Centara opens India sales office

Centara Hotels & Resorts, which has an extensive growth strategy for Thailand and overseas, has opened sales representative offices in India.

The new office, which is located in Chandigarh and headed by Ms Nainee Garg, joins Centara’s four existing overseas offices in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, Japan, and Hong Kong and China.

Centara sees India as a key market in its growth plans.

“We are delighted to add India to our growing global sales support structure,” says Chris Bailey, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing. “We have seen a strong growth in the number of Indian guests staying in our hotels and resorts over the past two years, and we believe this is the right time to invest further in this market, which we are convinced has a very large potential.”

Ms Nainee Garg says that she believes Centara Hotels & Resorts has the properties and destinations that will have great appeal for Indian travellers.

“I am very excited by the prospect of becoming part of Centara’s worldwide network, and our team here is gung-ho on promoting the Centara brand throughout India.

“The initial response has been tremendous and we are confident that the market will grow very strongly indeed.”

Centara Hotels and Resorts currently operates a chain of 26 hotels and resorts throughout Thailand, with the properties being either self-owned or managed under contract, and a further 10 are at present under development. In addition 5 resorts have been added in international destinations, totalling 41 properties.

The contact details for the Indian sales representative offices are: Timber Trail Travel Today Pvt Ltd, SCO 143 144 Sector 8 C, Chandigarh 160018, India. Tel +91 1722546513-4, Fax +91 1141652563, email: naini@timbertrail.in.

New Dehli’s office contact details are: A256, Defence Colony, New Dehli. Tel: +911141651775-76, email: rsodel@chr.co.th.