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Another visit to Theme Park Hotel at Genting Highlands

This was our second visit to Theme Park Hotel at Genting Highlands after 3 years. You can check out our last visit Here. The purpose of the trip was to capture the Christmas atmosphere at Genting Highlands. We like those lighting decoration very much!
There was a big Christmas Tree beside the main entrance of the hotel which made by recycle water bottle. Nice!

The Big Christmas Tree beside the main entrance of Theme Park Hotel, Genting Highlands

And the lobby also full of LED lighting decoration! The Theme of this year should be 'Recycle!'.

The Christmas Decoration at Theme Park Hotel, Genting Highlands

Santa Claus and his Spaceship!

Do you notice the Recycle Mineral Water bottles in this Star?

This Three (3) Bears Band at the Lobby area still 3 bears. 
Hopefully they will find more members in year 2011 this year! :)

It was heavy rain while we check-in, but the staff was kind enough to lend out all their umbrellas! Thanks.
We were surprised while we stepped into the room, it was upgraded! New furniture, new setup and new look! Impressed! (You can compare the room 3 years ago from the link below)

One Queen bed

Small sofa...


New Wardrobe

And the bathroom...


Simple shower...

The room looks more clean than ever! And especially the cigarettes smell carpet had totally changed! We were satisfied with the room, especially with the Magnificent night view of Genting! (from the room window)

Taken from the room...

Then, we walked through the hotels surround to catch some fresh cool air and standby for our dinner at Mushroom Farm Restaurant.

You can check their rates from the Genting Official website Here.

Related post :
* Theme Park Hotel, Genting (First visit)

Location map of Theme Park Hotel at Genting Highlands


Eight (8) Days Boutique Hotel at Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru

Eight (8) Days Boutique Hotel (N1 29.790 E103 49.008) is strategically located along the Jalan Permas Utara of Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru. Which is just beside Jusco Shopping Complex Permas Jaya and a few shop lots next to Police Station Permas Jaya with Free parking area.

Eight (8) Days Hotel at Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru.

The hotel started operation on August, 2010, and it has 48 rooms which categorized into few different types for different types of customers. Beside that, the hotel also has a proper cafe area and a function room for 70 peoples. The function room also can become a entertainment area (Karaoke) on request.

The Reception of the Eight (8) Days Hotel

Let me show you around the Hotel area...

The Cafe of the hotel


The Cafe outdoor area

The Cafe is open from 7am - 7pm. And provide a simple foods like Breakfast and lunch.

The Function room

The Function room equipped with projector, LCD TV, amplifier & mic and Wifi internet.

The Hotel implemented the Door Access Control System for every room and also the public area. That's mean you cannot access to the upper floor (guest room) without the Card issue by the hotel, even the lift is control by the Lift Access System.

Once you check in to the hotel, you can have a piece of mind and relax yourself! We like it very much!

The Internet center is located at the back of the Hotel which is the staircase access to the guest room area, well...it also need your Card to access to the area.


The staircase access from the back of the Hotel, the Internet center is the corner.

Overall, the environment is Neat & Clean! Hopefully the management will maintain it forever! The hotel staffs are friendly, I had a chat with the Manager - Mr Hoe who was very easy going & friendly too!
You can find all the Tourism information about Singapore from the Reception if you are visiting our neighbor country from Johor Bahru.

Hot & Cold drinking water is provide 24 hours

The hotel provided 24 hours extensive security system, CCTV Surveillance System & Free Wireless Access Internet Service to all their customers.

Now, let's visit the rooms....

Super Single room with Tatami style - MYR59.00 (promotion)

Deluxe Queen room (Tatami) - MYR95.00 (promotion) 
They also have the Superior Queen which cost MYR85.00 (promotion)

Deluxe King room - MYR98.00 (promotion)

Deluxe Twin room - MYR98.00 (promotion)

Deluxe Triple room - MYR118.00 (promotion)

Premier Tatami room (2 queen beds) - MYR128.00 (promotion)

Premier Tatami room

All the rooms above come with solid wood doors and attached bathroom. All equipped with Hot & Cold water. They provide good quality toiletries, Impressed!

The attached bathroom

The room features :-
-  LCD TV with Local & Satellite channels
-  Free Wireless Hi-speed Internet Access
-  Individual Safe Box
-  International Direct Dial Telephone
-  Air Conditioning with Ionizer
-  Iron & iron board (on request)
-  Hairdryer (on request)

We had a night in the Platinum King room, which was provided with one King bed and the Jacuzzi facility. Pictures below...

Platinum King room - MYR138.00 (promotion)

And the pictures of the bathroom...


The Toothbrush was provided! Surprised!

Unique 'UFO' BIG Shower Head

The Jacuzzi

Another thing which was surprised us! Double glass windows for better noise isolation! (For all rooms with windows) Another Impressed!

Double Glass Windows

We were very satisfied with the Hotel Amenities & Service! Especially with the affordable rates, we can enjoy the 5 stars hotel facilities, Excellent!

The hotel is basically suitable for family & executive peoples, easy access to the Jusco Departmental Store and Delicious foods around. You can have some entertainment during night time to Kill you bore at the Nice Coffeetrap and Mulligan's Pub & Bistro just across the main road.

According to the Manager - Mr Hoe, the hotel will provide the GPS Device (coming soon) in rental basis for customers who want to drive into Singapore! Cool!

I will definitely recommend the hotel to all my friend who want to have a short stay around Johor Bahru area!!

Rated : 4.5/5

Eight (8) Days Hotel
24,26,27 & 28 Block A, Permas Mall, Jalan Permas Utara,
Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Tel: +6073889889 / 3882882, +60167133339  Fax:+6073873888
Website : http://www.8dayshotel.com


Location map of Eight (8) Days Boutique Hotel at Johor Bahru


Hallmark Hotel at Malacca (Melaka)

Hallmark Hotel (N2 12.002 E102 14.808) is located along Jalan Portugis of Jalan Kubu main road in Malacca Town. And it's also stone throw away (about 300 meter) to Jonker Street. There are many nice restaurants around the area. This was our first visit to Hallmark Hotel.

Hallmark Hotel, Malacca

I made the reservation before we drove to Malacca. The standard room rates was MYR105.00 for 2 single beds (with 2 breakfast), the twin bed was fully booked that day.

We were quite impressed with the facilities in the room. Beside the necessities, they also provide Free Wifi to the room and A DVD player with the 32" LCD TV. This was the first time I saw a DVD player in the hotel room! But we didn't utilized it and we were not intend to spend the time in the hotel for movie?!

The LCD TV, DVD Player & the Mini Fridge

The room was spacious enough for 2 of us and it was well maintain and Clean! My wife was surprised there was a hair dryer provided in the room too!
Once we check in the hotel, we went for tea break at Cafe 1511 and not really have time to look around the hotel.

The bathroom

The Big shower head

I like the hot shower, the hot water was Very hot once you turn the tap!

The only 2 comments we had :
1)  The loud water sound from upstairs bathroom, it was not well isolated.
2)  Vehicle parking difficulty!

OH NO! We received  a parking ticket (RM30.00) on the next day morning after we check out from the hotel, I asked the guy at the reception counter on that night before I parked, and he said it's ok to park my car beside the lane. Too bad we got the fine ticket! I show to one of the gentlemen at the reception, and he said he will pay the fine for us, still yet to receive any notification from them. (Cross my finger and pray...)

The room rates was reasonable at MYR105.00 per day and we were satisfied with the staffs at the front counter and also the hotel environment. We will visit again the Hotel again in our future visit to Malacca and hope they will have a better parking area for hotel guests in the future. :)

Hotel Hallmark
68, Jalan Portugis of Jalan Kubu,
75200 Melaka,
Malaysia.
Tel : +606-2812888  Fax : +606-2813409

Location map of Hallmark Hotel in Malacca


Grand Continental Hotel at Kuah, Langkawi Island

Grand Continental Hotel (N6 19.666 E99 50.233) is one of the Three (3) stars hotel which located at Jalan Pantai Matsirat of Kuah, Pulau Langkawi. It's just in between the Langkawi Parade Shopping Complex and Sky Eagle Inn Hotel. That will be convenience for us to buy some daily necessity and beers at the shopping complex. :)

Hotel Grand Continental Hotel at Kuah, Langkawi Island. (HDR)

We booked the hotel through the AsiaWebDirect.com, and the rates was MYR150.00 per day, the total was about MYR330.00 for 2 days included booking fees and tax (c/w breakfast for 2 person). I was impressed with service provided by AsiaWebDirect.com !

The Reception and the Hotel Lobby

The staffs at the Check-in counter were very friendly and we had done the check-in less than 10 minutes! Great!
Before I show the photos of the room, let's look around the environment of the hotel...

The Restaurant area. This was the place we had our breakfast.

The swimming pool was just situated beside the restaurant...well, it was just enough space for you to cool down from the hot weather of Langkawi Island.

The Swimming pool of Grand Continental Hotel of Langkawi Island. 
The kids said 'Peace' to the lens...:)

When we walked through the corridor along the rooms, I saw a special dustbin just sit beside one of the room...this was unaccepted mentality by the guests! You have to learn to take care your own rubbish.

The corridor in the hotel

The room was spacious enough for us (2 adults & 1 child). But during the online booking, I did stated I need a queen bed rather than 2 single bed! Seems like the hotel staff was Not seriously take care on our reservation.

The room of Grand Continental Hotel, Langkawi

Every rooms are provided with the 21" Colour Television and Hair Dryer.

The attached bathroom

And the bathtub, but the Stains.....

The view from the window, the lower building is the Langkawi Parade Shopping Complex.

The other view from the window...

Overall, we were OK for the hotel. Even the stains look uncomfortable, but we were not here for the bathtub. The breakfast provided was average like a normal fried rice, fried noodle and nasi lemak.

From the cost we paid, I rated : 3.8/5.

Well, I will wanna try other hotel in our next visit to Langkawi Island. It's because there are Too many choices in the island...

After everything settle, we drove to Cenang Beach (Pantai) and started to Explore the island! Haha!

You might get a good room rate by booking online through http://www.holidaycity.com/grand-continental-langkawi/index.htm

Hotel Grand Continental Langkawi
Lot 398, MK. Kuah, Keilbang,
07000 Kuah, Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia.
http://www.langkawi-resorts.com/grandcontinental/


Related post :
My Trip to Langkawi Island on September 2010
Underwater World of Langkawi Island
Sunset Of Cenang Beach (Pantai), Langkawi Island
The Lighthouse Restaurant at Tengah Beach (Pantai), Langkawi Island
The Langkawi Cable Car at Langkawi Island.
The Famous Sky-Bridge of Mount Machinchang, Langkawi Island. 
Restoran Nasi Kandar Tomato at Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island 
The Kilim Geoforest Park of Langkawi Island 
The Eagles Feeding at Kilim Geoforest Park of Langkawi Island 
The Fish Farm at Kilim Geoforest Park of Langkawi Island
The Bat Cave at Kilim Geoforest Park of Langkawi Island  
Wonderland Seafood Store at Kuah Town, Langkawi Island 
Hole In The Wall Floating Restaurant at Kilim Geoforest Park, Langkawi Island 



Location map of Grand Continental Hotel, Langkawi