Centara Sappaya Design Resort Rayong to Close on 6 May 2013

The Centara Sappaya Design Resort Rayong will close on 6 May 2013 for renovations and the construction of an eight-floor building.

The work will add 30 rooms to the resort, along with a new Spa Cenvaree, a fitness centre, another restaurant outlet, an 80sqm meeting room that will hold 30 persons in a classroom configuration, and a remodelled lobby.

The projected date for reopening is November 2014.

The resort is the smallest of the Centara Hotels & Resorts properties, having at present only 13 guestrooms.

Located on the beachfront in a quiet and rural part of Rayong, the ambience of the resort is one of a secluded residence.

“This part of Rayong, with its beautiful bay, is emerging as a high quality destination in which the natural surroundings are the main attraction, and where guests enjoy the seclusion,” said Chris Bailey, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Centara Hotels & Resorts. “We have enjoyed great success with Centara Sappaya, and feel that the property can be extended without changing the exclusive residential ambiance. When it is completed, we are confident that the resort will give us greater scope to appeal to this very discerning sector of the market, which in Thailand is growing.”

The eight-floor extension will give the resort a total of 42 rooms, of which 12 will be Superior, 26 will be Deluxe, and 4 will be Spa Deluxe. All room categories will offer the choice of a king bed or two double beds, a balcony with views across the bay, and each will feature a three-piece bathroom.

The spa will consist of two couple treatment rooms and two single treatment rooms, each with shower and toilet.

The new all-day restaurant is in addition to the existing beachside snack restaurant and bar, which will remain, and will have a total of 79 seats, divided between indoors and outdoors.