PT Gobel diversifies to build three-star hotel<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Gobel Development Corporation, a major
\nelectronics manufacturer, is entering the hotel business by
\nconstructing a three star-hotel on Jl. Saharjo in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The planned hotel, to be called Hotel Clarion Jakarta, is
\nowned by PT Dharmagraha Nusantara, a Gobel subsidiary, and will
\nbe managed by PT Choice Hotels Indonesia, the master license
\nholder of Choice Hotels International of the United States.<\/p>\n
The ground breaking ceremony of the US$125 million hotel took
\nplace yesterday and was led by a Gobel commissioner, Abdullah
\nGobel, Choice's executive chairman, David Schaefer, and the chief
\nof the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Tourism, Post and
\nTelecommunications, Pudjo Basuki.<\/p>\n
Gobel said that the planned eight-story hotel will include 172
\nrooms, a business center, meeting rooms, a conference hall, a
\nswimming pool, restaurants and a health center.<\/p>\n
The hotel is expected to open in early 1998 and to employ some
\n250 Indonesians, he said.<\/p>\n
Pudjo admitted that the 1.5-year construction period is
\nrelatively short for such a project.<\/p>\n
"I am quite happy that this hotel will be up and running soon.
\nThere are currently 11 star-rated hotel projects in Jakarta
\ndelayed by the owners, mostly owing to financial problems."<\/p>\n
A number of star-rated hotels in Jakarta are currently
\ncarrying out renovation or expansion projects, including the
\nBorobudur Inter-Continental and Le Meridien, while dozens of new
\nstar-rated hotels, such as the Conrad, the Marriott, the
\nKempinski, the Marco Polo, the Traders and the Park Lane, are
\nbeing prepared to open in the city in the next few years.<\/p>\n
However, Pudjo said, Jakarta might lack star-rated hotel-rooms
\nif the growth rate is slow and more hotel projects are delayed.
\nHe refused to name the delayed hotel projects.<\/p>\n
"Jakarta now has some 18,000 star-rated hotel rooms. This
\nfigure is expected to increase to 30,000 by the year 2000."<\/p>\n
Choice currently operates six hotels, in Yogyakarta, Bandung
\nand Anyer in West Java, Parapat in North Sumatra and Pacung and
\nTaman Mumbul in Bali.<\/p>\n
Choice expects to see four hotels open in 1997, located in the
\nCentral Java city of Surakarta, Batam in Riau, Carita beach in
\nWest Java and Surabaya in East Java.<\/p>\n
In addition to the Clarion Jakarta, Choice will also manage
\ntwo further hotels, in Palembang in South Sumatra and Bogor in
\nWest Java in 1998.<\/p>\n
Today Choice, which uses Quality, Clarion, Comfort and Sleep
\nas it brands, is scheduled to sign an agreement with the Lippo
\nGroup to manage the Carita Clarion Suites at the Carita beach in
\nWest Java. (icn)<\/p>",
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