Low Yat Group patriarch Low Yow Chuan dies
KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Low Yat Group chairman Tan Sri Low Yow Chuan (pictured) passed away today, according to a family member.
New hotels continue to open in Singapore amidst Covid-19 pandemic
Singapore (April 26): Despite the market slowdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Singapore hospitality market has remained robust with the opening of several new hotels, reported CNA.
Singapore: Jail time for man who ‘set fire to hotel towels’
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The customer is not always right.
Apex court rules hoteliers cannot use 10% service charge to meet minimum wage requirements
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.
Report: World's first 'space hotel' to be ‘operational as early as 2027’
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.
IGB slips into the red in 4Q as income from hotel and property investment divisions falls
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): IGB Bhd reported a net loss of RM10.
CBRE|WTW: Luxury hotel outlook remains bleak
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.
Overseas hotels’ survival tactics
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.
Hotels struggling to stay afloat on highly volatile domestic market
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.
Federal Court ruling: Penang Island City Council cannot arbitrarily withdraw temporary hotel permits
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.
