News about hotels

PETALING JAYA: Impiana Hotels Bhd is selling 146 units of serviced suites in Cherating, Kuantan to Silver Max Asia Pacific Labuan Ltd for RM146 million.

Visit Malaysia Year 2020 (VMY2020) is around the corner, but the hospitality sector does not have high hopes that it will be a key performance driver for the sector.

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 12): Home-sharing operators in Penang are enjoying “booming business” during the Hari Raya Haji weekend.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd is buying three hotels, together with the land where they are built on, from Tune Hotels Sdn Bhd for RM62.

PETALING JAYA (July 12): The tourism tax is deemed a lopsided system because it is borne only by established hotels but not short stay platforms like Airbnb, said the Malaysian Association of Hotel Owners (MAHO) president Tan Sri Teo Chiang Hong.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 13): Asia Pacific is the only region expecting growth in hotel transaction volumes in 2019 with an anticipated year-on-year growth of 15%, bringing the total transaction volume for the region to US$9.

PETALING JAYA: Ekovest Bhd’s RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Ekovest Bhd has enlisted Spain’s largest hotel chain, Meliá Hotels International, to manage its hotel suites in the EkoCheras development here.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 22): The Malaysian Association of Hotels have said that it is not a good idea to have hotel pools used for swimming lessons, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): ECM Libra has identified three guest accommodation models that will contribute to its growth, reported The Edge Malaysia recently.