Year-end fun, festivities at Jakarta hotels<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Star-rated hotels in the capital are again busy
\noffering special room, food and entertainment packages to woo
\nJakartans and holidaymakers observing the upcoming Christmas,
\nIdul Fitri and New Year's Eve festivities.<\/p>\n
Some hotels, such as Hotel Mulia Senayan, Gran Melia, Grand
\nMahakam, and Shangri-La, are focusing their activities more on
\nNew Year's Eve, offering shows performed by local and foreign
\nentertainers.<\/p>\n
Many others are concentrating on selling specially designed
\ncelebration meal packages for Christmas and Idul Fitri at their
\ncafes or restaurants, which have been decorated in the respective
\nthemes.<\/p>\n
Contacted separately by The Jakarta Post on Sunday, some of
\nthe hotels' staff said some of the packages have been booked
\nsince last week.<\/p>\n
Three major holidays fall very close to each other this year.
\nAfter Christmas, on Monday, Dec. 25, Muslims in the country
\nobserve the post-Ramadhan fasting month holiday of Idul Fitri two
\ndays later, on Dec. 26 and Dec. 27. And four days later, the city
\n-- like all people around the world -- will celebrate New Year's
\nEve on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n
Five-star Hotel Mulia Senayan is offering a special New Year's
\nEve gala dinner that includes a show by legendary U.S. pop group
\nThe Temptation.<\/p>\n
A reservation staffer at the hotel said, \"We are offering a
\nspecial dinner buffet priced at Rp 1.2 million (US$127) plus-plus
\n(++ for government tax and service) per person. The dinner will
\nstart at 7:30 p.m. and will last until 2 a.m. on New Year's Day.\"<\/p>\n
For a reservation, the staffer said, people should come
\nstraight to the hotel and pay in full to obtain seats.<\/p>\n
\"We have 750 seats for the venue but most of them have been
\nbooked,\" she said.<\/p>\n
For Christmas and Idul Fitri, the hotel is offering buffet-
\nmeal packages at its seven outlets serving Italian, Japanese or
\nChinese food, with prices varying between Rp 78,000++ and Rp
\n248,000++ per person.<\/p>\n
Gran Melia Hotel, Jl. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, is offering
\na special New Year's Eve dinner buffet with the Amigos band,
\nfamous artist Tata Dado and emceed by Ferdy Hasan for Rp
\n650,000++ per person at the Cafe Gran Via.<\/p>\n
Gran Melia's reservation staffer, Lia, said, \"For Christmas we
\nhave dinner at Rp 150,000++ per person on Dec. 24 and Christmas
\nbrunch at Rp 120,000++ on Dec. 25, also at the cafe.<\/p>\n
\"At our Chinese restaurant, Tien Chao, we have a Christmas set
\nmenu for Rp 180,000++ per person.\"<\/p>\n
To make a reservation, people must pay a 50 percent deposit.<\/p>\n
The hotel offers no packages for Idul Fitri.<\/p>\n
A children's choir and Santa Claus are expected to enliven
\nChristmas Day brunch at Grand Mahakam Hotel, Jl. Mahakam I, South
\nJakarta. The brunch has been set at Rp 98,000++ for adults and Rp
\n52,000++ for children.<\/p>\n
Grand Mahakam marketing staffer, Widi, said, \"For Christmas
\ndinner we have a special package for Rp 108,000++ per person, and
\nRp 62,000++ per person for the 24th. The dinner starts at 7 p.m.
\nuntil 11 p.m.\"<\/p>\n
For Idul Fitri, the hotel is offering a buffet lunch and
\ndinner priced at Rp 98,000++ for adults and Rp 52,000++ for
\nchildren. A New Year's Day brunch is also offered at the same
\nprice.<\/p>\n
\"For New Year's Eve we are serving a special buffet with wine
\nfor Rp 228,000++ for adults and Rp 118,000++ for children,\" she
\nadded.<\/p>\n
Anyone willing to dress Arabian style for New Year's Eve can
\nbook a seat at the Shangri-La Hotel, as the hotel is holding a
\nspecial event dubbed \"1001 Nights with 2001 style\" with MTV's VJ
\nShanty, at the hotel's lobby lounge.<\/p>\n
The buffet dinner is priced at Rp 750,000++ per person.(dja)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/year-end-fun-festivities-at-jakarta-hotels-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }