Centara hits seven in Pattaya

PATTAYA Centara Hotels and Resorts opened its Centara Azure Hotel Pattaya in time for Christmas celebrations.

The hotel is the seventh Centara property in the popular coastal entertainment city.

Located just a short walk from the beachfront, Centara Azure Hotel Pattaya is a convenient base to explore the city.

Kobi Elbaz (third from right), CEO of Tulip Group was congratulated by Nadav Mennahem Zioni (centre), Group Director of Sales and Marketing of BTC Group, joined by management executives of Centara Hotels and Resorts Austin Robinson (second from left), Group Director of Operations – East Thailand and Vietnam, and Winfried Hancke (third from left), Group Director of Food and Beverage.

Centara Azure Hotel Pattaya features 96 rooms, each with 27 sqm of space and views overlooking the city or swimming pool.

The swimming pool deck features waterslides and a children’s pool.

All rooms have “Smart” functions, achieved with a “Universal” electronic control panel allowing guests to manage in-room lightings, air conditioning, media utilities and the wake-up call setting.  There is also free high-speed internet.

The hotel also provides a rooftop garden meeting area, which forms an appealing al-fresco setting for cocktail receptions and pre-function drinks.

The main meeting venue is 111 sqm and there is an 115-sqm of pre-function area for small and medium-sized groups. Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH) is just over 10 minutes away by car.

Centara Hotels and Resorts group director of operations – east Thailand and Vietnam, Austin Robinson, said: “As we expand our footprint in the city with our seventh property, we are committed to ensuring that ‘Centara hospitality’ and quality services make it easy for more travellers to accomplish their business or leisure goals.”

Nearby attractions to Centara Azure Hotel Pattaya include Avenue shopping centre, Royal Garden Plaza and Central Festival Pattaya shopping complex, as well as other shopping facilities and entertainment outlets. Phratamnak beach is 2 km away from the hotel, while the pier where boats depart to Lan island, is 10-minute drive away.

Centara Hotels and Resorts now operates seven hotels in Pattaya, all of which are under three Centara brands.

They comprise of two Centara Grand five-star properties (Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya and Centara Grand Phratamnak Pattaya), three Centara four-star properties (Centara Pattaya Hotel, Centara Nova Hotel and Spa Pattaya and Centara Azure Hotel Pattaya), plus two three-star Centra by Centara properties (Centra by Centara Maris Resort Jomtien and Centra by Centara Avenue Pattaya).