Deputy managing director Datuk Yeoh Seok Kian said YTL Hotels is also eyeing luxury hotel brands to include in its classic collection.
YTL Hotels owns and manages a collection of hotels and Spa villages locally and in Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan and Europe.
These include Pangkor Laut Resort, Cameron Highlands Resort, Tanjung Jara Resort, The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur, The Majestic Malacca, Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur and JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur.
The company currently owns Vistana Hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan and Penang, which underwent refurbishment recently.
It is believed that YTL Hotels invested around RM50 million to RM60 million in the refurbishment exercise.
The company launched the refurbished properties last week, providing better offerings for both business and leisure travellers.
The refurbishment of Vistana Hotel Kuala Lumpur involved the hotel's 360 executive deluxe rooms and two executive suites, while for Vistana Hotel Kuantan, it involved 210 executive deluxe rooms and five executive suites.
For Vistana Hotel Penang, the exercise involved retrofiting its 221 executive deluxe rooms and 17 executive suites.
The refreshed hotels all have a modern and stylish look, offer 24-hour gyms equipped with FreeMotion Fitness equipment, free WiFi, and "grab-and-go" coffee bars.
Yeoh said YTL Hotels' investment to upgrade the hotels is to capture the growing tourism market as well as to cater to the demand arising from Visit Malaysia 2014 events.
For Visit Malaysia 2014, the government is targeting 28 million in tourist arrivals and RM76 billion in tourist receipts.
It is expected to contribute to the realisation of the government's target of receiving 36 million tourist arrivals and RM168 billion in tourist receipts by 2020, as outlined in the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan 2020, which is part of the National Key Economic Areas.
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