KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 -- Hotels in Malaysia will work to get more bookings from local tourists as well as those from Asian countries such as China, following some initial reports of booking cancellations after the start of the Iran war several weeks ago.

Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) president Datin Christina Toh confirmed that there have already been "trickles of cancellation", but indicated that the full data from MAH members is not available yet.

She said MAH's members have given feedback that such booking cancellations continue "to increase with more deferment and cancellation of events".

"We are unable to crunch the numbers on cancellations as members have not been able to update us for now," she told Malay Mail when cont...