Centara Reveals Strong ESG Progress as it Accelerates Long-Term Sustainability Strategy and Reinforces Position as a Responsible Tourism Leader

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, announces significant progress across its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) pillars, reaffirming its commitment to driving sustainable tourism and elevating Thailand’s hospitality sector through responsible and forward-thinking business practices.Guided by its core philosophy of delivering warm Thai hospitality enriched with innovation, family values, and environmental responsibility, Centara continues to strengthen its long-term sustainability framework to ensure meaningful and measurable impacts for its guests, local communities, and the planet.

GSTC in Practice: How We Support Hotels in Presenting Cultural Heritage & Local Culture in Meaningful, Responsible, and Traceable Ways

GSTC Section C recognizes that sustainability goes beyond the environment, as it includes protecting cultural heritage, strengthening local identity, and ensuring respectful guest–community engagement. Hotels are required to show how they interact with, protect, and present local culture in meaningful, responsible, and traceable ways.

Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia Marks Ninth Edition in Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 26 November 202 5 . The Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Saudi Arabia – the Kingdom’s most influential hospitality investment conference – will return to the Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah in Riyadh from 20-22 April 2026 following the success of this year’s event, which brought together over 1,100 global hospitality investors, innovators and senior decision-makers and facilitated 11 high-profile hotel signings and strategic announcements, reinforcing Saudi Arabia’s drive to deliver over 362,000 new hotel rooms by 2030 through its USD$10 billion tourism development pipeline as part of Vision 2030.