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Centara Hotels and Resorts adds three properties

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November 19, 2009

Group executives will today give details on the Bhundhari Spa and Villa Resort Samui, Centara Pariya Resort Koh Pha-Ngan and Centara Udon Thani Hotel as well as other developments.

The openings are expected to help the group to revitalise revenue after swallowing a bigger net loss of Bt166.2 million in the third quarter, compared to the loss of Bt118.5 million in the same period last year, due to the booking of an extraordinary expense item.

Centara Hotels and Resorts is adding three properties in Thailand

The closing of its Pizza Hut operations in the first quarter as well as another brand in the second quarter also chopped 6.8 per cent from food business revenues.

via Centara adding 3 projects – Nationmultimedia.com.

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