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Hotels & Resorts Take Home 14
Awards
Participating
restaurants vied for the
top places in 35 different categories at
the 14th Malaysia International Gourmet
Festival (MIGF) annual awards ceremony
that took place at the Royale Chulan,
Kuala Lumpur. Starwood Hotels & Re-
sorts Malaysia shined once again when
nominated as best in 14 categories that
evening.
Spontaneous Travel Made Easier
HotelQuickly
, Asia-Pacific’s leading
last-minute hotel booking app, is here to
give you a hand with your spontaneous
travel plans by offering hotel rates which
are up to 28% cheaper compared to best
price online at the last minute. With a
network of over 4,000 hotels in 14 coun-
tries over Asia Pacific, your spontaneous
travel plans to Koh Samui or Bali just got
a lot easier - and cheaper.
Far right, Tomas Laboutka (CEO & Co-Found-
er of HotelQuickly), explaining the mobile app
to guests at the HotelQuickly official launch
Seasonal Tastes at TheWestin Langkawi
Resort & Spa
Designed to help travelers find the best
deals on last-minute hotel reservations,
this free app includes new features such
as a significant redesign, local hotspot
guides in major cities, as well as full
PayPal and TrustYou payment platform
integration. These new features are part
of HotelQuickly’s mission to become the
best mobile app that saves you time and
money by offering dynamic deals at the
best hotels in Asia-Pacific.
Lazada launches in-house label LZD
Fashionistas
across the region now have an exciting new portal to
get their style fix from. Online shopping mall Lazada is blazing new
trails with a refreshed fashion section, giving shoppers in Southeast
Asia access to previously-unavailable high street fashion brands from
the UK like Rock and Religion, Dead Lovers, and Neon Rose.
In addition to that, Lazada recently announced the launch of its very
own in-house label, LZD at a special hi-tea event at Tanzini Restaurant,
G-Tower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The evening featured an intimate
showcase with Lazada Group’s Fashion Creative Director at Lazada
Group, Anne-Marie Bodal who styled a total of five different looks
capturing the style essence of modern day young women.
“Lazada has its finger on the pulse of style and fashion. Our aim is
to provide the young people of Southeast Asia with the latest designs at
accessible prices. This is in line with LZD’s offering of high street fashion
that covers all key trends of the season, from global catwalk, vintage
fashion, and Asian influences,” explained Bodal about the collection.
So if you are fashion forward and always on the lookout for trend-led
fashion at great values, LZD by Lazada is your new go-to brand for its
trendy pieces and affordable line-up.
Participating for the second time with
its signature dining venue – Nook, Aloft
Kuala Lumpur Sentral brought home 2
People’s Choice Awards including Most
Creative Food Presentation and Most
Creative Restaurant Station, 2 Judges’
Choice Award for Most Creative Food
Presentation andMost Innovative Cuisine
as well as Most Outstanding Starter – Cold
for its Marinated Sea Conch, Octopus
and Sea Urchin Roe in Coconut Kerabu
with Fiddlehead Fern in the Diners’
Choice Awards at the gala finale. Led by
Executive Sous Chef Rozaiman, the hotel
did extremely well following its success
last year.
Seasonal Tastes at The Westin Lang-
kawi Resort & Spa, the only participating
restaurant from outside Kuala Lumpur,
and Sous Chef Syahir Ismail got into the
action as Seasonal Tastes received 6 Din-
ers’ Choice Awards. Apart from that, the
team also flew back with 2 Judges’ Choice
Awards for Best Marketed Restaurant and
Most Creative Food Presentation.
Towards the end of the event, a
Special MIGF Festival Awardwas awarded
to Seasonal Tastes for Most Outstanding
Overall Festival Experience as the estab-
lishment that, in the view of the judges,
presented the most outstanding overall
festival experience to diners and guests.