Sponsored in KL

20 September 2008

Above:  Stations on the KL monorail have sponsored names.  My hotel is at “Medan Tuanku MAA Assurance”

My AirAsia flight from Vientiane to Kuala Lumpur departed at 1110 today. Landing at 1445 I bused and monorailed to my overnight at the cheapie Tune Hotel before flying off on another AirAsia super-cheap flight tomorrow bright and early tomorrow morning.  I had enough time to fit in another massage and a good meal at the super glam Pavilion Mall.

Interesting note with the monorail in KL … the stations are sponsored by advertisers.  Apart from ginormous murals on the stations, sponsors get their names as an adjunct to the station name … not only in signage and print but also in all announcements.  “The next station is Hang Tuah Prudential”  or “KL Sentral The Star”!

 

Next stop “Hang Tuah Prudential”.

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