MillenniumHotelsand Resorts wasestablished as aglobalbrand by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc to providea commommarketingandoperatingplatform across itsentire portfolio.
In 1996, a group of Asian investors including Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan of Hong Leong Malaysia, his Singaporean cousins who control Britain's listed MillenniumCopthorne Hotels and Indonesian billionaire Liem Sioe Liong teamed up to buy over 21% of Brierley.