488-key Wyndham Acmar Klang debuts as hotel for business travellers, meeting planners and leisure guests in Malaysia’s main economic and tourism centre.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced the opening of its flagship Wyndham hotel brand in the Royal Town of Klang, just 30 minutes from Kuala Lumpur.

Owned by Dwelling Makers Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Acmar International Group of Companies, Wyndham Acmar Klang is poised to be a new landmark in Klang and a leading hotel choice for business travellers, meeting planners and leisure guests. The 488-room hotel will be managed by Wyndham’s growing international hotel management arm.

“We are thrilled to debut our namesake Wyndham brand in Klang, one of Malaysia’s commercial gateway and economic districts. As the first upscale, international five-star hotel to enter Klang, we want to provide a wider choice to domestic and international guests travelling to Malaysia for business,” commented Joon Aun Ooi, President and Managing Director, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, South East Asia and Pacific Rim.

Joon Aun continued, “With Klang’s connection across three major highways into the city, coupled with its proximity to Port Klang, this town is ripe with business opportunities. The amazing growth we’re seeing in Malaysia for our brands is testament to Wyndham’s strength in and commitment to the market, coupled by a rapidly growing economy.”

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a portfolio of five hotels and resorts across Malaysia, including a Days Hotel & Suites property in Kuala Lumpur and Ramada-branded hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Melaka and Johor Bahru. The Company is growing rapidly in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Rim region, its fastest-growing region, which expanded by 23% year-over-year as of September 30th.

Wyndham Acmar Klang is designed as a leading place to stay, dine and host excellent events in Klang with its plush rooms and stylish suites, a designer outdoor pool, world-class cuisine in a selection of dining venues and well-designed meeting spaces including a luxurious Grand Ballroom.

The hotel is ideally located for business travellers and meeting planners, offering a total of 11 meeting rooms equipped with state-of-the-art audio and visual systems and an onsite business centre. Meeting offerings include the Grand Ballroom, which caters up to 2,200 guests for seminars, business meetings, dinner functions and weddings, highlighted by its spacious and unobstructed high ceiling with grand chandeliers and equipped with state-of-the-art LED screens and sound systems.

Guests looking to travel into the city can access any one of three major highways – Federal Highway, New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) and Konsortium Expressway Shah Alam Selangor (KESAS) — as well as several tourist attractions including Tugu Keris (Kris Monument), Klang’s Little India District, Central i-City Shopping Mall, Raja Mahadi Fort and i-City Recreational Centre.

The hotel features a range of facilities catered to today’s travellers, with a fitness centre and an outdoor pool as well as amenities for families including babysitting services and a kids club located in the hotel.

Wyndham Acmar Klang will offer guests a range of culinary options including an all-day dining restaurant serving local and international cuisine, a deli offering coffee and freshly baked pastries or cakes, a lobby lounge area serving cocktails and mocktails with live performances in the evening, and a Chinese restaurant serving Dim Sum and authentic Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine.