About us

Welcome to
Destination Hospitality!

Established in 1997 by CEO Gary Murray, Destination Group is a leading hospitality and F&B organization in Thailand. With a primary focus on hotel ownership and operation, as well as branded restaurant management through Destination Eats and brand hostels through Collective Hospitality, Destination Group has excelled in acquiring distressed hotel assets and transforming them into prime properties. Currently, through its subsidiary Destination Resorts, the group owns and operates 1,420 hotel rooms across Thailand, with a strong presence in key markets including Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Hua Hin, Krabi, and Samui. Additionally, the group operates eight renowned restaurants, including Hard Rock Café Phuket and Hooters. With headquarters in Bangkok and a dedicated team of over 500 professionals, Destination Group’s key divisions, such as finance, legal, marketing, and F&B, provide comprehensive support for efficient asset management.

An Expanding Portfolio of
World-class Hotels and Resorts

Our portfolio of hotels and resorts have been growing rapidly and consistently over the past several years. We maintain global standards of luxury, comfort and affordability while focusing on creating exceptional experiences for guests from across the globe.

Destination Group

DH is one subsidiary of Destination Group, which is headquartered in Bangkok. Destination Group includes Destination Eats, our F&B sector, Collective Hospitality, our portfolio of 50 hostels in Southeast Asia, LATAM, Destination Kids Foundation, our charitable foundation, and Destination Capital, our asset and growth management division. Our team is always growing and reaching new heights.

Executive Leadership

Gary Murray

CEO

Gary is the founder and CEO of Destination Group Co. LTD, with 30 years of hotel development, operations, and ownership experience.

He has managed the company’s growth into one of Asia’s largest hospitality companies. Gary has an MBA from Dalhousie University and a BA from University of Western Ontario, Canada. He has developed 4- and 5-star resorts overseas and in Thailand under the Hilton, Starwood, Swissotel and Novotel brands & owns and operates lifestyle F&B brands.

Supakit Eimsamank

Executive Vice President - Acquisition

Supakit Eimsamank, is Executive Vice President, of Business Development, he grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, and graduated in Bachelor degree from the Chiangmai University, and MBA (Banking Finance) from Birmingham University, England. He spent 2 years as Tourism News Reporter and 15 years works in Real Estate Business with many companies; Jones Lang La Salle, Central Pattana CP Land, Thompson Singapore, Erawan Group and with current company, Destination Resorts since 2006. …

Seene Doungsuwan

Executive Vice President - Construction

Stacey Walton joined Destination Group in 2022 as Director of Hotel Operations supporting the leadership and rebranding of our hotels in Phuket, Hua Hin and Pattaya.

He was recently promoted to VP – Hotels to further develop Destination Hospitality Management in becoming the region’s leader as a professional hotel management company. Originally from the UK graduating with a hotel management …

Netnapa Muankhoksoong

Senior Corporate Lawyer

From one of the best law schools in Thailand; Thammasat University, Gloy is an experienced lawyer in business and corporate law. She also has a background in litigation, criminal, labour, immigration and property law. She has held leadership roles in previous law firms, and stepped up to run her own consulting company before joining our organisation. She now oversees all legal matters for Destination Group.

Kittitouch Sirirub

License Specialist

Sirirub has 20 years of experience in real estate covering retail, express store, restaurant, hotel and hostel industries. His experience comes from the well-known property agency, developer and owner that make him to understand the best practice solutions for managing, co-ordinating, negotiating and liasing with the government sectors. He is a part of the team who bought 4 hotels to Destination Group. He has a Master’s degree…

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