Michel Horn, vice president for operations at Centara Hotels & Resorts together with Ranga Dias, managing director, Sun Tan Beach Resorts (Pvt) Ltd, Alexandre Glauser, area general manager of Centara Hotels & Resorts Sri Lanka and Teddy Roland, hotel manager of Centara Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka unveil the signage of Centara Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka, which will have its soft opening on 1 April 2013.

Centara Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka is set on the beautiful Passikudah Bay, on Sri Lanka’s north-eastern coast, and offers a fine choice of facilities appealing to couples, families and those longing for active holidays. The shallow waters of the bay are ideal for windsurfing and kayaking. Resort accommodation comprises 126 spacious rooms and suites with each featuring a private balcony or terrace. There is an all-day dining restaurant, lounge bar, Spa Cenvaree, fitness centre, and the Bay Ballroom which has a maximum capacity of 150 persons.

Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading operator of hotels, with 40 deluxe and first-class properties covering all the major tourist destinations in the Kingdom. A further 18 resorts in the Maldives, Vietnam, Bali Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Mauritius Indian Ocean, brings the present total to 58 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 travellers. 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 two state-of-the-art convention centres 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 travellers 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.