PENANG, Malaysia -- The Penang Mutiara Beach Resort here last month opened The Catch, which is billed as the island's only beachfront conference venue. The facility's three meeting rooms -- Iris ...

The collaboration will see IHG grow its Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio in Malaysia by transforming the former Penang Mutiara Beach Resort at Teluk Bahang into an IHG-branded luxury beach resort.

Mutiara Beach Resort Penang general manager Peter Gibbons said the hotel hoped to discuss the proposal with state officials, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and several tour agencies.

THE last guests checked out nine years ago and the former Penang Mutiara Beach Resort in Teluk Bahang has been vacant ever since. The destiny of the hotel which closed down in 2006 continues to be ...

In Malaysia, the Penang Mutiara Beach Resort opened a new beachfront conference center last month. Because Penang is a free-trade zone, the conference center is expected to appeal to corporate ...