Percy Muncherji and Ron Cusiter Join Thailand’s Centara Hotels and Resorts

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(19/06/24)
 Centara, one of Thailand’s leading hotel
operators, has appointed Ron Cusiter as Executive Vice President –
Commercial and Percy P. Muncherji as Vice President – Design &
Technical Services.

Ron Cusiter

Ron joins Centara following his most recent role
as Vice President of Global Sales & The Americas with Kempinski
Hotels. He has also held senior roles with COMO, Hyatt and
Rosewood hotel groups over the course of his career.

“I am delighted to join Centara at this exciting
time,” Ron said. “As travel and tourism soars, the need for an
innovative and effective commercial strategy to underpin brand
growth objectives is more critical than ever. I look forward to
enabling the world’s travellers to discover Centara’s timeless
style of family-centric Thai hospitality, while maximising the
benefits to the business and driving the company’s success.”

Percy, a qualified architect, has over 30 years of
top-level experience leading many key projects across hotels,
luxury condominiums, serviced apartments and more, including as
Vice President – Technical Services for Oakwood Asia Pacific.

At Centara he will spearhead the innovation and
implementation of Centara’s hotel and brand concepts

“High quality architecture and design are at the
heart of good hospitality, so I am thrilled to be able to work
closely with the entire team at Centara to create new ways to
deliver the group’s Thai-inspired guest experiences across every
sector of the market,” said Percy. “I look forward to
driving the evolution of Centara’s popular brand concepts and the
creation of new designs that will position the company at the
cutting-edge of the hospitality industry.”

Centara currently operates 95 properties under six
brands – Centara Reserve, Centara Boutique Collection, Centara
Grand, Centara, Centara Life and COSI Hotels – in China, Japan,
Laos, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and
Vietnam.

The company also operates convention centres and
has its own spa brand, Cenvaree.

“We are delighted to welcome Ron and Percy to
Centara, as we continue to attract the industry’s most exciting
talent and raise the bar for professional expertise,” said Khun
Thirayuth Chirathivat, Chief Executive Officer of Centara Hotels &
Resorts. “As we embark on an era-defining phase of expansion that
will introduce our unique style of family-centric hospitality to
multiple new markets around the world, I have the utmost
confidence that the appointment of these industry experts, who
bring with them a wealth of knowledge, will contribute
significantly to our success as we strengthen our position in the
global hotel industry.”

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Khun Pasin Nopsuwan,
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