Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara Hosts a Press Luncheon
Press Room > 2017
A welcome addition to luxury hotels in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur is the Sofitel brand of the French multinational hotel group Accor. The first in the city, the Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara opened its doors in August.
Recently representatives of the media were invited by the management team of its Asia Pacific office, to lunch at the hotel’s fine dining Chinese restaurant the Wan Chun Ting and experience the restaurant’s specialty of Cantonese cuisine.
The 312-room hotel is about 15 minutes from the city centre and has chosen to locate itself in an affluent area of Kuala Lumpur that is, the Damansara Heights. This allows the Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara to have the distinctive feature of being in a suburban surrounding apart from other up market hotels in Kuala Lumpur which are concentrated mainly in the commercial city centre.
While the décor of the hotel reflects the local Malaysian culture with a French touch; prominent among which is the use of the Wau Bulan motif, one of the country’s national symbol – an intricately designed moon kite traditionally flown by men in the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The hotel’s banquet room is aptly named the Wau Bulan Ballroom and can accommodate 600 for a reception.
Seated are Steffany Boak (left), Director of Sales & Distribution, Pugeneswary Mudukasan (right), Marketing & Communication Manager, both from Sofitel Hotels & Resorts. Standing are Julia Douglas (centre), Managing Editor of MICE in Asia and Winkie Loh (right), Journalist.
Agnes Tan (left), Regional Director, Digital Marketing, Loyalty & Partnership, Accor Hotels, Julia Douglas (centre), Gaynor Reid, Vice President Communications & CSR Asia Pacific and Karen Chang, Communications Manager Asia Pacific, both from Accor Hotels.
Braised Treasure of Vegetables with Chicken Sauce.
Steamed Grouper with Garlic and Onion Sauce.