http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T17:16:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/30/25419/2115 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Hard_Rock_Penang_Pool.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>When we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/8/02322/06222/hotels/Hard_Rock_Hotel_Set_to_Hit_Malaysia">first heard</a> about the <b>Hard Rock Hotel Penang</b></a>--the first Hard Rock hotel to set up shop in Malaysia--we expected it'd be open by now.<p>The 2008 opening has now slipped back to a promise of a mid-2009 start. They've only just appointed a <a href="http://www.hardrockhotels.net/penang/media-room/mediareleases/2009_01.pdf">general manager</a> although he's already busy hyping up the place--with the main message being that the whole concept of the hotel will make it something unique in Malaysia.<p>What's rocking us more than the whole Hard Rock thing is simply their "free-form" pool. It's the largest pool in Penang, they say, and for a tropical resort area we figure that's actually an impressive title. Doesn't look so huge from the pictures though amandak 2009-01-30T09:20:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/