Dusit Princess Ipoh set to open October 1 as Dusit's third hotel in Malaysia

Dusit Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening of Dusit Princess Ipoh on October 1, 2026, marking the company's third hotel brand in Malaysia. It's located in Ipoh, the capital of Perak state, about 200 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh is known for its colonial-era heritage shophouses and traditional kopitiam coffee shops, including Ipoh white coffee roasted with margarine, as well as the limestone landscape of the Kinta Valley with its cave temples.

The hotel, owned by Plenitude Berhad, sits next to the Perak Turf Club racecourse, about 5 minutes from the city center and 10 minutes from Sultan Azlan Shah Airport. It has 268 rooms across 5 categories, from 25-sqm Superior rooms to 58-sqm Family Suites with a kitchenette, alongside an outdoor pool, a Kids Club, a 6,580-square-foot fitness center, and The Atrium restaurant overlooking limestone hills, serving a breakfast buffet featuring nasi lemak, roti jala, dim sum and continental dishes.

Event space totals 964 sqm across 3 rooms, led by the 496.8-sqm Kinta Ballroom seating 400 theater-style. The hotel also offers a "Discover the Soul of Ipoh" program featuring local activities — old-town photo walks, pomelo orchard visits, cave temple tours, an Ipoh white coffee trail, and a Labu Sayong pottery workshop. Opening rates start at 230 ringgit (about $57) per night, including daily food and beverage credit of 50 ringgit, through December 31, 2026.

Source: Dusit International