Island properties for business events

Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort
The 330-room Shangri-La Rasa Ria is one of two Shangri-La properties in Sabah. It offers
the best of both worlds for conference and incentive groups, with excellent facilities to
accommodate both. It recently opened its new Ocean Wing, which offers 90 oceanfacing
rooms with their own bathtubs on the oversized balconies. The hotel claims they are
for two people but you could easily fit four in with plenty of room to spare. Guests in the
Ocean Wing also have access to the wing’s own swimming pool.
Its largest indoor space can hold 1,000 reception style or 630 for a banquet. The Rasa
Ria’s resort design features a mix of granite and bamboo, adding to its appeal across the whole property. Its big outdoor spaces are also a bonus and ideal for cocktail functions and
outdoor barbecues, well away from other hotel guests. Recent clients of the Rasa Ria
include 370 people from Mars confectionery company, 100 from General Electric and
250 from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
www.shangri-la.com

Nexus Resort Karambunai
The Nexus Resort Karambunai seems to have been chiselled out of the jungle on 1,350
hectares of land. The resort offers itself as a self-contained conference facility and is
a 40-minute drive from Kota Kinabalu Airport.
Groups have a choice of a grand ballroom or three smaller spaces and eight breakout rooms.
However the main strength of this resort is its huge outdoor event spaces, including
beachfront areas, gardens and the golf course.
Apart from its 479 guestrooms, it also features six royal and presidential villas, all with their own outdoor spaces that can easily hold up to 300 people each. Recent clients include a large group from Teradata, and a group of 60 from Phonak Shanghai.
www.nexusresort.com

Sutera Harbour Resort
The huge Sutera Harbour resort features the most comprehensive group offering in
Sabah, with 956 rooms, two ballrooms and 20 meeting rooms across its two hotels, which
are joined by a free shuttle bus. The largest meeting space is the Magellan Room, which
can hold 1,200 banquet style and is also the biggest convention space in Sabah.
The hotel also has three luxury yachts for hire – ideal for rewarding top incentive
winners – and also has its own private island for teambuilding events.
www.suteraharbour.com

Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa
The Shangri-La Tanjung Aru is set on the harbour in Kota Kinabalu. The hotel has just
opened its Chi Spa, designed as an island concept and built on a sundeck out over the
water. The 495-room property also specialises in theme dinners, including a Borneo
Rainforest or Shang Dynasty theme.
The hotel opened its 249 new Kinabalu Rooms in June 2007 and also changed its
name to add ‘Spa’ at start of 2008.
Recent clients include Oracle, which held a dinner for 1,200 at the hotel, Motorola from Singapore (300) and Hewlett-Packard (300).
www.shangri-la.com