Last time we visited the Japanese village-themed Akyra Chura on Samui’s North Chaweng Beach (North Chaweng, Samui, www.theakyra.com), our peaceful sojourn was disturbed by an army of kids invading the pool and the beach. To celebrate its first anniversary, Akyra is now prohibiting guests under 12 years old from Nov 1 onwards. The change shouldn’t really impact the 61-room hotel too much, with the majority of guests being honeymooners anyway. The hotel is also introducing a relaunch package, which at B34,825 gets you five nights in a grand deluxe with breakfast, roundtrip airport transfer, 90-minute massage for two, one BBQ dinner with a bottle of sparkling wine and a private tour around Koh Samui.