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YTL Hotels hotels
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YTL Hotels is the hospitality arm of YTL Corporation. It started in 1985 when the Sultan of Perak entrusted the company with Pangkor Laut and the company chose one resort for the whole island. The atlas houses run from that island to the Majestic in Malacca, Gaya Island, Tanjong Jara, Cameron Highlands, a Bali spa village, and The Gainsborough in Bath.
7 YTL Hotels hotels in 3 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by YTL Corporation
- Worldwide: The company began with one island, Pangkor Laut, in 1985. The atlas files seven houses in Malaysia, Indonesia, and England. A current worldwide room count was not verified.
- On the atlas: 1 Grand Luxury, 3 Core Luxury, 3 Accessible Luxury
History
YTL Hotels is the hospitality arm of YTL Corporation. It started in 1985 when the Sultan of Perak entrusted the company with Pangkor Laut and the company chose one resort for the whole island. The atlas houses run from that island to the Majestic in Malacca, Gaya Island, Tanjong Jara, Cameron Highlands, a Bali spa village, and The Gainsborough in Bath.
Timeline
- 1985 — YTL opens Pangkor Laut Resort under a one-island, one-resort plan. The atlas dates the resort to 1985.
- 2003 — Pangkor Laut is named Best Resort in the World by Condé Nast Traveller, on the company's own account.
- 2008 — The Majestic Malacca is dated 2008 in the atlas, 54 rooms.
- 2012 — Gaya Island Resort, off Kota Kinabalu, is dated 2012 in the atlas.
- 2015 — The Gainsborough Bath Spa is dated 2015 in the atlas, 99 rooms.
The houses to know
- Pangkor Laut Resort, Lumut, Malaysia — Pangkor Laut Resort occupies a private 300-acre island off Malaysia's west coast that Colonel Freddy Spencer Chapman reached by swimming to a British submarine in 1945, after three and a half years evading Japanese forces in the Malayan jungle.
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Bath, United Kingdom — YTL's first UK hotel opened in July 2015 in Bath's former United Hospital, John Pinch's 1824 Grade II pair later used by Bath College of Art.
- Tanjong Jara Resort, Dungun, Malaysia — Tanjong Jara Resort, YTL's east-coast house at Dungun, was built when it opened in 1984 in the style of a 17th-century Malay palace, the istana, with timber that follows Terengganu palace carpentry.
- The Majestic Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia — The Majestic Malacca is a restored 1920s Straits Settlement merchant mansion on the Melaka River, opened by YTL in 2008.
- Gaya Island Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia — Gaya Island Resort is YTL's house in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park off Kota Kinabalu, villas along Malohom Bay against mangroves and rainforest, with Mount Kinabalu across the water.
- Cameron Highlands Resort, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia — Built around a 1930s Tudor-style cottage in Malaysia's tea-growing highlands, this 56-room resort traces its name to surveyor William Cameron, who mapped the area in 1885.
- Spa Village Resort Tembok Bali, Tembok, Indonesia — A YTL Hotels wellness resort in Tembok village on Bali's northeast coast, east of Tejakula, modelled on the Spa Village at Pangkor Laut.
Newest openings
- None of the open houses filed in the atlas carry a 2024 or later date.
Opening next
- No named unopened hotel was verified.
Every YTL Hotels hotel on the atlas
Malaysia
- Pangkor Laut Resort — Lumut · Grand Luxury
- Tanjong Jara Resort — Dungun · Core Luxury
- The Majestic Malacca — Melaka · Core Luxury
- Cameron Highlands Resort — Cameron Highlands · Accessible Luxury
- Gaya Island Resort — Kota Kinabalu · Accessible Luxury
Indonesia
- Spa Village Resort Tembok Bali — Tembok · Accessible Luxury
United Kingdom
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa — Bath · Core Luxury
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