Golden Truly expands into hotel business<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Golden Truly, a major domestic retail chain,
\nwill expand into hotel operations later next year to benefit from
\nthe growing number of foreign tourists visiting the capital.<\/p>\n
\"We're confident that our hotel business will grow,\" the
\npresident of Golden Truly Group, H.E. Dachlan, said at the
\n\"topping out\" ceremony of the 15-story hotel here yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Golden hotel, as it will be called when it opens next
\nyear, is located near the Jakarta International Trade Center in
\nthe Kemayoran district, Central Jakarta. It will have 350 rooms
\nand a ballroom with a capacity of 1,200 people.<\/p>\n
\"Even though the hotel is designed to be a three-star
\nproperty, its facilities and amenities will be equal to those of
\na four-star hotel,\" Dachlan said.<\/p>\n
He said that the hotel business is promising due to the fact
\nthat the number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia has been
\nincreasing steadily and because the government is wooing more
\nforeign visitors.<\/p>\n
As of September this year, 2.6 million foreign tourists had
\nvisited Indonesia for the year, spending an estimated US$3.1
\nbillion.<\/p>\n
Next year the number is expected to reach five million, with
\ntotal spending expected to reach $6.9 billion.<\/p>\n
The government has targeted tourism to become a major earner
\nof foreign exchange by 2005. (13)<\/p>",
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