Joy of Life

Your Mother’s Day gift to the Old Doll this year is a trip to the Health Expo at Bangkok Hospital. Get her there by Wednesday at the latest to choose among the 200-plus healthcare packages available at discounts of up to 50 per cent. Mum can get a heart check-up, a post-menopause kit, cancer screening, an anti-ageing treatment and much more. Or just grab a gift voucher at www.BangkokHospital.com, valid through September. Find out more at 1719.

 

Mum in Khao Lak

The JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort & Spa is offering mothers who live in Thailand a night’s stay in a deluxe pool-view room, breakfast for two and a 60-minute session at the Quan Spa for Bt2,999, anytime this month. She can bring along the grandkids under 12 and they eat for free. Set it up at (076) 584 888 or www.JWMarriottKhaoLak.com.

 

Mum goes Maroc

Casablanca, the restaurant at the Villa Maroc Resort in Pran Buri, has an Unconditional Love Set Menu for two at Bt1,500 net, plus a 30-per-cent discount on all spa treatments. The Thai Set Menu for four costs Bt3,000 and includes a 30-minute back-shoulder massage for Mom, a family photo and 30 per cent off spa treatments for the rest of the family. You will also get a jasmine tree. That’s from August 11 to 13. Find out more at (032) 630 771.

 

Mum at brunch

The Mother’s Day Sunday Brunch at the Sukhothai Hotel’s restaurant Colonnade costs Bt2,900. The vast selection includes chilled seafood, foie-gras custard with truffle-and-mushroom consomme, grilled Norwegian sea scallops, fresh sushi and sashimi, cheeses and desserts. And Mum gets a Molton Brown gift set. Book a table at (02) 344 8888.

 

Mum in Cha-am

The Hotel de la Paix Cha Am Beach’s Mum’s Delight Package includes two nights in a Horizon room, breakfast and an indulgent, hour-long jasmine-oil massage for two for Bt8,000. There are other Bt8,000 getaways, as well. Learn more at (02) 381 4823 and www.HoteldelaPaixHH.com.

 

Mum gets fit

Members of the Vie Hotel’s Vie Fit can bring their mums to work out anytime this month, then enjoy the Lazy Sunday Brunch. Four guests pay the price of three at Bt900 per person, or Bt1,300 with free-flowing premium wine. Mothers also get a Bt1,000 coupon to use at the Vie Spa, where all the ladies pay half-price. Call (02) 309 3939.

 

Mum eats Chinese

The Novotel Bangkok Platinum’s Mother’s Day Sunday Brunch costs Bt550 and features free-flowing fruit juice and dishes such as braised flower soup with bamboo skin and pork spare ribs, rice vermicelli Hainan-style with seafood and jasmine cake with sugar art. Mum also gets a glass of sparkling wine, a rose, a heart-shaped cookie and chocolate pralines. Children can hit the art corner and make their own Mother’s Day card. Get the details at (02) 160 7155.