In the film Beaches, Bette Midler's character, "Cecilia Bloom," known as "CC," was constantly searching for that perfect time and place in her adult life as she had experienced when she was an 11-yearold playing on the beach at Coney Island. She left all her troubles behind while she played without a care with her best friend Hillary. This care-free feeling is what CC Blooms Hotel in Phuket tries to create for its guests. It succeeds. This boutique hotel has 20 guestrooms and a shaded poolside restaurant and bar. Rooms either have sea views or look over the swimming pool.