TO DISCUSS YOUR PROJECT OR LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SERVICES:

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Graceland Expand Patong Hotel And Develop Khao Lak Resort

Category: Hotels, Posted:18 Jul 2011 | 06:00 am

Patong's 460 room Graceland Hotel is undergoing a 150 room expansion which is scheduled to complete in February 2012.
The owner of the property is also in the midst of developing a new 350 key resort in Khao Lak which will open by the end of next year.
A deal has been struck with a Thomas Cook subsidiary for branding under the name Sentido Graceland Khaolak Resort and Spa.
Sentido Hotels and Resorts has 33 hotels & resorts with locations including Egypt, Tunisia, Kenya, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.
Clearly the move is meant to utilize Thomas Cook Plc with their considerable presence as Europe and the UK's second largest travel company after TUI, to tap the booming charter flight pipeline.
In many ways Greater Phuket is seeing a retro movement back a few decades when group tourism was the dynamic driver of volume based business.
Moves like the Graceland affiliation and a growing number of hotels seeing links to Pegas Touristik look to strongly leverage hotels into vertically integrated travel companies.
Welcome to the world of cycles or shall we say recycle.
One potential downside though is a potential over reliance on mono markets and the lack of risk mitigating segmentation which create volatility when key markets slip.
The second danger is that charter flights remain highly seasonal and create a feast or famine business model, that ultimately focus on lower yielding group business.

Other News

Read more

C9 Hotelworks Releases Mid-Year Phuket Hotel Market 2023

Category: Hotels|Tourism, Posted:10 Sep 2023 | 15:42 pm In the first half of 2023, Phuket experienced a resurgence, signaling a promising path toward recovery. International and domestic flights both saw significant increases, accounting for 75% of the total flights in 2022. Airlines and travelers alike are eager to reengage with Phuket’s offerings. In terms of passenger arrivals, the first half of 2023 displayed […]
Read more

The Green Minute – PHIST 2023

Category: Hotels, Posted:10 Sep 2023 | 14:11 pm For those of you who missed PHIST 2023 and those of you who did attend, please find a selection of video short Green Minutes from the event. Sustainability has to be a priority for the hotel and travel sectors and hopefully the ideas and messages here, give you your own inspiration to go green. PHIST […]
Read more

TG’s Big Birds Set To Fly Phuket Bangkok Route Again

Category: Tourism, Posted:08 Sep 2023 | 16:14 pm One good indication of Phuket’s return to tourism recovery is airlift growth. Making news this week is Thai Airways International’s reported resumption of service on the high-traffic Phuket Bangkok route. The airline will start a once-daily right on 1st October 2023. Thai Smile (WE) will still operate other flights til the end of November when […]
SiaJai logo

Thailand's Leading Homecare Marketplace