Qatar Holding is planning to open a line of hotels under the name of the famous luxury department store. Hotels branded with the name of the Knightsbridge store will open in Kuala Lumpur, New York and Paris as well as in China. This week it said that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysian property developer Jerantas Sdn Bhd to study the potential development of a hotel in Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur. “We have already decided to build a Harrods Hotel in London, one in Kuala Lumpur and one in Sardinia, Italy,” Qatar Holding Vice Chairman Hussain Ali Al-Abdulla told reporters in the Malaysian capital today. “We are looking to invest more in Malaysia because we think the economy is growing.” (Photo: Globetrotters, the iconic British store)
