Conferences, exhibitions, product launches, incentive trips, gala dinners and weddings can be organized at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group, from a board meeting to an event for 10,062 delegates. The resort lies on the coast between Pattaya and Jomtien, in Chonburi province, and groups four five-star hotels around the PEACH convention hall.
Seminars and company events
Royal Cliff runs its meetings business as a single resort. More than 13,000 square meters of meeting space are spread across the four hotels and the convention hall, so a plenary session, breakout rooms, delegate bedrooms and dinners can all stay on one site. Dedicated event managers follow each program, and the resort supplies audiovisual equipment with in-house IT support. Packages are built to order for international conferences, corporate retreats, product launches and executive meetings. The resort holds the Thailand MICE Venue Standard certificate from the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau.
Evening programs can include themed dinners, held indoors in decorated halls and ballrooms or outdoors by the pools, on a private beach or on the lawns and gardens. Recent themes include Black and Gold, Loy Krathong, Sukhothai, Thai Temple Fair and Pirate Night.
Weddings and receptions
A wedding team led by a romance director plans ceremonies across the four hotels. Couples can choose a Thai Buddhist ceremony with a water blessing led by local monks, a Christian ceremony with an ordained minister, or an Indian wedding. The team has handled Indian weddings for up to 1,000 guests, and the largest receptions move to PEACH. Smaller ceremonies take place on the beachfront. The team also arranges marriage proposals.
Rooms and capacities
PEACH, the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, opened in 1999 and was enlarged in 2007. It offers more than 13,500 square meters of usable space and takes up to 10,062 delegates. It is built for exhibitions, conventions, conferences, trade shows, banquets and gala dinners, with its own team of light and sound engineers. Ballrooms and meeting rooms in the hotels add space for breakouts and smaller sessions. Room dimensions and a space calculator are available from the meetings team.
Accommodation
Delegates stay in four hotels on the same grounds. Royal Cliff Beach Terrace, opened in 1973, is a low-rise building on the cliff with 89 suites facing the beach. Royal Cliff Beach Hotel followed in 1974. Royal Wing Suites and Spa, opened in 1986, is an all-suite hotel with butler service. Royal Cliff Grand Hotel, added in 1992, is aimed at business travelers. All guests share two private beaches, seven swimming pools, a spa, a sports club and a kids club.
Catering
Catering for meetings and events is handled by the resort's own banqueting teams, from coffee breaks and buffet lunches to gala dinners for very large groups, with props and table decoration. Several restaurants and bars in the hotels serve delegates outside the program, and a Thai cooking school can host a team activity.
History and setting
The first hotel opened in 1973, and the resort grew over two decades into a set of four hotels on a headland above the Gulf of Thailand. Royal Wing Suites and Spa was opened in 1986 by the present King of Thailand. At the 2015 Thailand Tourism Awards, Royal Cliff received the Award of Excellence for a convention hotel in the Eastern Region.
Getting there
The resort is at 353 Phra Tamnuk Road, on the hill between Pattaya and Jomtien. Bangkok is about 90 minutes away by road, and Suvarnabhumi International Airport is the usual arrival point for international groups. U-Tapao International Airport, south of Pattaya, also serves the area. A shared shuttle runs to the center of Pattaya.
