HotelChatter - Kuala Lumpur

Fantasizing About Hangin' With Sharks In Kuala Lumpur

amandak — 2009-08-05T09:02:30-05:00

<![CDATA[ Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving company's dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway; at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Mandarin_Oriental_Kuala_Lumpur.jpg" class="top"> With some friends hanging out in Kuala Lumpur this week, without me, pretty much the only revenge I can get is by daydreaming of staying

Raffles Opening Not-So-Soon in Kuala Lumpur

amandak — 2009-06-02T13:29:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Kuala_Lumpur_Pavilion.jpg" class="top"> Management at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Raffles%20Hotels">Raffles Hotels</a> continue to sit in a room and throw darts at a globe in other words, they've just announced yet another new Raffles in another new corner of the world. This time the dart has landed on Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.The Raffles Kuala Lumpur won't be ready until 2011 but they're promising to bring "unparalleled service" to KL. This new hotel will include 200 rooms and suites and will be found in the main business district of the city, within the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, one of KL's enormous shopping mall complexes. Six different restaurants and bars sound like you won't need to leave the hotel for your entertainment at all and

The Club at Saujana Is a Quiet, Posh Kuala Lumpur Alternative

amandak — 2009-04-15T12:19:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/clubsaujana.jpg" class="top"> Labeling itself a "boutique resort," the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Club+At+The+Saujana/ian/273507">Club at Saujana</a> is a great compromise if you're wanting or needing to stay in hectic Kuala Lumpur but want a place to sleep that doesn't exactly feel like KL. The Saujana complex where the Club belongs is half an hour out of downtown KL and half an hour away from the airport, so if your plans can accomodate it, this is definitely the quiet way to stay in the Malaysian capital.The Club at Saujana has 105 rooms set in the middle of a tropical garden and two 18-hole golf courses. Inside, it sounds it's got one like one of those "no expense spared" kind of designs: rooms are "lavishly

Inside the Tune Hotel Kuala Lumpur

juliab — 2009-03-23T16:59:26-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=17299532001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="300" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>So <a href= http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/uniq>uniq</a> isnt a fan of the <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tune%20Hotels> Tune Hotel </a> in Kuala Lumpur. But it must be doing something right, because its about to open three more branches, and then some, across Malaysia. Heres what we thought. <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/tony%20fernandes">Tony Fernandes</a> is a clever man. Not only has he pioneered low cost flying in Asia and now cross-continent to Australia and <a href=http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/14/124455/125/travel/Inside+The+No-Frills%2C+Long-Haul+Flight+on+Air+Asia+X >the UK</a>, but hes also started the Tune hotel brand a bit like an even more budget <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/EasyHotels>easyHotel</a>. The idea is simple charge rock bottom prices for a room (current offers range from 0.05 Malaysian ringgits, or $0.01) to a

Guess the Hotel Revealed: The Tune Hotel Kuala Lumpur

juliab — 2009-03-16T09:16:22-05:00

Guess The hotel Revealed!

Last time we wrote about Kuala Lumpur’s Tune Hotel, it got a roaring thumbs up. But while its success is about to spawn three new hotels (in Penang, Kuching and KL’s low cost airport), is the original starting to let itself go a bit?

We only ask because when we first arrived, we were a bit disappointed. For a start, the room is small. We paid a little extra (�25 a night, rather than about �22) and ordered a double for ourselves because we read on TripAdvisor that the singles were really weeny – but we still got a bit of a shock.