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Byline: Vasantha Ganesan
MALAYSIA will have a royal treat as the prestigious Raffles Hotels and Resorts - a brand linked to Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud - looks to Malaysia to expand.
The luxury brand hotel may have a presence here, at the RM3 billion integrated Pavilion Kuala Lumpur development in Bukit Bintang, as early as 2011, sources say.
Raffles, owned by Toronto-based Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI), is now in discussions with relevant parties for the possible opening.
FRHI is run by Kingdom Hotels International, a company controlled by the Saudi prince. The former also runs some 91 hotels under the …