Fairmont Kuala Lumpur will be FRHI Hotels and Resorts first Fairmont property in Malaysia when it opens in 2017. 750 rooms along with an executive lounge and Fairmont Gold, the luxury brand’s hotel within a hotel offering will be housed in a 62-storey building. There will be six dining outlets, as well as 2,787 square meters (30,000 square feet) of meeting and banquet space and recreational facilities including a swimming pool, health club and spa.
Fairmont Kuala Lumpur will be located in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) development, which is home to the iconic PETRONAS Twin Tower. The project will include the hotel and one high-rise office tower, which will be connected via a six-story retail podium. This development is a joint venture between the Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-0wned company of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). Pelli Clarke Architects will design the project and have been involved in other projects including the PETRONAS Twin Towers and the International Financial Centre in Hong Kong.
The addition of the new Kuala Lumpur property is part of the hotel brand’s expansion plans which includes other properties opening including Chengdu residences this year and hotel next year. The Fairmont Jakarta will open in 2016 while properties in Taiyuan and Changsha are set to open in 2016. Fairmont Hangzhou joins Kuala Lumpur in 2017.
