SOFITEL Centara Grand Resort & Villas Hua Hin has been presented with the Thailand Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Monitoring Award for 2008, initiated by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The award was presented by Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti, who said that it was being given in recognition of the hotel’s outstanding contribution to community service and tourist accommodation.
This is the third occasion that the Sofitel Centara Grand Resort & Villas Hua Hin has won this award.
Thirayuth Chirathivat, senior vice president for project management at Centara Hotels & Resorts said, “Tourism is one of the world’s biggest industries, and therefore carries a great deal of responsibility for protecting and conserving the environment,” he says. “We ensure that our own environmental protection and energy saving policies are carried out at every one of our properties.”
The Sofitel Centara Grand Resort & Villas Hua Hin has been presented with Green Leaf Certification, was named as Environment Friendly Hotel 2007 by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Green Leaf Foundation, and was presented with the Ministry of Labour Welfare’s Safety, Hygiene and Environment Award in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Formerly the Railway Hotel, the Sofitel Centara Grand Resort & Villas Hua Hin was constructed in 1924. Centara acquired the property in 1985, and preserved its original elegance yet extended and upgraded the hotel, which stands on 16 hectares of beachfront land.
There are 207 rooms and suites, each with its own private balcony overlooking the ocean or landscaped gardens, and 42 villas.