Best Luxury Hotels in Malaysia

Proudly included in the Pan Pacific Hotel Group’s luxury portfolio is the lavish, family-friendly PARKROYAL Langkawi Resort. The hotel hosts an array of elegantly furnished, contemporary rooms, suites and private villas overlooking blue skies and clear waters or lush, green hills. Situation along the Pantai Tengah beach and a stone’s through from Pantai Cenang where guests can marvel at the Temoyong night market every Thursday. There is a choice of two world-class restaurants where you’ll embark on an adventure full of flavour and variety in CASSIA or Lancava and a lively Ocean View Lounge provides guests with entertainment and soothing vistas. PARKROYAL Langkawi Resort is home to 24-hour business and fitness centres as well as SUASANA Spa where guests are pampered and rejuvenated in traditional Malaysian style. Children are welcome to enjoy the wonders of the Jungle Camp, swimming pools and jacuzzi while the adult-only Sky Pool delivers a calming retreat. This hotel is the ideal location for any occasion with seven high-tech function rooms and the crown jewel that is the Garden Ballroom.

The 5-star Casa del Rio Melaka is a spectacular waterfront hotel with beautiful views of the Melaka River and nearby Piazza. Guests can discover Malaysia while staying in a luxurious, Mediterranean-style guestroom or suite with stunning balcony views. This hotel also features two split-level Premier suites – the Royal Suite and the Presidential Suite – where guests are invited to sprawl in spacious, beautifully decorated accommodations. The River Grill and River Café serve a breakfast buffet and traditional, local Malaysian dishes in style while Bar Rio invites guests to indulge in a carefully crafted cocktail. Bar Sol sits beside the hotel’s shimmering rooftop infinity pool and treats guests to a panoramic view of the city’s skyline and the Straits while they savour tapas and tipples. The on-site Satkara Spa provides a blissful experience for guests to unwind and a range of full-body spa treatments to transport them and reinvigorate their senses. Casa del Rio Melaka is also the ideal location for hosting unforgetting functions and a first-class wedding venue

Also part of the Shangri-La, the sleek Tanjung Aru, like its sister property, has extensive facilities for recreation and dining. This hotel is a short walk from the beach but has clear views of the South China Sea from many of its public areas and Tanjung wing bedrooms. Popular with families, the themed parties at the Cool Zone Kids’ Club and the water play area (with three slides, a giant bucket splash and a water balloon war station) are a hit with little ones. Meanwhile, parents can bliss out at Chi The Spa, with Bornean treatments, yoga, t’ai chi and pilates classes.

Thoroughly modern glitz and quirky features await at the light, bright,162 bedroom Prestige. Look out for showers encased in golden cages, floating beds and tropical accents in among the almost exclusively ivory colour scheme. Ministry of Design – also responsible for Macalister Mansion’s decor – have created the interiors here. A sleek, glass-walled saltwater infinity pool looks out onto the harbourfront from its elevated fourth-floor position – a great spot to recline on a lounger, drink in hand and watch the port comings and goings. A pastel-hued Glasshouse restaurant is a place to eat and drink at The Prestige, or you can order food to your room.