Tune Hotels Expands From Shore to Ship
Where: Malaysia
If you're a cost-conscious traveler with a penchant for far-off lands, adhering to your budget is about to get much easier--in about three years, which, if you're really that frugal (or broke) is about how long it takes to afford that plane ticket to Phuket anyway.
Tune Hotels, the á la carte budget hotelier, is currently expanding its inventory from three to about 100 hotels in the coming years, with properties planned in places like Phuket, Jakarta, Bandung and Bali. The Bali property is expected to open by 2009 and will be Tune Hotels' first property outside of Malaysia, according to The Edge Daily, an online Malaysian business site that sat down with Tune Hotels CEO Mark Lankester earlier this year.
The paper also learned that the hotelier is looking to make its debut in Singapore, but interestingly, not on land:
When asked if this meant the acquisition and refurbishment of a cruiser or a partnership with cruise liners, Lankester said: 'I would not say this concept is too far off.'
We say, money savings ahoy!
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