Mario TaulienCentara Hotels & Resorts announced the promotion and transfer of Mario Taulien, former Resident Manager at Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui Thailand as General Manager of Centara Ceysands Resort & Spa, Sri Lanka. Hailed from Germany, it has been over 10 years for Mr Taulien working in the hospitality business. He gained expertise in hotel management from various well known hotel operators, such as InterContinental Hotel in Hamburg, Hotel Bergstrom-Luncburg and Steigenberger Conti Hansa Kiel-Germany. He held an Executive Assistant Manager (Operations) position at Sutera Harbour Resort-Pacific Hotel, Kota Kinabalu-Malaysia before joining Centara family. Mr Taulien has been working hard and showcasing his solid managerial skills during his time at the Centara Grand in Samui, Thailand. He was one of the key persons to push forward many successful events and achievements at the resort. Some of those included international recognition, such as EarthCheck Gold Award 2016 which has been given to the resort for consecutively five years and Thailand Tattler’s Best Restaurant 2015 for Zico’s Brazilian Grill & Bar.