THE Royale Bintang Hotels & Resorts Group is readying the launch of two properties, one each in Penang and Cherating.
The 180-key, five-storey Royale Bintang Penang will open in Weld Quay in July 2013, while the 101-key Royale Bintang Villa Cherating is scheduled to debut in mid-2015.
“Targeted at business travellers, (The Royale Bintang Penang) will have a ballroom with a seating capacity of 400 pax in banquet style, four meeting rooms and complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the hotel,” said Mokhtar Khir, director of operations of Boustead Hotels & Resorts, which manages The Royale Bintang Hotels & Resorts Group.
“(The Royale Bintang Villa Cherating) will be located on a hill, with great views of the Cherating sea and its own private beach. We are targeting the leisure market, especially Europeans and Singaporeans for this property,” he added.
Meanwhile, The Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur, the group’s five-star flagship property, “is doing well,” said Mokhtar, adding that the average occupancy of this hotel is approximately 65 per cent this year.
While there are no plans to expand overseas, the group is looking at venturing into the three-star hotel segment to cater to the domestic market and aims to have a three-star property in every state in Malaysia within the next five years, Mokhtar revealed.
