• TripAdvisor places 11 Centara hotels best in their locality

    September 12, 2012

    Eleven Centara Hotels & Resorts properties have been awarded by TripAdvisor as being among the top-ranked hotels in their locality.The rankings are based on ratings supplied by guests and travelers, who mark the properties in a range of five categories, from “excellent” to “terrible.”

    “We are very proud to have received such a large number of awards, and believe this reflects on the quality of the individual properties, the strategic location each occupies, and the superb work of the management and staff, who are warmly congratulated,” said Thirayuth Chirathivat, Chief Executive Officer of Centara Hotels & Resorts.

    The eleven properties include three in Pattaya: Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya, Centara Pattaya Hotel, and Nova Hotel & Spa Pattaya, Centara Boutique Collection were all named as being among the top-ranked hotels in Pattaya.

    In Krabi, both Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi, and Centara Anda Dhevi Resort & Spa, were named as being among the top-rated hotels in Ao Nang.

    Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui was rated one of the top hotels in Chaweng, Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket as one of the top in Karon, Centara Chaan Talay Resort & Villas Trat as one of the top in Trat, Koh Chang Tropicana Resort & Spa as one of the top on Koh Chang, Centara Sappaya Design Resort Rayong as one of the top B&Bs in Klaeng, and Chen Sea Resort & Spa Phu Quoc as one of the top hotels on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island.

    Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading operator of hotels, with 38 deluxe and first-class properties covering all the major tourist destinations in the Kingdom. A further 16 resorts in the Maldives; Vietnam; Bali, Indonesia; Sri Lanka; and Mauritius Indian Ocean, brings the present total to 54 properties. Brands and properties within Centara ensure that specific categories such as couples, families, individuals, and meetings and incentives groups will all find a hotel or resort that is appropriate to their needs.

    Centara operates 24 branches of Spa Cenvaree, one of Thailand’s most luxurious and innovative spa brands, together with its newly-launched value brand Cense by Spa Cenvaree, which provides core spa services for busy travelers. The company’s Kids’ Club is available at all the family-friendly resorts to ensure that the youngsters and teens are taken care of. Centara Hotels & Resorts also operates two state-of-the-art convention centers in Bangkok, and two in northeastern Thailand, one being located in Udon Thani and the other in Khon Kaen. Source : centarahotelsresorts.com .

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