Gaya Travel Magazine 16.2

Hotels & Resorts

Holiday Inn Johor Bahru City Centre, Your Home in the City Te x t b y I R N E E N O R R I S Images by HOLIDAY INN JOHOR BAHRU CIT Y CENTRE

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Johor Bahru, affectionately called JB, almost always bustles with locals and visitors, especially during weekends since it is just across the narrow causeway from Singapore. Due to its rapid development and growth as a tourist destination, many international hotel chains and boutique properties have opened their doors in Peninsular Malaysia’s most southern city to be part of the action. One of the latest properties to open in JB is Holiday Inn Johor Bahru City Centre, which possesses all the right combinations that meet travellers’ expectations. Holiday Inn – a brand name under Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) – is well known for offering affordable premium comfort.

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Gaya Travel Magazine 16.2

Published on Sep 21, 2021

Chandi Media Group & Media MNC Nusantara

It is evident that by getting as many people in Malaysia vaccinated as fast as possible, the country has reduced the severity of COVID-19 infections. At the current vaccination rate, the newly appointed Minister of Health Khairy Jamaluddin bin Abu Bakar anticipates that 80% of the Malaysian population would have been inoculated by end of October 2021, which by then render the COVID-19 spread as endemic, in line with the trends seen across the world. Therefore, like it or not, we have no choice but to accept the fact that we need to live with COVID-19 by adapting to the new norms. Amidst all this, seeing there is light at the end of the tunnel, the Malaysian government announced on 2 September 2021 that Langkawi is the first COVID-19-free destination to open to local tourists beginning 16 September 2021, subject to stringent standard operating procedures (SOPs), considering over 80% of the island's population have already been fully vaccinated...