First Holiday Inn Express for Kuala Lumpur

An agreement inked between InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and RB Capital Group will give Kuala Lumpur its first Holiday Inn Express hotel by 2015.

The 200-room Holiday Inn Express Bukit Bintang, to be built by Amsterling Hotels, a subsidiary of RB Capital Group, will be located in one of the Malaysian capital city’s busiest retail and entertainment belts, and within close proximity to key business areas. Complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi connection will be offered along with access to hotel facilities such as a business centre, gym and the Holiday Inn Express’ signature Great Room, a social space that combines a lounge and bar.

Kishin R K, CEO and founder of RB Capital Group, which is also building Holiday Inn Express Clarke Quay in Singapore, due early 2013, said: “The Holiday Inn Express brand resonates well with the rising number of mid-tier business and leisure travellers visiting this part of the world. We see Kuala Lumpur as a particularly strong market, especially now that Malaysia has placed tourism high up on its policy agenda.”

Jan Smits, chief executive for Asia, Middle East and Africa at IHG, noted that the Holiday Inn Express brand has a development pipeline of over 50 hotels and more than 11,000 rooms in Asia-Pacific alone. These will join the brand’s current 31 hotels in the region.
-TTG Asia.