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- ONYX TO LAUNCH FIRST AMARI <b>HOTEL IN MALAYSIA</b>
- Families Await News of <b>Malaysia</b> Airlines Flight in Beijing - NBC News
- <b>Malaysia</b> Airlines flight missing: search underway - China.org.cn Live
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| ONYX TO LAUNCH FIRST AMARI <b>HOTEL IN MALAYSIA</b> Posted: 03 Oct 2013 02:29 AM PDT Introducing Amari Johor Baru
Amari Johor Bahru is owned by Exquisite Mode Sdn Bhd (a subsidiary of United Malayan Land Bhd) and will be managed by ONYX under their upscale Amari brand. The property will offer a selection of Amari's signature features including an Asian Food Gallery, Breeze Spa and Idea (meeting) Rooms. The property is scheduled to open in 2015 and is part of the Suasana Iskandar Malaysia development, which also offers serviced apartments for sale and a retail podium. The development is within a 5-minute walk of the upcoming JB Sentral Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT) which will link Johor Bahru and Singapore. Located in southern Malaysia, Johor Bahru is becoming a popular weekend escape for families and leisure travellers. Singapore is currently Johor's top source of international arrivals, followed by Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines and India. Johor's Department of Tourism is aiming for 24.2 million arrivals in 2013, having recorded 12.6 million as of July. The state of Johor offers a number of popular attractions, including Johor Premium Outlets, Legoland Malaysia, Danga World theme park and the Angry Birds Activity Park.
"We are very excited to be in a position to announce our second hotel development in Malaysia, so soon after the first. As a Thai company, having a presence in one of our closest neighbouring countries has always been a priority for us. We are excited to be joining forces with Exquisite Mode Sdn Bhd. and bringing the first Amari to Malaysia with Amari Johor Bahru. Amari has become a household name in Thailand and we look forward to building that level of brand recognition in Malaysia." UMLand GCEO, Mr. Charlie Chia Lui Meng said: "We are honoured to have ONYX Hospitality Group on board to manage and operate Amari Johor Bahru. With its solid reputation and global marketing network, we strongly believe that the collaboration with ONYX will be a win-win for all parties. The development's prime location in the heart of the city, combined with the retail component, is hoped to rejuvenate and revitalise Johor Bahru, preparing the city for economic growth, whilst also offering an attractive and conducive living environment for locals and expatriates." ONYX announced their first property in Malaysia earlier this year for select service brand OZO. OZO Penang is scheduled to welcome its first guests in 2016. There are currently six OZO properties under development in Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. ### About ONYX For more information about this release or to request high-resolution photography, please contact:  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Families Await News of <b>Malaysia</b> Airlines Flight in Beijing - NBC News Posted: 07 Mar 2014 10:25 PM PST Distraught relatives of passengers who were aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines jet wailed behind closed doors at a Beijing hotel on Friday. The friends and family were shuttled to the hotel and sequestered after hours of frustration and desperation at Beijing' airport, where they had expected the flight to land. "I got here at seven (a.m.). At first I thought the plane was just delayed as normal, so I came a bit later, I've just been waiting and waiting," Chang Ken Fei, a Malaysian, told Reuters at the airport. "I asked them what was going on but they just tell us 'we don't know.'" The airline said 239 people aboard – 227 passengers and 12 crew – were aboard the Boeing 777-200. A majority of the passengers were Chinese. Their loved ones complained about the lack of information in the hours after the plane vanished off radar after its departure from Kuala Lumpur. Chuang Ken Fei told China's official Xinhua news agency that he waited for two friends in the Terminal 3 for over 3 hours. "Staff at the airport told me the flight did not take off, but I can see from my mobile application that the aircraft was in the air," Chuang said. Later, authorities in Beijing directed relatives to the hotel about nine miles away to await official announcements about the fate of the flight. One woman wept on the shuttle bus while talking on her cellphone. "They want us to go to the hotel. It cannot be good!" she told the person on the other end of the line, according to The Associated Press. Meanwhile, passengers were seen taking pictures of the airport's arrivals board which listed the missing flight in red with the update: "Delayed." CNBC's Eunice Yoon contributed to this report.  KIM KYUNG-HOON / Reuters A man takes pictures of a flight information board displaying the Scheduled Time of Arrival (STA) of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 (top, in red) at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, March 8, 2014. First published March 7 2014, 7:09 PM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <b>Malaysia</b> Airlines flight missing: search underway - China.org.cn Live Posted: 08 Mar 2014 07:53 PM PST March 9, 2014 , , A Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew lost all contact with air traffic control shortly after leaving Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur at 00:42 a.m. on March 8, and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m.that same day. Searchers from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have still found no evidence of any plane wreckage. Please stay tuned for our live updates.——————————————————- No need to reload page,content updates automatically every two minutes. All time is Beijing Time (GMT+0800).——————————————————- [14:24] In an interview with China.org.cn reporter Zhang Lulu, Commercial Director Hugh Dunleavy from Malaysia Airlines denied that the incident is related to the financial difficulty of the company (which lost 400 million dollars last year according to some reports).Dunleavy said, "We have really very impressive and very supportive contacts with the Chinese government, to work with them to make sure they facilitate everything we need to do, including bringing my entire team into China. We're very pleased to have the support from Beijing and the Chinese government." He said the easiest time for the family members to leave China for Malaysia will be tomorrow. "Before they depart, we need to make sure they have passports and visas. The vast majority of the family members do not have passports." [14:05] Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation has clarified that only two passengers with allegedly false passports were on board MAS flight MH370 according to the closed-circuit television (CCTV) records and not four as previously reported. [13:52] CCTV reports Chinese maritime police vessel "Haijing 3411″ has reached the sea area where the missing jet is suspected to have fallen into. [13:43] Beijing TV has reported that a relative of one of the passengers managed to get through to a family member's cell phone, but couldn't hear anything and the call hung up. Attempts are being made to locate the phone. The relative managed to get through twice, live on the TV program. [13:39] The National Tourist Group Services Management System has confirmed that 535 Chinese visitors from 26 tourist groups were in Kuala Lumpur at the time when the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lost contact with air traffic control. Fourteen tourist groups have returned from Kuala Lumpur and none of them took flight MH370. Twenty eight Chinese travelers booked tickets on the flight independently and are therefore not in the system. [13:35] malaysiakini.com: The search for the missing MAS flight MH370 has been expanded to include the possibility that the aircraft might have attempted to turn back, says acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. [13:09] According to vnexpress.net, 13 planes and 29 vessels have been on a search and rescue mission in relevant areas of sea so far, including three planes and six vessels from Vietnam, six planes and six vessels from Malaysia, two planes and 14 vessels from China, one plane and three vessels from the Philippines and one plane from Singapore. [12:53] Four passengers on board the missing MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, have been confirmed as holding fake passports, Malaysia's Ministry of Transport announced on Sunday. Of the four passengers, two of them are holding Italian and Austrian passports and are sitting next to each other. The ministry has not ruled out the possibility that more passengers may have boarded the plane with fake passports. Intelligence agencies from Malaysia and the rest of the world are cooperating to investigate the issue. Of the four passengers holding fake passports, two of them are holding Italian and Austrian passports and are sitting next to each other. [12:45] Yan Jiacheng, from Yancheng in east China's Jiangsu Province, leaves a press briefing given by Malaysia Airlines. His son, born in 1985, was sent to Malaysia for training by his company. Yan arrived in Beijing by train immediately after learning the horrible news about the flight from his son's girlfriend. Malaysia Airlines will arrange a visit to Malaysia for Yan and his other son, reports China.org.cn's Zhang Lulu from Lido Hotel, near Beijing's Capital International Airport.  Yan Jiacheng, from Yancheng in east China's Jiangsu Province, leaves a press briefing given by Malaysia Airlines on March 9, 2014. [12:10] According to a CCTV report, Chinese maritime police vessel "Haijing 3411″ is expected to reach the sea area where the missing Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines jet is suspected to have fallen into at 1:30p.m. Sunday. [11:00] Rescue operations in hunt for a missing Malaysian jet have continued overnight, but nothing was able to be located so far, a Malaysian civil aviation official said in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sunday morning.[10:20] Chinese divers and salvagers sent by the Ministry of Transport are on their way to the sea area where the missing Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines jet is suspected to have fallen into. Read more>> [9:38] The United States officials are investigating terrorism concerns over the missing Malaysia Airlines plane after two people listed as passengers of the MH 370 flight were confirmed not on board, and their passports were reported stolen in Thailand, local media reported Saturday. Read more>> [8:45] Malaysia Airlines hold press conference in Beijing early Sunday morning in Lido Hotel. Read more>>  Ignatius Ong Ming Choy, representative of the Malaysia Airlines, speaks during the press conference in Beijing on missing flight MH 370 on March 9, 2014. [7:20] Searchers from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have still found no evidence of any plane wreckage. The sea search was to continue overnight while the air operation has been called off and start again at daylight, according to the airline's latest statement at 7:20 p. m on March 8. Malaysia Airlines: MH370 Flight Incident – 5th Media Statement The families of all passengers on board MH370 are being informed. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew – comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants) and 12 crew members. An international search and rescue mission was mobilized this morning. At this stage, our search and rescue teams from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have failed to find evidence of any wreckage. The sea mission will continue while the air mission will recommence at daylight. For the passenger manifest of MH370, click here.  Many reporters wait for more information and updates about the missing Malaysian Airlines flight inside Beijing's Lido Hotel where the family members of passengers and the airlines staff have gathered in the evening of March 8, 2014. [Photo by Zhang Rui / China.org.cn] [21:15] Malaysia Airlines is currently in touch with the different search and rescue teams to determine the plane's location. The flight's captain was 53-year-old Malaysian Zaharie Ahmad Shah who joined the airline in 1981 and had gathered a total of 18,365 flight hours. First officer on board was 27-year-old Malaysian Fariq Ab. Hamid who joined the airline in 2007 and had thus far gathered a total of 2,763 flight hours.  Photo of Zaharie Ahmad Shah (R) and Fariq Ab [Photo / Ifeng] [21:10] From our correspondent at the Malaysia Airlines press conference. Malaysian Airlines has announced that the captain of its crashed Boeing 777-200, carrying 239 people on board, had been with the airline since 1981, while his first officer joined in 2007. Both the airline and emergency services are currently providing their full support and will update information according to the latest developments.[20:43] China's air control authority said there were no storms in the area of the South China Sea where the plane was flying across. The weather was generally fine with light clouds. A VP of the Malaysia Airlines said the plane had enough fuel to fly for seven hours, one hour more than the flight time to Beijing. [19:52] The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER reportedly registered 9M-MRO, was delivered to the airline in May of 2002 and powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines. The Boeing 777 was introduced in 1995. Since then, it has been involved in only two other major accidents and three hijackings. The most notable accident occurred in July 2013, when an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew members crashed during landing in San Francisco, killing three passengers and seriously injuring 48 others. Investigators blamed the accident on a pilot error. Malaysia Airlines is the national carrier of Malaysia and one of Asia's largest, flying nearly 37,000 passengers daily to some 80 destinations worldwide. The airline said the public can call +60-378841234 for information about the plane.  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| Baker <b>Hotel In Malaysia</b> - True Ghost Stories and Haunted Places <b>...</b> Posted: 26 Feb 2014 03:44 PM PST Posted 26 February 2014 - 03:44 PM Great article with some very beautifully haunting photos:
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| <b>Malaysian</b> jet missing with 239 aboard | Albuquerque News <b>...</b> Posted: 07 Mar 2014 07:59 PM PST
Malaysian Airlines Group Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahyain speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn't located the jetliner several hours later. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) Related Content
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact over the South China Sea early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn't located the jetliner several hours later. The plane lost communication two hours into the flight in Vietnam's airspace at 1:20 a.m., China's state news agency said. The radar signal also was lost, Xinhua reported. Fuad Sharuji, Malaysian Airlines' vice president of operations control, told CNN that the plane was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet and that the pilots reported no problem with the aircraft. He said that the aircraft's last communication was over the South China Sea between Malaysia and Vietnam. Flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41 a.m. Saturday and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Malaysia Airlines said. The plane was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, the airline said. Passengers were from at least 12 countries, including 152 from China, seven Australians and four Americans. The airline said it was working with authorities who activated their search and rescue teams to locate the aircraft. The route would take the aircraft from Malaysia across to Vietnam and China. "Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew. Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support," Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members," he added. All countries in the possible flight path of the missing aircraft were performing a "communications and radio search", said John Andrews, deputy chief of the Philippines civil aviation agency. At Beijing's airport, Zhai Le was waiting for her friends, a couple, who were on their way back to the Chinese capital on the flight. She said she was very concerned because she hadn't been able to reach them. Airport authorites posted a written notice asking relatives and friends of passengers to gather to a hotel about 9 miles from the airport to wait for further information, and provided a shuttle bus service. Another woman wept aboard the shuttle bus while talking by mobile phone, " They want us to go to the hotel. It cannot be good!" Malaysia Airlines last fatal incident was in 1995, when one its planes crashed near the Malaysian city of Tawau, killing 34 people. Malaysia Airlines has 15 Boeing 777-200 jets in its fleet of about 100 planes. The state-owned carrier last month reported its fourth straight quarterly loss. The 777 had not had a fatal crash in its 20 year history until the Asiana crash in San Francisco in July 2013. All 16 crew members survived, but thee of the 291 passengers, all teenage girls from China, were killed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LEGOLAND <b>HOTEL Malaysia</b> -The 'Final Brick' for a Complete Lego <b>...</b> Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:15 AM PST LEGOLAND Malaysia Theme Park and LEGOLAND Water Park opened with much fanfare last year. Any parent with children from preschool to primary school-going age would either have brought them to the parks at least once or have to put up with the constant hounding from their children to bring them to LEGOLAND.
Indeed, the LEGOLAND Theme Park and Water Park are designed with kid-friendly spills and thrills. They are magical places which provide countless opportunities for the family to bond, laugh and play. Now imagine, your family's excitement need not end the moment you walk out the turnstiles of the theme parks; but rather than stepping out, you step right INTO the world of Lego where the characters are larger than life, where every step you take, you are greeted by Lego Brick structures...where during the night, you sleep among Lego pirates, princes and those cute Lego brick animals. Yes...welcome to all new LEGOLAND HOTEL Malaysia for your one-stop complete Lego experience your family will never forget!
Right from the minute your transport pulls up at the Hotel lobby, you're greeted by familiar characters from the theme parks...except that here, they are huge and many times bigger. This sets the perspective that you have arrived at 'LEGOLAND' - the land of imagination and limitless creativity. Enter the lobby and you'll see a large Lego castle and Lego Pirate ship surrounded by thousands of lego bricks. Like moths drawn to the flame, your children will run into (yes...INTO) these life-sized Lego toys and play with the thousands of bricks around it. Herein lies the magic of a Lego experience - the bricks offer endless possibilities and with that, endless hours of imaginative play.
Like any good family hotel, check-in was friendly and fast. There are porters to help you carry your bags up to the rooms. There are a few types of rooms to cater to different needs and budgets of families, classified into three main themes: Pirates, Adventure and Kingdom. The theme of the rooms extends to the entire floor -the moment you exit the lift the decor around you will instantly be transported into these Lego worlds. These theme rooms are a riot! You can sleep on-board the Jolly Roger complete with mast in a Pirate-themed room or with members of the Egyptian royalty in the Adventure-themed rooms or feel like a royalty and roam free in a castle in your very own Kingdom-themed rooms. All rooms include two separate sleeping areas, with a king-size bed for grown-ups, and a separate sleeping area for your little ones (complete with kiddy height basins and mirrors in the bathrooms)! They are creatively decorated with details that will excite your kids (and maybe even the adults!) at every turn. If 2D prints are not your thing, there are 3D Lego characters and animals around to enthuse the most ardent Lego fans. a) Premium Pirate Themed Room (Sleeps 2 Adults and 3 Children)
b) Premium Adventure Themed Room (Sleeps 2 Adults and 3 Children)
c) Kingdom Themed Suite (Sleeps 2 Adults and 6 Children)
Apart from immaculate interiors , the rooms would not be a LEGOLAND HOTEL room if they do not have Lego bricks and activities to stimulate the children's creativity. Inside each room is a treasure chest that kids can only open when they solve a puzzle (using clues found in the room). Once they piece together the secret code, they can unlock the chest and voila! More Lego treasures await! Within reach is also a box for Duplo bricks. It's amazing how kids can just pour these bricks out and let their imagination take over. These bricks provide kids with hours of self-directed fun. The kids' section of the room also comes complete with a 3-tiered bunk bed and their own TV (with remote!). This together with the Lego items in the room will give Mommy and Daddy some much-needed privacy while the kids engage themselves in what they do best - play!
For meals, the hotel has 2 dining establishments: The Bricks Family Restaurant and the Sky-line Bar. Breakfast is served at the Bricks Family Restaurant and it offers a generous selection of food. It's also the only halal-certified Legoland hotel buffet in the world. True to its theme, there are Lego characters around the restaurants to remind you that you're dining among 'friends' here.
If you had purchased admission tickets to the LEGOLAND Theme Park and Water Park during your stay, you can zip in and out between the Parks and the Hotel anytime to rest, recharge and re-enter at your own free time and leisure. Take advantage of the hotel stay to enter the parks at off-peak hours and have the park almost all to yourself. During our recent stay, we were among a small handful of families there on a Friday evening and managed to go on many of the popular rides to our heart's content. Fortunately, we are still able to keep pace with my adrenaline-junkie 5 year old! Promotion alert: Legoland Hotel is giving out FREE 2-day Theme Park and Water Park Tickets for kids when you book your stay with them from now till 13 March 2014. For reservation details, check out the website. LEGOLAND Theme Park
LEGOLAND Water Park
Our visit to the LEGOLAND Parks was made complete with this short stayover at the LEGOLAND HOTEL. We were fully immersed in the imaginative world of Lego and we had a most memorable family staycation. Personally, the icing on the cake wasn't the rides nor the well-decorated themed-rooms. For me, it was the little surprise that awaits us each time we stepped into Disco elevators in the hotel - a small ingenious feature that is guaranteed to light up anyone's day!
Be it a family vacation, a milestone birthday celebration or just a short weekend getaway, LEGOLAND HOTEL is bound to bring on that sparkle in your family's eyes (even the wife and I felt like a kid all over again). The hotel is within a short 2 minute walking distance outside the front gate of LEGOLAND Malaysia. All room packages include buffet breakfast. Check in time is 4pm (we were told early check-in might be granted if the hotel is not running at full capacity, during off peak periods). Check out time is 11am (but we managed to get a late check out at noon and continue to explore the parks). Free WI-FI is available only in the hotel lobby. There are plenty of food options (Burger King, KFC, Chicken Rice to name a few) at the nearby Mall of Medini if you wish to dine outside the hotel. If you are not a LEGOLAND Annual Pass holder, you can always add on the 'Combo Ticket' option to your room to enjoy both parks. With the combo ticket, entry is UNLIMITED for both parks during the 2 days of your stay. For families who need baby cots, you may request for it (either at time of booking or upon check in) on a first come, first serve basis. If you are driving from Singapore, take the Tuas Second Link, proceed until you see the Nusajaya EXIT 312 > You will see LEGOLAND Malaysia signage on your left. Follow the signs and it will take less than 30 minutes after you clear the Malaysian custom to reach the hotel (if traffic on the road is smooth). Free parking is available for hotel guests at the basement car park. To make a booking at the LEGOLAND Hotel Malaysia, you may: 1) Book Online To maximise your LEGOLAND experience, do read our reviews of LEGOLAND Theme Park and LEGOLAND Water Park here. The following parent bloggers have also reviewed the hotel, do check out their blogs at: Enjoy your complete LEGOLAND experience!  Disclaimer: We thank LEGOLAND Hotel Malaysia for the awesome media invite to experience the LEGOLAND Hotel for the purposes of this review. All opinions and photos are, as usual, ours. No monetary compensation was received. |
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