JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur

JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur is a luxury hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, operating under Marriott International’s JW Marriott brand. The property is located in the city’s Golden Triangle, a major commercial, retail, hospitality, and business district. Its location places it within Kuala Lumpur’s central business area and positions it to serve both corporate travelers and leisure visitors. The hotel is a 23-story property with 491 rooms. Its facilities include accommodation, food and beverage services, and event and meeting facilities. The property has 20 meeting rooms with a combined meeting area of approximately 32,927 square feet, or 3,059 square meters. This makes conferences, meetings, social functions, and other events an important part of its operating profile in addition to conventional hotel stays. The hotel became part of the YTL Corporation property portfolio in 2005. YTL Corporation acquired the Kuala Lumpur JW Marriott and two other Kuala Lumpur properties through its subsidiary YTL Land. The reported transaction value was US$85 million, equivalent to RM323 million at the time. The acquisition connected the hotel with one of Malaysia’s major property and hospitality groups while the hotel continued operating under the JW Marriott identity and Marriott’s international hotel framework. As a property-level hotel rather than a standalone consumer-goods brand, JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur’s principal offerings are rooms and suites, hospitality services, dining, meetings, and events. Its positioning combines the international standards associated with the JW Marriott luxury brand with a central Kuala Lumpur location suitable for business, shopping, tourism, and regional travel. Publicly available reference material identifies the hotel’s scale, location, brand affiliation, facilities, and 2005 ownership transaction, but does not provide sufficient information here to document individual executives, detailed room categories, restaurant names, current operating performance, or later renovations.

JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur is a hotel property in Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Triangle, an area recognized for its concentration of commercial activity, offices, retail destinations, and hotels. The property operates under the JW Marriott name, part of the Marriott International hotel portfolio. Its location in the city’s central business district gives it a dual role: it serves corporate and institutional travelers visiting Kuala Lumpur while also accommodating leisure guests seeking access to the city center. The available reference material describes the hotel as a 23-story building with 491 rooms. In addition to guest accommodation, the property has a substantial meetings and events operation. It contains 20 meeting rooms and approximately 32,927 square feet, or 3,059 square meters, of total meeting space. This scale supports business meetings, conferences, receptions, banquets, and other organized events, making the hotel more than a room-only lodging operation. A significant ownership event occurred in 2005, when YTL Corporation acquired the Kuala Lumpur JW Marriott and two other Kuala Lumpur properties through its subsidiary, YTL Land. The reported purchase price for the group of properties was US$85 million, stated in the reference as RM323 million. The transaction placed the hotel within YTL’s Malaysian property and hospitality portfolio. The hotel’s brand affiliation remained JW Marriott, allowing the property to operate within the broader Marriott hotel system while being associated with a local Malaysian property group. The hotel’s documented development is therefore characterized by its role as an established luxury property in central Kuala Lumpur and by the 2005 change in ownership. The available sources do not establish an original opening date, identify a founder, document later ownership changes, or provide a detailed chronology of renovations and brand repositioning. They also do not supply reliable information about current general management, individual dining outlets, room-category designations, pricing, occupancy, or financial performance. Accordingly, those details are left undocumented in this entry rather than inferred from the wider JW Marriott brand.

• 2005

  YTL acquires the hotel

  [1]JW Marriott Kuala Lumpuren.wikipedia.org

  YTL Corporation acquired JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur and two other Kuala Lumpur properties through its subsidiary YTL Land in a reported transaction valued at US$85 million, or RM323 million.

Luxury business and leisure hotel with extensive meeting and event facilities in Kuala Lumpur’s central business district.

• Hotel rooms

  Guest accommodation

  The hotel provides luxury accommodation in a 23-story property with 491 rooms. The available reference material does not specify the full range of room and suite categories or their individual amenities.

• Hospitality events

  Meetings and events

  JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur offers meeting and event facilities comprising 20 meeting rooms and approximately 32,927 square feet, or 3,059 square meters, of total meeting space. These facilities support business meetings, conferences, receptions, and social functions.

• Hotel dining

  Food and beverage services

  Food and beverage service is part of the hotel’s hospitality offering. The supplied reference material does not identify individual restaurants, bars, cuisines, or signature dining concepts.

• 2005

  YTL property acquisitionM&A

  Background

  YTL Corporation expanded its Kuala Lumpur property portfolio by acquiring the JW Marriott hotel and two other properties through YTL Land.

  Action taken

  YTL Land completed the reported acquisition of the three properties for US$85 million, stated as RM323 million.

  Aftermath

  The hotel became part of the YTL property portfolio while continuing to operate under the JW Marriott brand.

  Reported purchase price for the hotel and two other Kuala Lumpur properties. US$85 million; RM323 million (2005)

  Source

• 2005

  YTL acquires JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur and two other properties[1]JW Marriott Kuala Lumpuren.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  YTL Corporation acquired the Kuala Lumpur JW Marriott and two other Kuala Lumpur properties through its subsidiary YTL Land in a reported transaction valued at US$85 million, or RM323 million.

1. 1JW Marriott Kuala Lumpuren.wikipedia.org