According to a statement on Thursday June 3, the opening came just two weeks after Tune Hotel Danga Bay in Johor Bahru, Johor opened on May 15. Tune Hotel Kota Damansara is the 9th hotel to open since it first launched in 2007.
Occupying two floors of the Main Tower of Sunsuria Avenue in Kota Damansara, all 121 rooms at the hotel are equipped with 32” LCD television sets as well as its signature high-quality basics of 5-star beds and hot power showers. Tune Hotel Kota Damansara is jointly developed and operated by Tune Hotels.com and Easywell Sdn Bhd.
Tune Hotels.com Group CEO, Mark Lankester said: “This is our commitment to the tourism and hospitality industries. We want to be a relevant player both domestically and internationally. Affordable accommodation offered by Tune Hotels not only spurs domestic and local travel but also attracts foreign tourists who have contributed significantly to the economy.”
He said the hotel is strategically located to serve not only Kota Damansara but also the surrounding areas like Damansara Perdana, Mutiara Damansara, Damansara Utama, Bandar Utama and even up to Sungai Buloh, Kepong and Subang,
There are currently seven Tune Hotels in Malaysia and two in Bali, Indonesia, while its first hotel in London is set to open at Westminster in August 2010. Existing Tune Hotels are located in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), Kuching (Sarawak), KLIA-LCCT (Selangor), George Town (Penang), Danga Bay (Johor) and Kota Damansara (Selangor) in Malaysia; Kuta (Bali) and Double Six, Legian (Bali) in Indonesia.
Under its global expansion plan, Tune Hotels.com has forged strategic partnerships with Apodis Hospitality Group for 20 hotels in India by 2012; Bangkok-based Evolution Capital PCL for 44 hotels across Thailand, China, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Indonesia; and the UK-based Queensway Group Limited for 15 hotels in Greater London.
More recently, Tune Hotels.com formed a 50-50 joint venture with Singaporean-based Plato Capital Limited to have 10 operational assets in South East Asia, Australia and the UK by 2013. Including its homegrown development in Malaysia, Tune Hotels.com targets to have 100 operational hotels worldwide by 2012.
Tune Hotel Kota Damansara