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Centara score at Holidays
with K ids Awards
Centara Grand Beach Resort
Phuket and Centara Karon
Resort Phuket have come out
number 3 and 4 in the Best
Family Resorts, Thailand, as
voted by the readers of Holidays
with Kids magazine.
The two properties are no
strangers to this sought-after
award having been featured
amongst the top five in
the same category last year.
The recognition is based on
results of the Holidays with
Kids Readers’ Choice Survey
in which readers of the magazine
are asked to nominate
the best of the best based on a number of
factors including kids’ activities, facilities,
quality accommodation, standard of service
and hospitality, value for money and
overall experience.
Both awards reflect Centara’s ongoing
commitment to one of its key markets:
families.
Chris Bailey, COO at Centara:
“Once again, the group is reinforcing
their family-friendly qualities of Centara
with the introduction and development of
new programmes and services for families
such as a brand new, comprehensive activity
programme offered by Centara Hotels
& Resorts.
Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket is
the only five-star resort with direct access
to Karon Beach and features spacious
family rooms, including double-double
bedding and interconnecting rooms as
well as an extensive water park with slides,
Optimism in Langkawi
Tourism Malaysia has expressed
optimism of an increase in the
number of foreign tourists visiting
Malaysia following a drop
in the value of the ringgit against
major currencies.
Its Director-General Datuk
Mirza Mohammad Taiyab
said the result would be known
once the statistics for the inflow
of foreign tourists for the third
quarter had been compiled.
”The statistics for the first and
second quarters did not show
any rise but following the drop
in the value of the ringgit two months ago,
tourist arrivals from Singapore and Thailand
have risen sharply.
”Logically, when goods in Malaysia
become cheaper (for the foreign tourists)
with the drop in the value of the ringgit,
more people will come to shop in this
country,” he said. (Today, one USD was
equivalent to RM4.17).
Mirza said domestic tourism last year
registered an increase to 60.7 million people
who spent RM41.4 billion, up from 54.4
million who spent RM35.6 billion in 2013.
”We find that tour operators played a role
Centara is one of the most successful
chains in Thailand and the
surrounding countries. Here Johan
Fylking from Eventguiden in
Sweden get to know all about the
latest development from Oranuch
Khamsorn and Fongfa Eadiongdee,
both sales managers.
waterfalls and lazy river.The
4-star Centara Karon Resort
Phuket is conveniently located
in the heart of Karon and
offers a range of spacious,
family-oriented accommodation.
Centara offers a ‘Kids’
Club’ that has two different supervised
zones: ‘Camp Safari’ for ages 4 to 9, and the
multi-media ‘E-Zone’, designed to entertain
tech-savvy teenagers. There is a wide
range of activities that children can participate
in, such as treasure hunts, beach and
pool games, even yoga, morning gymnastics,
aqua aerobics and Zumba – adults can
join in the fun too.
Children under the age of 12 stay and
eat breakfast free at Centara properties.
Langkawi Tourism were represented
byAmada Zulkifli and Suraya Binti
with a lot of news given to Göran
Blomquist from Kungsbacka in
Sweden .
in encouraging their clients to
visit Malaysia.
Tourism Malaysia has also
started a new promotion campaign
for 2016 “Malaysia like
never before”, which is tailored
to the incentives market, highlighting
five key destinations
for corporate meetings and incentive:
Langkawi, Georgetown,
Kuala Lumpur, Kutching and Kota
Kinabalu.
Langkawi has the new theme “Sail beyond
the Horizon”.
It is possible to get a support of up to
USD 100 per pax for bringing mice to Malaysia
and specific to Langkawi.
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