Index / Contents (853KB) - Genting Malaysia Berhad

REVIEW OF
Operations
Genting Highlands Resort at night
The Odyssey - a journey through space and time at the Genting International Showroom
GENTING HIGHLANDS RESORT
GENTING - CITY OF ENTERTAINMENT
Affirming the quality of our facilities, services and
employees, Genting Highlands Resort - City of
Entertainment, was awarded the Gold Award 1999 by
World Asia Media (“WAM”) for “The Best Family &
Entertainment Resort in Malaysia 1999”.
The 6,000-seat Arena of Stars at Genting Highlands
Resort (“Resort”), is recognised as the prime venue for
spectacular concerts and other entertainment events in
Malaysia. International artistes, such as Alan Tam, Roman
Tam, Coco Lee, Andy Hui, Vanessa-Mae, Chyi Chin and
Jeff Chang performed at the Arena of Stars. Other
entertainment extravaganzas staged included Astro Talent
Quest 1999 with Taiwan’s heartthrob Wang Lee Hom and
MTV Syok 100 Retrospective which featured Sheila Majid,
Innuendo, Ning Baizura, Erra Fazira and Indigo, among
others.
The highly successful RM18 million ringgit production
“Harary ImagineNation”, which featured Franz Harary, one
of the world’s best illusionists, ended its run in November
1999 at the 1,800-seat Genting International Showroom.
Subsequently, another multi-million ringgit world-class
production, “Odyssey” featuring world-renowned
magicians Greg Frewin and Juliana Chen was staged,
enthralling the audience with many dazzling and
spectacular acts.
The prestigious Miss Malaysia/Universe Pageant 1999
was held in the Arena of Stars, where a banquet was
served for invited patrons. The Arena of Stars was also
the venue of the 9th Malaysia National Lion Dance
Championship.
Major sports events such as the 11th stage of
world-renowned cycling event Le Tour de Langkawi 1999,
the 3rd Southeast Asia Women’s Basketball Championship
1999 and the 1999 World Grand Prix Women’s Volleyball
were held at the Resort during the year.
HOTELS
In 1999, the four hotels at the Resort maintained an
overall occupancy rate of 84% with a total of 883,000
room nights sold despite the difficult economic conditions.
Genting Hotel is the first hotel to be awarded the
prestigious MS ISO 9002 certification for the category of
Rooms, Food and Beverage and Laundry Divisions in
October 1999.
In our continuous efforts to provide the best services to
our valued customers, various facilities were enhanced
such as upgrading the lifts in Genting Hotel to high speed
lifts and providing internet access to the hotel guests.
RESORTS WORLD BHD 7 ANNUAL REPORT 1999