News about Malaysian Association of Hotels

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Times are bleak for the hotel industry and it predicts that things will not improve for the time being.

PETALING JAYA (May 24): Malaysia hotel industry has suffered losses of over RM6.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Local hoteliers say the RM15 billion Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia (Permai) assistance package, which was just announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, falls short of expectation as the tourism industry continues to grapple with struggling businesses amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic and recently imposed Movement Control Order (MCO 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15):  Local hotels are experiencing booking cancellations in light of the new conditional movement control order (CMCO) imposed in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, said the Malaysian Association of Hotels.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) today launched the first ever industry-wide hygiene and safety label in the country amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

PETALING JAYA (June 22): Hotel operators are seeing a slight recovery in the industry following the reopening of domestic tourism and after drastic cost-cutting measures by hotel operators, said Malaysian Association of Hotels CEO Yap Lip Seng.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has denied a report on Astro Awani of a surge in hotel room bookings within an hour of the announcement of the recovery movement control order (RMCO) yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): The recovery movement control order (RMCO) phase from June 10 to Aug 31, which will relax interstate travel, meetings and workshops, augurs well for the tourism industry and marks the beginning of the recovery of domestic tourism.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): While the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has lauded the government’s three-month extension of the Wage Subsidy Programme (WSP), the association said it is not enough and called for a specific stimulus plan for tourism.

PETALING JAYA (April 30): Hotels that have been set up to open this year have all been postponed in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) CEO Yap Lip Seng.