Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Marriott International, Inc. i kēia lā ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me Rackson Hospitality Sdn. Bhd e lawe mai i ka brand Le Méridien i hānau ʻia ma Paris Penang, ka 'Momi o ka Hikina'.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Penang Gateway, ʻo ka 200-lumi Le Méridien Penang Airport e hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e ka ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Penang a e lilo ia i ʻāpana o kahi hoʻomohala hoʻohana hui ʻia e komo pū me kahi hale kiaʻi kūʻokoʻa, ke kikowaena lapaʻau, ʻoihana, a me nā wahi kūʻai.
Hoʻomaka ke kūkulu hale hōkele ma waena o 2022 a manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia ma ka hopena o 2026.
“Ua hauʻoli mākou e hana pū me Rackson Hospitality Sdn. Bhd e lawe mai i ka brand Le Méridien i Penang, "wahi a Rivero Delgado, ka Hope Peresidena o Marriott International no Singapore, Malaysia, a me The Maldives. “Ke hōʻike nei kēia pūlima i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Marriott International e hoʻonui hou i kona wāwae ma Malaysia. Manaʻo mākou ʻo Le Méridien Mokulele ʻo Penang e hoʻonui i ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa ma ka mokupuni a e hoʻoulu i ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻimi i ka honua i ke ʻano, e ʻono i ke ola maikaʻi a hauʻoli i nā ʻike e hāʻawi i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
ʻIke ʻia no kona mau kahakai one palupalu kaulana, ka hana kiʻi, ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ke aloha ʻia ʻo ke kapikala meaʻai o Malaysia. Penang He ipu hoʻoheheʻe ia o nā moʻomeheu a paʻa i ke kūlana he UNESCO World Heritage Site. Aia ma ke alanui nui ʻo Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, e hōʻike ana ka Le Méridien Penang Airport i kahi alahaka lani e hoʻopili pololei ana i nā malihini i ka hale kūʻai kūʻai kokoke. ʻO ka hōkele hou e hāʻawi aku i nā malihini i ke ala kūpono i nā wahi ʻoihana ʻo Bayan Lepas a me Georgetown, he 15 a me 25 mau minuke wale nō.
"Haʻaheo mākou i ka pili ʻana me kahi hōʻailona hanohano. He mea nui kēia iā mākou a hōʻike i kahi lele nui i mua no kahi mea hoʻomohala e hiki mai ana e like me mākou. E kū i waho ka façade hale hōkele me kāna mau mea hoʻolālā hoihoi. Aneane hiki ʻole i ka poʻe kūʻai ʻoihana a me ka poʻe hoʻomaha, ma ka ʻāina a me ka honua, ke nalo i kēia ʻāina i ka pae ʻana i ke kahua mokulele. I ka pau ana o Penang ʻO Gateway, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au he hiki ke lilo i wahi hōʻailona hōʻailona ma ka puʻuwai o Bayan Lepas e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i nā kūlana hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kūkulu hale o ke kūlanakauhale, "wahi a Mr. Kelvin Lor, Luna Nui no Rackson Group.