Bangkok--18 Nov--Centara Hotels & Resorts
At the recent 7th Travel Mole APAC Web Award 2014 held in association with ITB Asia, Centara Hotels and Resorts was the winner in the category of Best A.P.A.C. Hotel and Resort Website.
The Travel Mole APAC Web Awards are recognized as the most prestigious event within the Asia Pacific travel industry that recognizes the best web, social, mobile and travel technology deployments.
The award ceremony took place at ITB Asia, on October 31st where more than 10,000 travel industry professionals, from 110 countries were in attendance and this was the first time Travel Mole opened the final voting to the subscribers and friends of Travel Mole
K. Thirayuth the CEO of Centara Hotels and Resorts says “our group has grown at a very rapid pace over the past five years it is most gratifying for all of us that our team work, planning and delivery of goods and services within the hospitality industry is being recognized by our peers especially as many of the people working in this sphere of our profession can go unrecognized”
Mr Chris Bailey the Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing says “our website receives the largest number of daily, monthly and annual hits when compared to any other hotel company within Thailand so it is therefore gratifying that although the site is extremely busy we can still manage to be at the forefront of the awards parameters being Content, Layout, Ease of Navigation and Innovation.
Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading operator of hotels, with 48 deluxe and first-class properties covering all the major tourist destinations in the Kingdom. A further 26 resorts in Maldives, Vietnam, Bali, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Ethiopia, Qatar, Laos and Oman brings the present total to 74 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 30 branches of Spa Cenvaree, one of Thailand’s most luxurious and innovative spa brands, together with 7 branches of the value brand Cense by Spa Cenvaree, which provides core spa services for busy travellers. The company’s Kids’ Club is available at all the family-friendly resorts to ensure that the youngsters and teens have their own leisure zone. Centara also operates three state-of-the-art convention centres in Bangkok, and two in northeastern Thailand, one being located in Udon Thani and the other in Khon Kaen. The latest Centara brand is named COSI Hotels, an affordable lifestyle brand designed for travellers who predominantly make their bookings via the internet and who want comfort and convenience at affordable prices; the brand is under development with the first property due to open in 2016.