PENANG needs at least 200 to 300 new hotel rooms a year even if its economic growth stays below 5% per annum as a result of the global recession, says the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH), Penang chapter, chairman Marco Battistotti.
Assuming the state’s economy annually expands by 5%, which was last year’s record, there is a need for 300 to 400 rooms.
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