A double win for Spa Cenvaree at Thailand Spa & Well-being Awards 2013

BANGKOK, Thailand – Two branches of Spa Cenvaree, the luxury spa brand of Thailand’s Centara Hotels & Resorts, have been presented in the Thailand Spa & Well-being Awards 2013.

Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld has been named as People’s Choice in the Traditional Thai Experience category, while Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya has won the award for People’s Choice Amazing Hotel Spa.

The awards were presented on September 19, 2013 at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre Muang Thong Thani, in Bangkok.

“Spa Cenvaree is rooted deep within Thailand’s cultural heritage and is based on harnessing the positive energy of nature using traditional therapies and natural products,” says Elaine Chua, Centara’s group director of spa operations. “This has enabled us to achieve a very distinct identity with local residents and also with overseas visitors.”

All spa operators registered in Thailand with the Ministry of Public Health were invited to apply for the awards, which were conducted under the auspices of the Thai Spa Association and judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Criteria for the Traditional Thai Experience Award won by Spa Cenvaree at Centara Grand at CentralWorld included the provision of customized Thai spa treatments in a traditional Thai manner, along with traditional Thai products, services and design elements in the deliverance of the experience.

The Amazing Hotel Spa Award won by Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya required participants to have at least five treatment rooms and six full-time staff, along with a spa concept clearly defined and evident from its interior design through to products and services offered.

Both categories also required documented marketing plans, operating procedures and training programs.

Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading operator of hotels, with 42 deluxe and first-class properties covering all the major tourist destinations in the Kingdom. A further 18 resorts in the Maldives, Vietnam, Shanghai, Bali Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius Indian Ocean, Ethiopia brings the present total to 60 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 27 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 three 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. The latest Centara brand is named COSI Hotels, an economy brand designed for travelers who predominantly make their bookings via the Internet and who want comfort and convenience at the most friendly prices available, which is under development with the first property due to open in 2015.

PHOTO: Pasit Poomchusri (right), Deputy Director General of the Department of Tourism, presides over the Thailand Spa & Well-Being Awards 2013 and presents a trophy to Elaine Chua (center), Corporate Director of Spa Operations of Centara Hotels & Resorts. Two branches of Spa Cenvaree, Centara’s luxury brand, won awards. Spa Cenvaree at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld won in the People’s Choice Traditional Thai Experience category, and Spa Cenvaree at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya won in the People’s Choice Amazing Hotel Spa category.

Also seen in the photo is Sinee Chutinavee (left), Spa Manager of Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld. The ceremony took place at Grand Diamond Ballroom, Impact Muang Thong Thani.