Bangkok Travel Guide

Bangkok, 3 April 2011 - Congratulations for the Eleventh consecutive year. Rang Mahal, the exquisite rooftop Indian restaurant at Rembrandt Hotel, was honored once again as one of Thailand's Best Restaurants 2011 by Thailand Tatler. The award-presentation took place at Central World and featured some of Bangkok's most famous restaurants, famous Thai and foreign celebr...

Bangkok, 25 December 2011 - Centara Hotels&Resorts of Thailand has announced that the official soft opening of Centra Taum Bali, the group’s first overseas venture with its value brand Centra, took place on December 14. The traditional Balinese Hindu ceremony known as Melaspas, which is used to purify land or a new building and which had begun with prayers on the ...

Bangkok, 21 December 2011 - An extensive renovation and upgrading program for Centara Grand Beach Resort&Villas Hua Hin has been completed prior to the official adoption of the hotel’s new name on January 1. The renovated facilities include 100 rooms and suites in the Colonial Wing, the installation of a new fully-equipped Health Club, and also of a new Kids’ Clu...

Bangkok, 13 December 2011 - Accor, the largest operator of hotels in Asia Pacific announces the appointment of Robert Murray to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer for Accor in South East and North East Asia. Formerly Senior Vice President for Accor Greater China, Robert joined Accor in 1993 and has since held various positions in Australia, New Zealand ...

Bangkok, 10 December 2011 - Centara Hotels&Resorts is offering a program at 15 of its properties throughout Thailand in which guests deposit money with the hotel and the hotel adds a further amount of between 50 and 100 percent of the deposit for the guests to use during their stay. The Baht Bonanza program is available throughout 2012, with the exception of certai...

Bangkok, 2 December 2011 - Centara Grand Island Resort&Spa Maldives has won the Golden Award 2011 for Best Hotel-Indian Ocean, presented by Virgin Holidays. The resort is operated by Centara Hotels&Resorts, Thailand’s largest operator of hotels. The award was presented to Centara’s Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Chris Bailey, during World Trave...

Bangkok, 25 November 2011 - The newly-opened Nova Hotel&Spa Pattaya, a member of the Centara Boutique Collection, is an intimately-scaled hotel with just 79 rooms and suites, offering luxury accommodation that is ideal for individuals, couples, and families. The Deluxe Rooms are equipped with a king-size bed and can comfortably accommodate two adults and a child, w...

Bangkok, 25 November 2011 - Mr. Gerd Steeb, President of Centara Hotels&Resorts has announced the appointment of Mr. Andreas Korf as General Manager of Centara Grand West Sands Resort & Villa Phuket, with effect from December 1, 2011. Mr. Korf, who is a German national, has many years of experience in hotel management in various countries, including Germany, the US...

Bangkok, 20 November 2011 - Denis Thouvard, General Manager of Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket, recently hosted a Thai cooking class for the “TAT and Travelbag Press Trip from UK” during their visit to promote Phuket tourism to the UK market and stay at the resort. This press trip led by Anna Streafeild, (1st left in photo) Public Relations Manager of Travelbag.co...

Bangkok, 13 November 2011 - Centara Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of a luxurious Spa Cenvaree at the newly-opened Centara Anda Dhevi Resort and Spa Krabi, offering a hideaway for serenity and indulgence where a collection of rituals drawn from Thailand’s ancient heritage, along with a range of the latest treatments from the west, can be enjoyed in privac...

Bangkok, 12 November 2011 - Gerd Steeb, President of Centara Hotels&Resorts, has announced the appointment of Mr. Olivier Petit as General Manager of Chen Sea Resort and Spa Phu Quoc, Centara Boutique Collection. Olivier has more than 35 years of experience in hotel industries and was in the position of General Manager for over 10 years at various well-known hotels...

Bangkok, 24 October 2011 - Centara Anda Dhevi Resort&Spa Krabi is a newly-built, four-star property situated on extensive grounds and spread across 5 low-rise buildings. Located just 100 meters away from the sands of Nopparat Thara Beach, the resort is also conveniently close to the center of Ao Nang, famous for its tourist sites, and shopping and entertainment facili...

Bangkok, 12 October 2011 - Centara Villas Phuket is once again fully open for business, following an extensive program that has renovated and refurbished all 72 Deluxe Pool Villas, Spa Villas, and Pool Villas of this ocean-side resort at Karon Beach. The resort has also this year been awarded certification by EarthCheck in recognition of its environmental protection p...

Bangkok, 2 October 2011 – Bangkok-based Keen Media, this week officially rebrands as QUO Keen and announces five new offices around the world, opening by November 2011. The company is positioning itself as the world's first tourism brand creation, communication and representation specialist. The other QUO offices which open in the next few weeks are in UK, India, Ger...

Bangkok, 1 October 2011 – The Asian Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus (AACVB) announced today a new membership structure to better engage MICE industry organisations across the Asian region. The new membership structure will stimulate greater collaboration in the MICE industry across Asian cities, raise the professionalism of MICE practitioners and boost ...

Bangkok, 24 September 2011 - Skål International Phuket and South Thailand and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Thailand Chapter are launching a new era of tourism cooperation with local government and Phuket’s travel trade to aggressively promote the destination. The first-ever joint Skål and PATA in Phuket event will be held at the Movenpick Resort&Sp...

Bangkok, 17 September 2011 – Eastin Hotels and Residences is delighted to announce that it is to open its second hotel in the prime business centre of Bangkok. The newly built property will be called Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn Bangkok. To open in December 2011, Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn Bangkok is owned by BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited and managed by ...

Bangkok, 10 September 2011 - Martin Craigs has been named as the new CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), effective October 31, 2011. Martin is the currently elected President of Aerospace Forum Asia (AFA) and Managing Partner at Hillcrest International Advisory. For the last 25 years, Martin, 55, a UK and Irish passport holder, has been mostly based in ...

Bangkok, 9 September 2011 — Supermodels from 30 Asia-Pacific countries will participate in the region’s first International Supermodel Contest to be organised in Thailand between September 12 - 19, 2011 with the support of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Local tourist attractions in Bangkok and Pattaya will be the backdrop highlight of the event, the fin...

Bangkok, 7 September 2011 - Siam Hotels & Resorts, comprising the Siam City Hotel, Bangkok; Siam Bayshore Resort & Spa, Pattaya; Siam Bayview Hotel, Pattaya; and The Siam, Bangkok, is planning a refurbishment and development worth several million baht over the next nine months. The move aims to exploit new optimism in the Thai tourism industry after its plunge last ye...

Bangkok, 2 September 2011 - Preliminary results released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today showed that international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations1 grew by 6% year-on-year in June 2011. The positive momentum of the previous months held strong for Southeast Asia, which led the region with 15.5% growth during the month of June. The...

Bangkok, 22 August 2011 - Centara Hotels&Resorts has announced that it will be opening the first overseas property of its Centra value brand at Bali, Indonesia, in November of this year. Centra Taum Resort Bali will be located at Seminyak, on the west coast of the island, within a five-minute walk from the beach.

The hotel, which is currently nearing...