Centara Hotels & Resorts, leading Thai hospitality group
signed a new hotel management agreement for its fourth beach resort
under the Centara umbrella in the Maldives - Centara Grand Muthaafushi Resort
& Spa Maldives. The signing ceremony took place between Centara Hotels
& Resorts and Muthaafushi Orient Investments Limited, and Well Land
Investment PVT LTD.
Under the agreement, Centara Hotels & Resorts will
manage and operate Centara Grand Muthaafushi Resort & Spa Maldives, a new
five-star resort in the South Western portion of Baa Atoll.
Baa Atoll, also known as Southern Maalhosmadulu Atoll, is
approximately 123 kilometres North West of Malé International Airport in the
Maldives. Consisting of 75 islands dotted around three separate natural atolls,
Baa Atoll is home to some of the richest biodiversity in the region, and as
such has held the status of UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve since June 2011. The
recognition was a significant achievement for the Maldives, placing it in the
company of world famous ecological sites.
According to Centara, the new resort will comprise 24 land
villas and 77 water villas with an array of international restaurants including
an underwater restaurant, a floating cinema, a dedicated Thai spa, a fitness
centre, and other facilities expected in a Centara Grand resort. Centara Grand Muthaafushi Resort & Spa Maldives is foreseen to have soft opening in the fourth quarter of 2018 and grand opening in
2019.
"We are delighted to
be selected by Muthaafushi Orient Investments Limited to manage and operate
their new five-star resort in the Maldives." Remarks Thirayuth Chirathivat,
Chief Executive Officer of Centara Hotels and Resorts
"We believe that Centara Grand Muthaafushi Resort & Spa Maldives will fit well into our Centara Grand resort portfolio. This expansion of the business in the Maldives is in line with Centaras growth strategy to strengthen our presence both in the South Asian region and internationally."
"It was an esteemed
pleasure for Muthaafushi Orient Investments Limited to embark on this
partnership with Centara Hotels & Resorts for the new Centara Grand Muthaafushi
Resort & Spa Maldives." Says Mohamed Hameed, Director of Muthaafushi Orient
Investments Limited
"It is a great opportunity for us to work with such an eminent
hospitality brand of the Thai origin as Centara, who brings with it long legacy
of success in operating both owned and managed properties in popular tourist
destinations worldwide."
With a collaboration from Avista Asset Management Pte Ltd,
Singapore a Real Estate Asset Management Company, Avista Asset Management has
built an investment case and identify potential joint venture partners which
lead to the teaming up of Muthaafushi Orient Investments Limited, China Orient
Asset Management (International) Holding Limited and Centara Hotels &
Resorts.
Avista Asset Management has been appointed as the development & asset manager of this project by Muthaafushi Orient Investments Limited. Avista Asset Management will continue to work closely with all the stakeholders and manage the development and asset management of Centara Grand Muthaafushi Resort & Spa, Maldives.
"We are pleased to be part of this new international
collaboration between Centara Hotels & Resorts and Muthaafushi Orient
Investments." Comments Executive Director Jin Zhai of China Orient Asset
Management (International) Holding Limited, one of the investors for
Muthaafushi Orient Investments Limited
"We are very honoured to help make it possible for the
investment of the new and exciting Centara Grand Muthaafushi Resort & Spa
Maldives."
Centara Hotels & Resorts is dedicated to providing
exceptional service in unique and sophisticated environments. As a Thai
hospitality management and holding company it places a strong emphasis on
providing Thai-influenced hospitality and its inimitably warm and gracious
service style across all of its brands, whilst embracing, and maintaining a
sense of place in the local environment of each property and resort. Centara
has a dynamic portfolio with a mix of resorts and city centre hotels.
Centara Hotels & Resorts expects to have more hotels
operating in the Maldives by early 2018 and next year will also see the opening
of its first resort in China with the 237 room Centara Resort Zhaoqing. This
will be followed in 2019 by Centara Villas Zhaoqing, a luxurious resort with 46
villas. Both Centara Resort Zhaoqing and Centara Villas Zhaoqing are located in
Guangdongs Zhaoqing City, a regional tourist hub and one of the key cities in
the Pearl River Delta region. Finally, Centara Grand Beach Resort Jin Tai
Hainan will be a new five-star family resort with 350 guest rooms and
waterpark, opening in 2019. Hainan is being promoted as "China's
Hawaii" and the entire island has been designated a Special Economic Zone.
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