4 hotels
The great hotels of Malaysia
4 luxury hotels in Malaysia are documented in this guide, ordered by international renown. The oldest, Eastern & Oriental Hotel, opened in 1885; the most recent, The Datai Langkawi, in 1993. Each page gives the history, the key figures and a direct line to the events team.
The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur
A 1932 hotel that spent years as the National Art Gallery before reopening in 2012 opposite Kuala Lumpur's old railway station.
The Datai Langkawi
Kerry Hill set the buildings into the rainforest above Datai Bay in 1993, under a canopy where dusky leaf monkeys feed.
Pangkor Laut Resort
A private island off Perak where villas stand on stilts over the Strait of Malacca and one suite carries Luciano Pavarotti's name.
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
Opened by the Sarkies brothers in 1885, two years before they founded Raffles in Singapore, and still facing the Strait of Malacca from Farquhar Street.