Hotel management group Golden Tulip has secured deals to operate two hotels in Thailand's resort destination of Pattaya.

The two properties, The Erawan Hotel Pattaya and Royal Orchid Pattaya, will be rebranded as Golden Tulip Erawan Hotel and Golden Tulip Resort Pattaya respectively.

The hotels are currently undergoing redevelopment work prior to a joint reopening in March.

Mark van Ogtrop, Golden Tulip's managing director for South East Asia, said the openings were part of a larger expansion scheme.

<{> "Thailand, with its robust travel industry is a key target for us, he said. "But we are also looking at properties in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia and are already talking to a number of property owners and developers."