Bandung hotels enjoy bustling business<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung<\/p>\n
Prior to the celebration of the Asia-Africa Conference's golden
\njubilee in Bandung on April 24, most of hotels in the city are
\nalready fully booked with orders coming from members of
\ndelegations, businesspeople and foreigners.<\/p>\n
Preanger Hotel's Executive Assistant Manager Geraldine
\nChristine, said the hotel could no longer receive new
\nreservations for people wanting to stay this week.<\/p>\n
\"Everything is booked,\" she told The Jakarta Post in Bandung.<\/p>\n
The hotel, and its more than 180 rooms, is just 200 meters
\naway from the Gedung Merdeka, where the golden jubilee
\ncelebration will be held.<\/p>\n
Panghegar Hotel's Front Office Manager Erna S. Djamalun said
\nthe hotel, located on Jl. Merdeka -- a kilometer away from Gedung
\nMerdeka, was already reserved by the Asian-African Summit's
\ncommittee in West Java province.<\/p>\n
\"The hotel is under renovation, so we don't many rooms, only
\nabout 80,\" she said, adding the rooms were booked up a month ago.<\/p>\n
At the Savoy Homann Hotel, where heads of state and members of
\nthe delegations will gather before taking part in the
\ncelebration, the situation was no different.<\/p>\n
The hotel's Executive Assistant Manager, Bambang Sasongko,
\nsaid that all 147 rooms in the historical hotel, which was set up
\nin 1880 during the Dutch era, had been reserved by the State
\nSecretariat.<\/p>\n
\"The hotel is the closest to Gedung Merdeka (about 50 meters)
\nand it was part of the history since it was where many of the
\nheads of state taking part in the conference stayed back in
\n1955,\" Bambang said.<\/p>\n
Delegations from four countries, China, Japan, Korea and
\nYemen, have made their reservations at the hotel.<\/p>\n
Apart from hotels in the main city center, star-rated hotels
\nin northern part of Bandung also could benefit.<\/p>\n
The Hyatt Bandung on Jl. Sumatera, for instance, was specially
\nbooked by Brunei delegation.<\/p>\n
The hotel's Public Relations Manager, Donna Indrawati, said
\nover the weekend that 80 percent of the hotel's 255 rooms had
\nbeen booked.<\/p>\n
\"People still can make reservations, but I'm not sure about
\nthis (upcoming) weekend,\" she said.<\/p>\n
At the Sheraton Hotel on Jl. Juanda in Dago area, just a
\nhandful of rooms were available. \"The hotel is almost fully
\nbooked, mostly by delegations from Argentina, Brazil and Yemen,\"
\nan employee said.<\/p>\n
Head of West Java's tourism and culture agency, I Budhiyana,
\nsaid his office hoped the jubilee celebration would bring in
\nplenty of revenue for the city.<\/p>\n
Every year, Bandung -- West Java's main shopping destination
\n-- attracts at least nine million local and foreign visitors.<\/p>\n
Apart from staying at Bandung's star-rated hotels, guests also
\nspend money at the city's popular factory outlets.<\/p>",
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