News about hotels

SINGAPORE (Dec 8): Banyan Tree Holdings announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with hotel giant AccorHotels which is investing S$24 million in the operator of luxury resorts.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): YTL Hotels has recently acquired three properties in the UK — in Edinburgh, Berkshire and London — strengthening the company’s presence within the UK, the group announced in a press release today.

HOTELS are struggling to fill their rooms due to a high supply coupled with the economic slowdown and less government and corporate business.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 15): Sunway Pyramid Hotel West in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, will have a brand new name, Sunway Clio Hotel, effective Oct 1 this year, according to Sunway Hotels & Resorts — the hospitality division of property-construction conglomerate Sunway Group.

LANGKAWI (May 30): Opening up luxury hotels such as The St Regis Langkawi is a strategy to boost the reputation of the island resort particularly among upmarket tourists, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Berjaya Hotels & Resorts Sdn Bhd said in a statement yesterday it had appointed Hanley Chew (pictured) as its chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 1.

BANGKOK (April 8): Best Western Hotels & Resorts signed its largest ever multi-hotel agreement with real estate developer AD Houses Co Ltd, which will lead to the opening of four Best Western Plus hotels in Thailand this year.

PETALING JAYA (April 1): Sunway Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality arm of property-construction conglomerate Sunway Group, will invest RM875 million to facilitate the redevelopment and expansion of its hotels across Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam.

PETALING JAYA (March 23): Binastra Land Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Binastra Group, is in talks with AccorHotels Group to bring in a new hotel brand to its upcoming mixed development ION at Jalan Sungai Besi, said Binastra Land executive director Datuk Ong Theng Soon.

DOHA (Feb 29): Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts welcomed a new hotel in Doha, Qatar – the Shangri-La Hotel, Doha, the latest addition to its line of existing hotels – on Feb 23.