LONDON—InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a management agreement with Yuk Tung Properties Sdn. Bhd. to develop a 338-room Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Scheduled to open by 2021, the new Crowne Plaza Kuala Lumpur City Centre will be located along Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, a street lined with embassies, restaurants and bars. It is also accessible to the Petronas Twin Towers, which forms part of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). Amenities will include business center and seven meeting spaces, as well a wide range of F&B options. There will be an on-site swimming pool and fitness center.
IHG currently has five hotels across three brands in Malaysia—InterContinental, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express, which debuted in the country with Holiday Inn Express Kuala Lumpur City Centre last year. Eight hotels will open in the country over the next three to five years.