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KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The customer is not always right.

PUTRAJAYA (March 24): The Federal Court ruled today that hoteliers cannot use the 10% service charge paid by customers to meet the minimum wage requirement, and instead must pay their employees the charges collected in addition to their salaries.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 2): The world's first 'space hotel' will start construction in 2025 and “could be operational as early as 2027”, the Daily Mail reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): IGB Bhd reported a net loss of RM10.

Until international borders are re-opened and interstate travel restrictions are lifted, many luxury hotels in Malaysia will continue to face a bleak future as they struggle to stay afloat.

Beyond our shores, it goes without saying the hotel industry is similarly in deep water as it is a sector that relies heavily on foreign travellers as its main income source.

Over the weeks since the second Movement Control Order (MCO) was reinstated almost nationwide on Jan 13, 2021, news of hotels doing the “impossible” have been reported by the media.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 18): The Federal Court today ruled in favour of a hotel operator who had sued the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) over the revoking of its temporary operating permit half a year before it expired back in 2016, FMT News reported today.

SINGAPORE (Feb 15): The government’s tourism voucher coupled with school holidays have boosted the demand for staycation in Singapore hotels, but challenges are still there with the absence of international travellers, according to The Straits Times report.

KEDAH (Feb 9): After operating for almost 15 years, BDB Hotels located in Bandar Darulaman, Jitra, Kedah will change its operations from a hotel to serviced apartments when its operating license ends.