InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed an agreement with RB Capital to manage Kuala Lumpur’s first Holiday Inn Express, which will be built along Bukit Bintang by Amsterling Hotels Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of RB Capital.
The hotel will rise in one of KL’s busiest retail and entertainment belts. The site is across from iconic developments such as Lot 10, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and Starhill Gallery, next to where RB Capital owns 33 Jalan Sultan Ismail, a twenty-six storey tower housing HSBC’s Malaysian headquarters.
The 200-room Holiday Inn Express Bukit Bintang is slated to open in 2015. Guests will experience well-designed, fresh comfortable rooms as well as enjoy complimentary breakfast and complimentary WiFi throughout the hotel. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on January 10th, 2012
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest-growing international airlines, celebrated the New Year in a ‘big’ way by becoming the first airline to operate a scheduled Airbus A380 service to Malaysia.
The airline’s flagship, operating as EK346, piloted by Malaysian national Captain Kwong Yung Ling arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Sunday afternoon to a traditional welcome of a water canon salute.
Joining Captain Kwong on the flight deck for the first flight was First Officer Abdulaziz Alusaimi from the United Arab Emirates. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on January 8th, 2012
Malaysia Airlines is offering great deals until 12 December for travelers to book themselves for their flights to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Rome and Istanbul on “Christmas Day” with return airfares starting from as low as RM2888 on Economy Class and RM8888 for Business Class.
These offers, inclusive of taxes and surcharges, for travel on 25 December 2011 and return after 10 January 2012 can be purchased through www.malaysiaairlines.com, Malaysia Airlines Facebook, ticket offices, Call Centre at toll free number 1 300 88 3000 and appointed agents in Malaysia.
As part of the promotion of these offers, Santas and Santarinas are currently giving out candies and pamphlets at selected major shopping centres like The Curve, One Utama, Alamanda Putrajaya, Pavillion, Subang Parade, Mont Kiara in the Klang Valley.They will continue their rounds at these shopping centres until 12 December 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 8th, 2011
Loss-making Malaysia Airlines today unveiled a business plan to return the Group back to the black by 2013 with a ‘base case’ Group target of loss of RM165 million in 2012. A series of necessary actions for next year is expected to generate an improvement potential of between RM1.178 billion to 1.508 billion in the profit impact for the Group. These measures include shrinking its network, a relentless focus on costs and aggressive efforts to win back customers.
Overall, the national carrier is embarking on a two-pronged business strategy focusing on recovery of the business and sustaining its growth to ensure that Malaysia Airlines realizes its vision to become the preferred premium carrier that is well-positioned for the coming consolidation of the Asian aviation market place. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 8th, 2011
Firefly is picking up its new year’s pace from where it left last year by increasing the frequency of flights from Subang to Singapore to cater to the current high demand on that route.
The new 5th frequency flight is now open for sale and the service will commence
from 28 March 2010, Firefly said in a statement today.
To celebrate the added frequency, Firefly is offering a promotional fare from
Subang to Singapore, from as low as RM100.
The current promotion also covers flights to all destinations from as low as RM50 and RM100 for domestic and international travels respectively. The special fare offer runs from now until Jan 21 for the travel period from Jan 21 to Oct 30 2010.
Promotional seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served
basis, and made exclusively online via www.fireflyz.com.
”High loads and strong demand for this route have encouraged us to add our fifth frequency flight,” said Firefly’s head of Marketing and Communications, Angelina Fernandez.
Firefly anticipates to carry 1.3 million passengers by the year end. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on January 18th, 2010
Pullman hotels and resorts, hotels designed specifically for today’s business and leisure travellers, announced today that the Pullman Kuching will open on 17 November, 2009. Pullman Kuching will be Accor’s second Pullman in Malaysia.
Whether visiting Kuching for business or pleasure “Check-in, Chill-out” in any of the 389 spacious guest rooms at hotel, each boasting the latest technological in¬room connectivity devices and other ‘PULLMAN ROOM’ signature features such as Pullman Bed, LCD Televisions with a large selection of international channels, high speed Internet access, in room safety box and Pullman in room fitness workout equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on November 5th, 2009
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