The Singaporean hotelier behind Lloyd’s Inn Kuala Lumpur, one of the city’s most stylish boutique hotels
However, the way to opening Lloyd’s Inn KL was not without its hurdles. The world COVID- 19 crisis, which even severely impacted global commerce demand and cash flows across the hospitality sector, caused significant delays to construction.
” It was an exceedingly difficult time, no uncertainty”, Chang, who is Singaporean, candidly admitted. Not just for this KL job, but also for our overall business operations, which were severely impacted by the subdued commerce climate, which was affecting the entire sector.
However, the determined co-founder persisted, once more working with the innovative team at Farm, the renowned design firm responsible for developing the impressive visual of the brand’s properties in Singapore and Bali.
” We worked with Farm again because they deeply understand and contributed to the development of the Lloyd’s Inn product from the beginning,” Chang said. ” The key design ethos , – encompassing the outside, wall, ends, rooms and more , – remains necessarily the same. However, it was modified and made into a high-rise tower for Melbourne, making it the first vertical property of its kind.