Continuing to enrich Hua Hin as a well-established vacation destination, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin prepares to reopen its door again this July. Promising even greater Centara hospitality and care, the timeless hotel collaborates with Tourism Authority of Thailand to double consumer confidence and regaining the trust of travellers for its reopening.
One of the city’s most iconic venues, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin is pleased to welcome travellers again on July 1st, 2020 with even greater Centara hospitality and care you trust. Aiming at becoming Hua Hin’s best beach resort, the hotel takes your confidence to another level with the latest certification, SHA or Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration, on top of a recent implement of the brand’s Centara Complete Care.
Developed under a collaboration between Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the public and private sector partners, the “Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration: SHA” certification is aimed at elevating the country’s tourism industry standards and developing confidence among international and domestic tourists. The project’s aspiration also reflects Centara Hotels & Resorts’s commitment to elevate safety protocol to support new travel norms and provide complete reassurance and confidence to guests.
Being awarded with the Amazing Thailand SHA certificate means that Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin has undergone a strict inspection and has been assigned the SHA logo as a mark of quality certification of its service standards. The SHA logo has a validity period of two years.
In addition, travellers can look forward to travel with total peace of mind and enjoy a first-class holiday experience at Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin under a certified comprehensive health and hygiene guideline, Centara Complete Care, developed in close collaboration with Ecolab, a global leader in water and hygiene technologies, and Swiss firm SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
This iconic beach resort will operate in accordance with an enhanced 12-point action plan covering Social Distancing, Health, Hygiene, and Enhanced Sanitisation across the entire guest journey, as well as extensive Training and Accreditation & Monitoring. Among the rigorous changes is the elimination of self-service buffets at its restaurants, with live stations screened off from guest touch access, social distancing of 1.5 metres between tables, chairs, fitness equipment, function space and sun loungers, which are sanitised in-between guest usage, and increased frequency in sanitisation of all public areas such as lifts and kids’ clubs. There will be no in-room delivery of luggage or meals with all items instead left at the guest room door.
Spa and wellness facilities will allow single treatments only with no use of steam, saunas or Hammams for the time being. All treatment rooms will be sanitised in between guest usage. Sanitising gel and disposable face masks are to be placed in guest rooms Other key changes include free health check-ups from on-site medical staff, a dedicated system of contactless measures for check in and payment, as well as upgrading of teleconferencing capabilities for the meeting sector as businesses get back to work. Staff, who have undergone special training, will wear accredited face masks at all times, temperature readings and hand sanitisation will be mandatory for all guests and employees.
Centara Complete Care was designed to follow the stringent guidelines set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and local health authorities. If you would like to learn more about our programme, a more comprehensive outline can be found on our website.
First opened its doors to welcome guests in the early 1920s, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin is regarded as one of the grand hotels of the East, with a wide expanse of gardens perfect for strolling and enjoying the sea breezes. With its perfect location in the town centre ideal for exploring and shopping, the hotel is a prime destination for couples and families.
Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin is pleased to welcome travellers again on July 1st, 2020 with the same Centara hospitality and care you know and trust, supported with the highest standards of health and wellbeing.
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1. Chompoo Marrussot Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand (Phetchaburi Office)
2. Rujiras Chatchalermkit Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand
3. Thapanee Kiatpaiboon Executive Director of Product Promotion Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand
4. David Martens General Manager & Corporate Director of Operations Hua Hin, Krabi, Samui and Vietnam
5. Soraya Homchuen Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand (Prachuap Khirikhan Office)
