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In the pipeline
DESARU COAST The largest project to be managed by Des- tination Resorts is Desaru Coast in Johor, a 17km (11mile) beachfront integrated. The MYR3bn (US$982m, ¤754m, £608m) development will include four luxury hotel and spa resorts, private houses for sale or lease, plus a retail mall, convention centre, two golf courses and three theme parks. The development of Desaru Coast is being car- ried out in three phases, with the fi rst phase expected to open by the end of 2014. The hotel and spa resorts will be a com- bination of one six-star branded property managed by Amanresorts International (the fi rst Amanresort in Malaysia), one fi ve-star branded Sheraton Hotel & Resort, and two fi ve-star properties managed by Malaysia’s Archipelago Hotels & Resorts. Archipelago will own and manage the
Datai Desaru Resort, which will feature 64 suites and 35 pool villas – plus one presi- dential villa – set on a hilltop away from the main attractions. It will also own and operate the 384-bedroom Plantation Hotel, which is a new hotel concept being created by
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A unique feature of Datai Desaru will be bedrooms looking out onto dolphins and fi sh in the marine park attraction
Destination Resorts and Archipelago that will sit in the centre and cater
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to the family and theme park market.
ISKANDAR MALAYSIA Also in Johor, Destination Resorts is involved in a luxurious waterfront development being built by Themed Attractions called Iskandar Malaysia. As part of this, Destination resorts is partnering with Shangri-La to open a Trad- ers Hotel. The 283-room four-star business hotel with spa is being built on top of a quay- side lifestyle and retail complex adjacent to a family theme park. The site will also include the fi rst LEGOLAND®
Hotel in Asia.
TELUK DATAI As a counter offer to the high-energy devel- opments in Johor, Destination Resorts is also working on an integrated lifestyle resort at
The US$982m Desaru Coast will be the largest resort for Destination Resorts. The fi rst phase is due for completion by 2015
Teluk Datai, on the island of Langkawi. Desti- nation Resorts plans to turn Teluk Datai into a high-end eco-tourism destination aimed at the couples’ market and golfers, set in the rainforest, bordering the beaches. Here, Archipelago is refurbishing its existing 110- room fi ve-star Datai Langkawi hotel, including its spa. It’s also partnering with Shangri-La to open a 350-room beachside resort and spa, as well as looking for partners for two more six-star resort properties and private resi- dences, all in time for a 2014 opening. The nearby Golf Club Datai Bay is also undergoing an extensive upgrade.
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