News about hotels

PETALING JAYA (Jan 23): China has hit record sales of US$33 billion (RM146.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd has appointed InterContinental Hotels Group (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd (IHG) to manage its new Crowne Plaza Kota Kinabalu Waterfront hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 5): M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd is targeting to handover the Small-office Flexible-office (SoFo) units in M101 Dang Wangi by 2H2017, according to the company’s founder and CEO Datuk Seth Yap Ting Hau.

YTL Hospitality REIT (Dec 30, RM1.

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.