PENANG HOTELS ONLINE
If you're coming up to Penang for a holiday, you can now have direct access to the state’s hotels – on 18 September, the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Penang Chapter launched its very own website www.discoverpenang.com.my. Over 30 hotels will be listed on the website. “This website represents a big step forward,” said Chairman Marco G Battistotti. MAH acts as a voice of the industry to promote and represent the hospitality industry in Malaysia.
The website was launched at the Hydro Hotel in Batu Ferringhi by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who said that with the more savvy tourists of today, the Internet will help them better plan their holidays and compare prices. He tells us that in 2008 Penang had 6.3 million tourist arrivals (although of course there was some dispute about this but I gather it's room nights), and we are expecting an increase for 2009, and targeting 10 million by 2014. That's quite a lot of people.
Another figure bandied about is at the moment we have 9000 room nights (3, 4 & 5 star hotels); in the next few months another 5 hotels will open, and by 2014 a total of ten new ones giving us 14000 room nights. Phew. Hope we have enough good personnel to staff them, and infrastructure to support them.
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