Hotels & Resorts
A Glimpse of Hotel Seri Malaysia in The Country’s Northern Region Te x t b y S H A H I DA S A K E R I Images by MUHAMMAD HASIF MUHAMMAD JELANI
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Comfort doesn’t always have to equal expensive; and this translates well with Malaysia’s largest hotel chain: Hotel Seri Malaysia. They have been around for over 25 years, steadily serving guests with the ultimate Malaysian hospitality for so long, to the extent that I feel like the majority of well-travelled adult Malaysians might have stayed in one of the hotel’s evergrowing outlets at least once. After all, the greatest appeal of this chain, for me, is in its ability to provide comfortable stays even in Malaysia’s sleepiest towns. Sure, go to the major urban centres and you’ll be spoiled for choice when looking for accommodations. But the real challenge comes when you found yourself in places like Rompin, which might leave you scratching your head when looking for a decent place to stay. Enter Hotel Seri Malaysia with its affordable price tag in tow. Hence, when I found myself in Kepala Batas – a thriving township in the northern part of Seberang
Perai in Penang, home to many higher education institutions and eye-pleasing paddy fields, yet still lacks in terms of accommodation options – choosing to stay at Hotel Seri Malaysia Kepala Batas seems natural. It ticks all the must-haves: comfort, cleanliness, convenient location and efficient service. In fact, I heard that the hotel is favoured by travelling parents who need to send off their children to the institutions of learning located in the area. Business travellers, on the other hand, are well catered for through the selection of four event and meeting rooms.
