Royal Cliff Hotels Group is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Mr. Prem Calais as the new General Manager of the Group. Mr. Calais will take the head position of this legendary property comprising of 1,020 rooms and suites with immediate effect. He brings with him an extensive experience in the hospitality industry coupled with being a winner of multiple management awards.
A graduate in Hotel Management from the Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Center, he is a seasoned international hotelier and fluent in English, Malay and with intermediate skills in Mandarin. His passion for the industry has resulted in an impressive career spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia, where he held senior management positions at Shangri-la Hotels, Meydan Hotels & Hospitality, Anantara and ParkRoyal Hotels.
His specialty is in the Food and Beverage arena where he has won numerous Best Restaurants & Bar awards in the Middle East and Africa including “F & B Director of the Year” in 2011 in Abu Dhabi and has had the privilege to open a restaurant with a 3 – star Michelin Chef in the Middle East.
Of his appointment, Mr. Calais said: “I am tremendously proud and delighted to be appointed General Manager of The Royal Cliff Hotels Group, Pattaya; this is one of the most iconic properties in Thailand and Asia. I am excited to be taking the helm, especially at such an exciting time in the hotel’s legacy following the recent upgrades and multiple challenging projects in the pipeline. I look forward to strengthening the Royal Cliff legacy even further as we move forward together. My ultimate goal is to develop a system with my operations team to deliver outstanding services and to resolve problems that arise immediately. As the board of the group always states, we are in the business of making our guests happy and that is my constant aim every day at the resort.”
