Introduction
Hotel Equatorial Penang is a city type hotel that are located at the south part of the Penang Island. It is a luxurious 4-star property conveniently located only 6km (3.8mi) from the center of Penang. Local places of interest include Queensbay Mall. The hotel is situated adjacent to the prestigious international 18-hole Bukit Jambul golf course which was designed by Trent jones and declared one of the most challenging golf courses in Asia. It is also a 3 minute drive away from the shopping mall banks, Pantai hospital and the Penang international sports arena - Pisa: 5 minutes away from the Bayan Lepas industrial zone: 10 minutes from the Penang international airport and 20 minutes from the city of Georgetown. Most of the hotel’s guests are from business clienteles. This is because this hotel is located near to Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. The Bayan Lepas Industrial Zone is the main labour market in Penang, drawing from a pool of skilled and semi-skilled workforce locally and from the neighboring states. There are many corporate company located near to the hotel like Intel, Radiola Corporation, Cristal Precision, Clarion, ITW Meritex, Okuni Seiko, GUH Holding, Malaysia Engineering Plastic, Applied Magnetic, Mapa, Sanyo, Pently, Tan Brothers, Shina, OE Design, Lumileds Lighting, Western Digital, Fastron, Advanced Micro Devices, Iso Technology, KESP, Avago Technology, Agilent Technologies, Woodard Textile Mills, Jabil Circuit, Thomson, Gemtech, Peak Plastic, Arrow Component, Uni Has, Escatel, AMC Billion Electronic, Great Technology, Unico, Aurona Mars, Seagate, Plexus, Knowles Electronics, Inventec, Tim Electronics, Toshiba, Kingston, Marvell Semiconductor, Priority, Eng Kah, QDOS Flexcircuits, Cincaria, Geotrade Filters, CMT, Renom, Rhythm, Priority, Atlan Engineering, Emico, Asiatic Motor, Wanjun, Malaysia Pharmaceuticals, Sin Kean Boon, Gold Chico Food, Yan Jin, Lucky Frozen, Sri Communications, Teoh