hotel group, one of Thailand's hotel and serviced apartment chains.

== Events ==
Cape Panwa Hotel is the Title sponsor of an international sailing regatta that is held each July and based at Cape Panwa Hotel and its sister resort Kantary Bay Hotel.

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[[Category:Hotels in Thailand]]
[[Category:Hotels established in 1987]]
[[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1987]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Phuket province]]


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