Berjaya Times Square to beef up function room inventory

BERJAYA Times Square Hotel in Kuala Lumpur will add a new junior ballroom to its collection of event spaces by November 1 in a bid to cope with growing demand from corporate event planners.

Located on the 14th floor alongside seven existing function rooms, the new junior ballroom will be able to accommodate 350 guests. It can also be divided into three smaller rooms.

Mondi Mecja, general manager of Berjaya Times Square Hotel, said: “Our events business is quite substantial. We have to expand our event space because as it is, we cannot cope with the demand. We had to turn away some clients this year.

“By adding a junior ballroom that can be converted into three smaller function rooms, we will be able to cater to clients’ need for more breakout rooms at the hotel.”

According to Mecja, the hotel is popular with meeting and event organisers, especially those from India, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and China, as it has one of Kuala Lumpur’s largest ballrooms. The Manhattan Ballroom can seat 2,000 guests theatre-style or host a 1,400-pax banquet. Recent large-scale events held at the hotel include the 10thCrystal Dancesport Championships on August 26 and the 9th Asia-Pacific Harmonica Festival from August 3-6, both of which drew more than 1,000 participants.

Mecja said the hotel’s location – in the heart of the capital city and is linked to the Berjaya Times Square mall – and affordable rates had also endeared the property to corporate meeting and incentive planners.

He added: “Apart from us, Shangri-La Hotel and Mandarin Oriental Hotel are the only hotels in Kuala Lumpur with such large ballrooms. So there’s them, and there’s us – a local five-star hotel with affordable rates. There are clients who prefer to spend their money on more activities for the delegates, instead of paying for (pricier) rooms and spaces. We cater well to mid-budget clients, and have earned several loyal clients this way. Prudential Indonesia, for instance, has taken its meeting and incentive events to us several times now.”

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