Homegrown brand makes big inroads

Chew posing with some of the awards given to the group this year.

MANDY Chew Siok Cheng’s face lit up when she recalled how her team brainstormed for a suitable name for a new hotel they were to manage in Port Dickson 12 years ago.

Chew, who was then Metroplex Holdings Sdn Bhd senior vice-president, knew managing a four-star rated property under a local brand would not be easy.