SEMATAN: Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) resorts, once operated mainly by international franchises, are now reverting back to local managements.
SEDC has surprised many by not renewing its contracts with companies like Holiday Inn in respect of a prominent resort in Miri several years ago, and the latest, Damai Beach Resort at Santubong.
The latter has been under the management of Sara Resort (a SEDC subsidiary) since the first of this month.
Last year, a similar move resulted in the newly re-branded Damai Puri Resort and Spa.
“Sometimes, it’s better to consolidate rather than to expand,” SEDC chairman Datuk Talib Zulpilip said yesterday.
He told The Borneo Post that SEDC would not build any more hotels or resorts in the near future, adding that the corporation preferred to ‘watch the market’.
“There will be more competition two or three years down the road with new hotels (coming up) in and around Kuching City,” he explained.
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