Highlands Hotel

Hotel in Hulu Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia

Highlands Hotel

Hotel Highlands

Former names| Maxims Hotel
General information
Type| hotel
Coordinates| 3°25′25.4″N 101°47′28.6″E﻿ / ﻿3.423722°N 101.791278°E﻿ / 3.423722; 101.791278
Website
Official website

The Highlands Hotel, formerly known as Maxims Genting between 2015 and 2020, is one of the seven accommodations in Genting Highlands, Ulu Selangor, Selangor,[1] Malaysia.

It is a 4-star hotel, and it houses the Maxims Club. It also houses the upper station of Genting Skyway, one of the two gondola lifts in Genting Highlands that links to the lower station located near Gohtong Jaya.[2]

## History

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Maxims hotel

The hotel started operations as the Highlands Hotel. Later, it was renamed to Maxims Genting, after taking over the name of the current Genting Grand Hotel. In August 2020, Genting Group announced that it would be reverted to Highlands Hotel, ceasing Maxims Genting's name and Genting Reward members were notified on the 1st of September 2020.

## Hotel

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Highland Hotel Genting Highlands currently has 845 rooms and is exclusive for casino guests only. The hotel is located at the far end of Genting Highlands connected via Genting Grand.[3] In 2018, Maxims received a 'recommended' accreditation while its sister hotel, the adjacent Genting Grand was awarded with a 4-star rating from Forbes Travel Guide Star Ratings.[4]

## Philippines

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Resorts World Manila

Maxims Hotel is also present in the Philippines and it is a part of four hotels within the Resorts World Manila which was open on 28 August 2009. It is the first integrated resort in the country and is the sister resort to Resorts World Genting, Malaysia and Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore. The resort is located in Newport City, opposite Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.

## See also

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* Genting Grand
* Genting Skyway
* Resorts World Genting
* Resorts World Manila
* Resorts World Sentosa

## References

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1. ^ "APLIKASI CARIAN KOD DAN NAMA SEMPADAN PENTADBIRAN TANAH (UPI)". Retrieved 23 August 2022.
2. ^ "Up Genting Highlands — in just 11 minutes". The Straits Times. Bernama, New Straits Times. 23 February 1997. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
3. ^ "What people love about Resorts World Genting – Maxims Hotel". Agoda. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
4. ^ "Resorts World Wenting gains two accolades in the 2018 Forbes Travel Guide Star Ratings". businessinsider.com. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Highlands Hotel.

* Official website