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Tune Hotels Co-Founder Tony Fernandes Says They're Coming To America

September 22, 2009 at 8:48 AM | by JetSetCD | 3 Comments

On Sunday, we were lucky enough to get mogul Tony Fernandes on the phone to discuss a few things surrounding the arrival of his Air Asia X airline on US soil. He also happens to be the man behind the Kuala Lumpur-based chain of budget Tune Hotels.

While we were discussing the likelihood of the US seeing cheap flights to Southeast Asia on Air Asia X, we didn't forget to slip in a few questions regarding if Tune Hotels would come along for the ride.

And here's what Tony said...

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Inside the Tune Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50100
March 23, 2009 at 4:59 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

So uniq isn’t a fan of the Tune Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. But it must be doing something right, because it’s about to open three more branches, and then some, across Malaysia. Here’s what we thought.

Tony Fernandes is a clever man. Not only has he pioneered low cost flying in Asia and now cross-continent to Australia and the UK, but he’s also started the Tune hotel brand – a bit like an even more budget easyHotel.

The idea is simple – charge rock bottom prices for a room (current offers range from 0.05 Malaysian ringgits, or $0.01) to a max of about 75RM ($20). Keep said room as basic as possible. Then ratchet up the bill by charging for the extras, and top up by turning the hotel into a giant billboard with ads everywhere –from the rooms to the lift.

For instance, we just spent three nights there. Our room rate? 75RM, or $20, a night. But add in a service charge, tax, admin fee, wifi, aircon and towel rental, and we spent 382RM ($104) in all. Was it worth it?

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Guess the Hotel Revealed: The Tune Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50100
March 16, 2009 at 9:16 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

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.

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Tune Hotels Now Offering Rooms for a Penny a Night

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Malaysia
February 6, 2009 at 12:39 PM | by shiralevine | 0 Comments

We are seriously considering giving up our costly New York rent for the impossibly affordable, recently reslashed down to 1 cent a night deal that Tune Hotels is offering at their Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Sepang, Malaysia locations.

Talk about serious basement pricing! The old 85 cents a night price now seems like a massive rip off with the latest one penny a night deal at select Tune Hotels. Folks! Can it get any cheaper!?

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Seriously. Tune Hotels Now Selling Rooms for 85 Cents

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Malaysia
January 8, 2009 at 1:40 PM | by jennm | 3 Comments

Despite the worldwide economy in the toilet, one budget hotel chain sure thinks their stuff doesn't stink, so much so it's offering rooms for less than a dollar a night.

Tune Hotels CEO Mark Lankester told the Malaysian news agency Bernama that he is going forward with his plan to have 100 Tune Hotels opened or in development within the next three years, and three of those hotels are opening in the first few months of '09: Kuching, Penang and within the low-cost carrier terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The promotional pre-launch rates for those rooms start at about RM3.00, or roughly 85 cents, for stays between March and October.

That's cheaper than the £1 rooms at Umi Hotels in the UK!

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Hotel News Briefs :: Hello? Anybody Home? McFly?

July 2, 2008 at 4:30 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

While most of you are suntanning at your beach houses, lake houses and boat houses, we're still here at our desks. No, we're not bitter. Here are your news briefs. Hope your hot dog doesn't burn!

· W Bangkok Is Happening: W Hotels broke ground on their Bangkok location today. The 400-room hotel will open in 2010. [Business 24-7]

· Comedian and Designer Brave The Surf Lodge: Jerry Seinfeld and Ralph Lauren (random!) brave the Sam Talbot restaurant at the Surf Lodge which has received some poor reviews. We can imagine Jerry saying, "So what's the deal with the celebrity chef restaurant these days?" [Page Six]

· Chocoholics Head to Grand Hyatt: Travel Chocolate, a 100-gram chocolate bar made up of fair trade certified 70% dark chocolate, is now on sale at the Grand Hyatt on East 42nd Street in Manhattan. [PRweb]

· Blogger Discovers TuneHotels: TuneHotels is cheap we know but blogger Dan'Lion discovered that booking two single rooms for two people is actually cheaper than booking a double room. Nice work. [Danlion]

· Paul Pierce's Four-Hour Massage: Celtics star and MVP Paul Pierce certainly deserves a massage but a four-hour one and by the pool at the Hard Rock? Ew....[TMZ]