Central Hotels & Resorts welcomes new CEO

      The appointment was announced today, two months after President Gerd Steeb sought his retirement. Steeb took hold of the position for 8 years. 
 In a statement by Central Plaza Hotel, Thirayuth has more than 21 years of experience in hotel business management. He started working in 1990 at Hyatt Central Plaza, Bangkok, which is now Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok, as F&B Coordinator. He was subsequently promoted to F&B Promotions Manager, and then to Project Development Manager. In this latter role he was directly responsible for supervising the successful completion of two new projects, namely Central Samui Beach Resort and Central Sukhontha Hotel, Hat Yai. These two properties are now named Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui and Centara Hotel Hat Yai respectively.
 
Prior to being appointed CEO of Centara Hotels & Resorts, he was senior vice president for Project Management, directly responsible for overseeing construction and renovation projects for the entire group of hotels.

Holding a bachelor degree in political science from Chulalongkorn University and a master degree in food, hotel and tourism management from Rochester Institute of Technology, he also attended the Program of Management Development and Executive Education at Harvard Business School and has undertaken management programmes at other well-known universities and institutes.

Centara Hotels & Resorts is Thailand’s leading operator of hotels, with 37 deluxe and first-class properties covering all the major tourist destinations in the Kingdom. A further 17 resorts in the Maldives, Philippines, Vietnam, Bali Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Mauritius Indian Ocean, brings the present total to 54 properties.