Centara ready after Thailand opens

Moumita Paul, Director Sales, Centara Hotels – India, came from a MICE background, but after seven-year-long journey with the hotel, she thinks it has been a ‘wonderful adventure’ all the way. She talks about her future plans.

Janice Alyosius

Women have always been at the helm of Centara Hotels. The hotel’s board has women directors in majority. “When I first joined in 2014, Centara was a very unknown hotel business in India. Centara is standing strong, thanks to the wonderful support we received from the Indian market, including all wholesalers and members of the team. I feel that as a result of the support, the hotel has grown to become one of the most popular hotel chains not only in Thailand and the Maldives, but also in Dubai,” said Moumita Paul, Director of Sales for Centara Hotels in India.

“I think my adventure with Centara so far has been wonderful,” she said of her experience as a female hotelier. “When I joined Centara as a hotelier, I came from a MICE background and learned a lot throughout my time with the company. When I look back on the road, I believe that all the hard work has paid off in terms of getting the brand to where it is now. Thailand being our bread and butter, we are eagerly anticipating its launch, as there are numerous projects in the works,” she added.

Paul said, “We are preparing women-focused programmes, starting with Sri Lanka. With Thailand’s recent news that the air bubble would begin soon, we intend to host women-focused initiatives in Centara Reserve Samui. There will be a lot of women-only special departure groups, and I’m talking to a number of tour operators about it. Many things are in the works, and if everything goes well, we will begin offering special packages for women in March.”

Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading hotel group, with 46 deluxe and first-class properties across the country, as well as 24 hotels and resorts in Maldives, Vietnam, Bali, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Laos, Oman, Turkey and China. It also operates 30 branches of Spa Cenvaree, an award-winning spa brand, together with 6 branches of the value brand ‘Cense by Spa Cenvaree’.