CENTARA Hotels & Resorts is beefing up its presence in the South Thailand province of Krabi, having signed three management contracts for new properties in Kluong Muang, Krabi.
Centara Pelican Bay Residence & Suites Krabi, Centara Pelican Bay Resort & Spa Krabi and the Centara Pelican Bay Villas Krabi will come on stream between now and 2017.
Thirayuth Chirathivat, CEO of Centara Hotels & Resorts, said: “Krabi has emerged as a prime tourist destination in recent years, and has enormous potential for the future.
“We are very proud to have been a leader in developing Krabi for visitors, and these three new ventures give us superb scope to add to our presence in this beautiful part of Thailand.”
The 92-unit Centara Pelican Bay Residence & Suites Krabi is due to soft open before mid-2014, and will come with one restaurant, a swimming pool, business corner and a beach club.
Centara Pelican Bay Resort & Spa Krabi is expected to commence operations in 1Q2017, with 210 rooms, two restaurants, a bar, a swimming pool and snack bar, a Spa Cenvaree, a banquet room, business centre, fitness centre and kids’ club.
The all-villa Centara Pelican Bay Villas Krabi is also scheduled to open in 1Q2017.
Centara Hotels & Resorts currently operates two resorts in Krabi – Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi in 2006 and the Centara Anda Dhevi Resort & Spa Krabi, which opened in 2006 and 2012 respectively.
