Royal Cliff Beach Resort
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The luxury five star Royal Cliff Hotels Group consists of 4 hotels and a multipurpose convention centre situated between Jomtien
and South Pattaya
, Thailand
. Occupying 64 acres (25.9 ha) of parkland overlooking the East Coast of the Gulf of Thailand
. The hotel group has won multiple prestigious awards, and is the only property in Asia to be elevated to the TTG
Travel Hall of fame.
's premier accommodation. In 1986 the Royal Wing Suites & Spa was opened by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, becoming the resort’s premium product. Then in 1992 the resort completed its final hotel to date, The Royal Cliff Grand Hotel. TripAdvisor
once ranked both the Royal Wing Suites & Spa and Royal Cliff Grand Hotel as the number one place to stay in Pattaya
.
Late in 1999, a major addition was made to the resort’s meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition facilities. This was the multipurpose stand–alone meeting venue, Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, with the capacity of catering for up to 8,000 delegates.
The Royal Cliff Hotels Group has been the setting for some of the most important meetings in the region, while ASEAN conferences have been held over the years. In 1991, the resort played host to the Cambodia
n Peace talks; in 1997, the hotel was the venue for the drafting of the new Thai constitution; and in 2003, it hosted the APEC Tourism Working Group, attended by senior tourism officials from 21 member countries.
In April 2009, an ASEAN conference had to be canceled unexpectedly and immediately, and Asian leaders evacuated, some by helicopter, after hundreds of protesters stormed and entered the facility. The protest occurred on the last day of the ASEAN+3 meeting, hosted by Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing it to an abrupt end, but not before delegates had successfully concluded several important meetings during the first two days of the gathering. Delegation leaders were escorted off the property and the protesters dispersed. No delegates, hotel guests, tourists or staff were injured during the protest.
of Sweden
to former U.S. President
Jimmy Carter
and actors Roger Moore
, William Hurt
and Britt Ekland
, numerous VIP’s, entertainers and heads of state have visited the Royal Cliff Beach Resort over the last 30 years. Many tennis stars including Nikolay Davydenko
, Mikhail Youzhny
, Nicolas Kiefer
and Paradorn Srichaphan
have regular stayed at the Royal Cliff and practiced on the resort's tennis courts.
Other notable royals and heads of state who have stayed at the resort: HRH King Albert II of Belgium, HM The Sultan of Brunei Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim
, HM the King
of Swaziland
, HM King
Norodom Sihanouk
& Queen
Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
of Cambodia
, HRH Prince
& Princess Akishino
of Japan
, The Prime Minister of Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
and Lee Hsien Loong
, President of the Philippines
Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of South Korea
Lee Myung-bak
, Prime Minister of Cambodia
Hun Sen
and Prime Minister of Thailand
Abhisit Vejjajiva
.
Jomtien
Jomtien Beach is a section of Pattaya, a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand about 165 km southeast of Bangkok in the province of Chonburi...
and South Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. Occupying 64 acres (25.9 ha) of parkland overlooking the East Coast of the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...
. The hotel group has won multiple prestigious awards, and is the only property in Asia to be elevated to the TTG
TTG
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Travel Hall of fame.
History
In 1973, Royal Cliff Beach Terrace opened with 106 rooms and a year later the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel came into existence. Over the next twelve years, the 2 hotels were firmly established as PattayaPattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
's premier accommodation. In 1986 the Royal Wing Suites & Spa was opened by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, becoming the resort’s premium product. Then in 1992 the resort completed its final hotel to date, The Royal Cliff Grand Hotel. TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor
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once ranked both the Royal Wing Suites & Spa and Royal Cliff Grand Hotel as the number one place to stay in Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
.
Late in 1999, a major addition was made to the resort’s meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition facilities. This was the multipurpose stand–alone meeting venue, Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, with the capacity of catering for up to 8,000 delegates.
The Royal Cliff Hotels Group has been the setting for some of the most important meetings in the region, while ASEAN conferences have been held over the years. In 1991, the resort played host to the Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
n Peace talks; in 1997, the hotel was the venue for the drafting of the new Thai constitution; and in 2003, it hosted the APEC Tourism Working Group, attended by senior tourism officials from 21 member countries.
In April 2009, an ASEAN conference had to be canceled unexpectedly and immediately, and Asian leaders evacuated, some by helicopter, after hundreds of protesters stormed and entered the facility. The protest occurred on the last day of the ASEAN+3 meeting, hosted by Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing it to an abrupt end, but not before delegates had successfully concluded several important meetings during the first two days of the gathering. Delegation leaders were escorted off the property and the protesters dispersed. No delegates, hotel guests, tourists or staff were injured during the protest.
Facilities & Services
Altogether the Royal Cliff Hotels Group consists of four 5-star hotels linked by walkways, offering a total of 1,090 rooms and suites, 11 restaurants and bars, 6 swimming pools, 2 health spas, Thai culinary arts school, state-of-the art fitness complex, 7 floodlit tennis courts, 2 squash courts, 4-hole putting green, 2 private beaches, a world-class convention and exhibition centre, 3 ballrooms, 53 meeting rooms and a private catamaran for charter . The Managing Director of the hotel, Panga Vathanakul, is the Honorary Consul of Russia, and the consulate is located within the hotel premises.Notable hotel guests
From H.M the KingKing
- Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:...
of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
to former U.S. President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
and actors Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
, William Hurt
William Hurt
William McGill Hurt is an American stage and film actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School, and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States , for which he received a Golden Globe nomination...
and Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland
Britt-Marie Ekland is a Swedish actress and singer, and a long time resident of the United Kingdom. She is best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as her marriage to actor Peter Sellers, and her...
, numerous VIP’s, entertainers and heads of state have visited the Royal Cliff Beach Resort over the last 30 years. Many tennis stars including Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
, Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
, Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
and Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan is a retired professional tennis player from Thailand. He is the highest ranked men's singles player from Thailand and Asia in history, reaching a career high World No. 9. His nickname is "Ball".-Career:...
have regular stayed at the Royal Cliff and practiced on the resort's tennis courts.
Other notable royals and heads of state who have stayed at the resort: HRH King Albert II of Belgium, HM The Sultan of Brunei Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim
Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim
Azrinaz Mazhar binti Hakim Mazhar formerly HRH Pengiran Isteri Azrinaz Mazhar is the Malaysian-born and previously the third wife of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei...
, HM the King
King
- Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:...
of Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
, HM King
King
- Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:...
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk regular script was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni...
& Queen
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
Queen Mother Norodom Monineath was born on June 18, 1936, in Saigon, Vietnam. She is the wife of HM King Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia whom she married in April 1952...
of Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, HRH Prince
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
& Princess Akishino
Princess Akishino
, formerly is the wife of Prince Akishino, the second son of the Emperor Akihito and the Empress Michiko of Japan. The daughter of a university professor, she became the second commoner to marry into the imperial family; her mother-in-law, the Empress, was the first in 1959...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, The Prime Minister of Singapore
Prime Minister of Singapore
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore is the head of the government of the Republic of Singapore. The President of Singapore appoints as Prime Minister a Member of Parliament who, in his opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of a majority of MPs.The office of Prime Minister...
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH is a Singaporean statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades...
and Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong is the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore. He is married to Ho Ching, who is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings. He is the eldest son of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew....
, President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of South Korea
President of South Korea
The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of the Republic of Korea...
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak is the President of South Korea. Prior to his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction and the mayor of Seoul. He is married to Kim Yoon-ok and has three daughters and one son. His older brother is Lee Sang-deuk, a South Korean politician. He attends the...
, Prime Minister of Cambodia
Prime Minister of Cambodia
The Prime Minister of Cambodia , is the head of government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Prime Minister is appointed by the King under Article 119 of the Constitution and is responsible for leading the government of the Kingdom.-Constitutional powers:The powers of the Prime Minister are established...
Hun Sen
Hun Sen
Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...
and Prime Minister of Thailand
Prime Minister of Thailand
The Prime Minister of Thailand is the head of government of Thailand. The Prime Minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed since the Revolution of 1932, when the country became a constitutional monarchy....
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva , , ; born Mark Abhisit Vejjajiva; 3 August 1964 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a Thai politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and is the current leader of the Democrat Party...
.