Future of Thailand's Cape & Kantary Hotels, Exclusive Video Interview with Group Director - Travel Industry

As the Cape Panwa Hotel is the long-term title sponsor and host of the annual Phuket Raceweek sailing regatta, Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com took the opportunity to sit down with Khun Poomiphat Navanukroh (Tom), the Group Director - Travel Industry for Cape & Kantary Hotels, to ask him about the event and the company's plans for the future.

In this exclusive interview, filmed at the Cape Panwa Hotel on 21 July 2019, Khun Tom tells us about three new properties the hotel group plans to open in the next few years, how they will be branded, where they will be located, and how many rooms each will have.

He also shares the group's further expansion plans and tells us which areas of Thailand they are looking at and where the land will come from.

We also discuss loyalty programmes, OTAs, the challenge of finding and retaining quality staff, as we well as distribution, how their brands are currently positioned and what changes are expected.

Khun Tom tells us why the group is involved with Phuket Raceweek and what it means to the hotel, company and Phuket as a destination. He also hints at a new sport tourism sponsorship deal somewhere else in Thailand, that the company hopes to unveil soon. All that and much, much more in the FHD video and podcast below.

Interview with Khun Poomiphat Navanukroh (Tom), Group Director - Travel Industry, Cape & Kantary Hotels

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