KLoé Hotel

KLoé: A Story of Kindness and Creative Calm

Its founder, Ng Ping Ho, was once best known for directing and writing some of Malaysia’s most-loved TV series. But after years in production — the constant rush of scripts, shoots, and schedules — he wanted to create something that moved at a different pace. “I just wanted to build places that made people feel good,” he shared in an interview.

He started small: BackHome Hostel, then LOKL Café, both in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Each one had the same quiet intention — to bring people together. Those early experiments eventually grew into KLoé, his most personal project yet.

Tucked just off Bukit Bintang, KLoé is a boutique hotel designed for the creative and the curious. Eighty-five rooms wrap around a courtyard filled with light and stillness — a kind of architectural deep breath. The space is warm, handcrafted, and intentionally human.

Behind it all is Kindness of Strangers, Ping Ho’s hospitality company built on a simple idea — that kindness shouldn’t end at the front desk. “It’s not just for our guests,” he says. “It’s for the people who work with us, too.”

KLoé isn’t loud or luxurious. It’s thoughtful. It’s the kind of place that doesn’t ask to be seen — it invites you to slow down long enough to notice.

Meet The Makers of KLoé

The five Artist Lofts at KLoé are more than rooms — they’re creative worlds imagined by independent makers who live what they love.

Room to Draw, curated by Joee Cheong, the Malaysian artist and creative entrepreneur known for her watercolour installations and playful collaborations with brands like Real Me and The Coffee Bean, is a space for those who still believe in the magic of putting brush to paper.

Room to Listen, shaped by Rudy La Faber — founder of indie music hotspot fono and a familiar face behind KLoé’s vinyl nights — fills the air with warmth, rhythm, and that soft vinyl crackle that feels like time slowing down.

Room to Taste, by Sarah Huang Benjamin, the Singapore-born food storyteller who finds culture in every bite, is a suite where you can cook, gather, and rediscover the joy of shared meals.

Room to Read, curated by Nazir Harith of Tintabudi, is a sanctuary for thinkers — its shelves lined with philosophy, literature, and art, inviting guests to lose themselves in ideas rather than itineraries.

Room to Grow, created with Ronnie Khoo, founder of Ohsum Mossum Terrariums and Shrubbery, brings the outside in — a green, living refuge where plants thrive quietly and calm feels contagious.

Each loft carries its maker’s fingerprint — crafted with intention, imagination, and heart. Together, they form KLoé’s living gallery of creative expression — a home for anyone who believes that beauty, like kindness, begins with care.