Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur is strategically located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur Sentral. It is an upscale international hotel, having headquarters previously in France and United Kingdom. Le Meridien is part of the Marriott International group, in which the group has a large hotel portfolio.
Before coming into the picture in Malaysia, the Le Meridien brand or name was initially established by Air France back in the year 1972. The reason it was established was to provide a home for guests away from home. Starting in Paris, the first ever Le Meridien hotel was a 1000-room hotel, known as Le Meridien Etoile. It received good feedback or response, making it a success. This led to more hotels being established in Europe and Africa within its two years operation. Reaching its six years anniversary, Le Meridien successfully opened up to 21 hotels in Europe, Africa, Canada, South America and Middle East. By the time in 1991, the total number of hotels under the name Le Meridien peaked to 58. With such success, there were a number of acquisitions went on for years starting in late 1994 until 2005. In November 2005, the brand Le Meridien as well as its business was successfully acquired by Starwood Capital Group that includes the Le Meridien Hotels and Resort portfolio. A joint venture formed by Starwood Capital Group and Lehman Brothers, acquired the leased and owned real estate assets separately.
In Kuala Lumpur, the Le Meridien hotel is considered as one of the top hotels. It was opened in the year 2004 with 35 floors. The hotel was last renovated in the year 2012. It is located very close to the bustling street of Little India at Brickfields and the Perdana Botanical Gardens. It is about five minutes away from Nu Sentral Mall and easily accessible through an extensive network of railway connections. Commuting to the airports is just about 30 minutes via the KLIA Express.
The newly renovated Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur offers a few categories of rooms for its guests namely the Superior Room with room size 30m2, Deluxe Room with room size 32m2, Premier Room with room size 36m2, Le Meridien Club Room with 36m2, Le Meridien Suite Room with room size ranging from 69 to 138m2 and Presidential Suite with room size ranging from 137 to 138m2.
Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur housed many different types of award winning restaurants. Favola, an award-winning for being the Best Italian restaurant by Time Out Food & Drink KL Awards for 2016. This restaurant offers some of the best Italian favorites like pastas, pizza and seafood specialties. Besides the delicious and authentic Italian food, the restaurant has one of the best selections of wine too. Another award-winning restaurant is the Prime, which was awarded the Best Meat Place by Time Out KL’s Food Awards for 2014. Prime has the finest halal-certified imported US and Australia beef cuts. With both great steak and wine, this combination will definitely give its guests one of the best dining experiences. The latest addition to the line of award-winning restaurants in Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur is the Gastro Sentral, which specializes in boutique beverage and craft beer that go well with its wide range of scrumptious culinary. Other than that, the Japanese restaurant, Ginza Sushimasa, with award-winning chefs, Murakami and Tanaka offers the most delicate flavored sushi here.
Guests at the Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur will definitely enjoy the stay of the comfort of a home with all necessary facilities available such as recreational facilities like gym, spa and swimming pool, business center and convenience store.