We just came across a hotel in Kata, Phuket, which first opened last Oct but slipped under our radar until now. The Color Kata (38 Ket Kwan Rd., Kata Beach, 076 330 979, www.thecolorkata.com), right behind the Club Med, lacks a beachfront location, or even views—it’s in town. But the décor is pretty cute given its rates: candy-colored chairs, wallpapers printed with old shop houses from Phuket Town and PCs connected to flat screens in every room. Introductory rates from B1,485.