Tune Hotel at KLIA2

Tune Hotel at KLIA2

TUNE HOTEL at KLIA2

Tune Hotel at KLIA2

'Connecting 'bridge' to Terminal

Londons Canary Wharf is the next port of call in the UK for Tune Hotels

Londons Canary Wharf is the next port of call in the UK for Tune Hotels

Jan 28, 2014 (Menafn - M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --Location, Location, Location - the most important factor when opening a new hotel and the reason Tune Hotelsis heading to Canary Wharf. The group plans to open its sixth UK property there in November this year.

Aimed at budget conscious, savvy travellers, Tune Hotel has embraced its urban side by heading out east. Without compromising on standards, the hotel group offer exceptionally low prices and their latest edition to the UK market will be no different.

Perfect for style conscious travellers, the 130 bedroom Tune Hotel Canary Wharf will showcase a funky new style of interior, along with the latest technology. Coupled with a comfy seating area and coffee shop facilities for that essential caffeine fix, the property is a great place to relax at the start or end of a long day.

The property is perfectly located to explore east London and just two minutes walk from West India Quay DLR and five minutes walk to Canary Wharf tube station. The O2 Arena is just one tube stop away and the bright lights of central and east London can be reached in less than 20 minutes, making it the ideal hotel retreat for friends and couples looking for a great value night away from home.

Tune Hotel Canary Wharf will be the fifth property in London and the sixth in the UK. Tune Hotel Westminster, Kings Cross, Paddington and Liverpool Street are located in London, whilst Tune Hotel Haymarket, the first Scottish Tune property, is located in Edinburgh.

Tune Hotels is a growing chain of properties that have embraced the limited service model used by low cost airlines. All Tune Hotels feature spaceefficient, streamlined rooms focusing on highquality basics: five-star Hypnos beds and powerful hot showers.

The strategically located hotels provide housekeeping services, electronic keycard access into rooms, 24 hour reception, CCTV systems, and no access into the main lobby without a keycard past midnight.

For real-time updates and promotion alerts, guests can stay connected with Tune Hotels via Facebook at www.facebook.com/tunehotelsUKand on Twitter via www.twitter.com/tunehotelsUK.

For booking and further information, visit www.tunehotels.com .

NOTES TO EDITORS

Tune Hotels is part of the lifestyle business conglomerate Tune Group that was founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes CBE and Kamarudin Meranun. The Tune Group companies include Tune Air (a substantial shareholder of AirAsia), Tune Hotels, Tune Insurance, Tune Talk, the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme, Tune Box, Tune Studios, Caterham Group, Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) and the Epsom College in Malaysia.

 

Tune Hotels has received over five million guests since the opening of its first hotel in Downtown Kuala Lumpur in 2007. There are 40 Tune Hotels in operation globally including 11 in Malaysia, nine in the Philippines, eight in Indonesia, five in the UK, four in Thailand, and one in India, Japan and Australia. Future projects are planned in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

 

Tune Hotels five UK properties include four hotels in London, Kings Cross, Paddington, Westminster and Liverpool Street, along with Haymarket in Edinburgh.

 

Over the years the group has received a number of industry awards, most recently Tune Hotel Haymarket, Edinburgh was named New Hotel of the Year in Scotland by the Scottish Hotel Awards 2013. This was followed by Tune Hotel Ahmedabad winning the Most Innovative Product Award at the Travel & Tourism Fair in Mumbai.

 

Tune Hotels is a growing chain of properties that have embraced the limited service model used by low cost airlines. It employs a selfservice, demand-based online booking system encouraging guests to book early to enjoy exceptionally low prices. The chain has five core principals which are incorporated into every hotel; 1. 5star beds 2. Power showers 3. Central and convenient locations 4. Clean environment 5. 24 hour security Through Tune Hotels signature Less Waste, More Earth payasyouuse system of addons for WiFi, TV, laundered towels and other energyconsuming facilities and amenities, Tune Hotels aims to help guests conserve both their funds as well as the earths resources

Tune Hotels goes to Davao, Bekasi

PETALING JAYA (Dec 20, 2013): Tune Hotels has launched Tune Hotel Davao in the Philippines and Tune Hotel Bekasi in Indonesia.

The 155-room Tune Hotel Davao, located at J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City, the Philippines, welcomed its first guests on Tuesday while Tune Hotel Bekasi, with 157 rooms and located at Blu Plaza, Jln Chairil Anwar 27-36 in Bekasi Timur, Indonesia, opened for business yesterday.

Tune Hotels now has seven hotels in operation in the Philippines and six in Indonesia.

"2013 has been a great year for us. To recap, including the newly-opened Tune Hotel Davao and Tune Hotel Bekasi, we have launched three new hotels each in the Philippines and Indonesia this year alone. By early 2014, three more are coming up in Indonesia and another in the Philippines, and these underscore our plans for the two countries" Tune Hotels group CEO Mark Lankester said in a statement.

Tune Hotels has 11 hotels in operation in Malaysia, four in Thailand, five in the UK and one each in Australia, India and Japan.

Historic Castle Street building to be turned into “five-star” budget hotel

The Queen Building on Castle Street

 

A major hotel is planned for one of Liverpool’s most iconic streets.
Developers have filed papers with the council looking for permission for a 99-room hotel on Castle Street, to be operated by a major chain that runs complexes across Asia and India.

The sprawling hotel will spread across numbers 3 to 19 Castle Street, known as the Queen Building, with a new ground floor entrance opening out onto the landmark street, which is bookended by the Town Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Law Courts.

Developer Hotel Land Development, who is working on the project with the building’s owner Bruntwood, will keep the exterior of the listed building largely unchanged, but will make alterations inside to fit the boutique hotel style they want to achieve.

The scheme represents another development in the burgeoning hotel scene in the city’s business district.

Hotels have either been opened or are in the pipeline in Tithebarn Street, Dale Street and North John Street.

The firm set to run the Queen Building hotel, Tune Hotels operates in Malaysia, Thailand, India and Australia, and has other hotels in London and Edinburgh. The Liverpool development will be its first in the UK outside a capital city.

Tune Hotels describe themselves as offering a “five-star sleeping experience at a one-star price.”

Sources close to the development said the project would also give a boost to the Queen Arcade that runs underneath the building, cutting the corner of Castle Street and Dale Street.

The Arcade – which the Queen Building also has an entrance on – contains several independent shops and cafes.

The Queen Building is Grade II listed and was built between 1837 and 1839 for the Royal Bank. According to historians, it is also one of the earliest examples of a building that was also designed to include office space to let to other firms.

But a large part of the building has been empty since solicitors DWF moved out.

A spokesman for Bruntwood said: “It’s a beautiful building and Tune have really bought into preserving the heritage of it.

“We are excited about it and we’ve been looking to bring this part of this building back to life.”

A planning application is expected to go before the council in the New Year.