Budget hotels working on app to boost business
PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): Budget hotels are hoping that an app will help them to counter the increasing popularity of Airbnb accommodation online travel agencies.
More choices to take a nap at klia2
Ever wish to lie down when you are tired due to an odd time flight or waiting for a transit? Container Hotel Group (CHG), the operator of CapsuleTransit in Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), is mulling new additions to the airport to satisfy different demands.
趋势：旅游年将至，但酒店业仍在苦撑
虽然2020大马旅游年即将到来，但酒店业并不预期该旅游年能为行业带来显著的激励。 大马酒店业协会（MAH）首席执行员Yap Lip Seng表示，即便距离旅游年仅剩少于6个月的时间，但目前仍未看到有任何大型的旅游促销活动。 他向Edgeprop.
Impiana Hotels sells Cherating properties
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.
Hotels facing headwinds
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.
Home-sharing operators in Penang enjoy good business over long weekend
GEORGE TOWN (Aug 12): Home-sharing operators in Penang are enjoying “booming business” during the Hari Raya Haji weekend.
ECM Libra buys three more hotels for RM62m
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.
Tourism tax unfair because short stay platforms exempted, says hoteliers
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.
Asia Pacific expecting rise in 2019 hotel transactions
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.
