Tune Group To Open 30 Hotels In Next 15 Months

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- Tune Group is looking to open 30 more new Tune Hotels in the next 15 months, says Tune Hotels' Group Chief Executive Officer, Mark Lankester. He said the hotel in northern city of Ipoh, is slated to be fully operational by March next year. With the Ipoh hotel, Tune Group would have opened eight new hotels from December this year and up to the first quarter of 2012. "These include three hotels in the Philippines, two hotels in Thailand, and one each in London and Jakarta during the period," Lankester said in a statement, on Friday. The budget hotel operator currently runs 10 hotels in Malaysia, two in Bali, Indonesia and one in London, England. Tune Hotel Ipoh will be the chain's 11th hotel in Malaysia with the others being Kuala Lumpur, Penang, KLIA-LCCT Airport, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Johor Bahru, Kota Damansara, Bintulu, Kota Bharu and Kulim. "I would like to encourage guests to stay connected with Tune Hotels via our Facebook page to keep tabs on the latest openings and promotions," Lankester said. -- BERNAMA Malaysia