Accor opens three new hotels in the capital

JAKARTA (JP): Accor Asia Pacific Corporation (AAPC), a joint venture of the France-based Accor, and Quality Pacific Corporation Ltd. of Australia, will open new hotels in Jakarta and Bekasi, West Java, in the near future.

The hotels, classified as boutique hotels, include the 345- room Ibis Slipi on Jl. S. Parman, West Jakarta, the 92-room Ibis Cikarang in Bekasi and the 100-room Arcadia Hotel on Jl. Wahid Hasyim, Central Jakarta.

Two other hotels, Ibis Tamarind on Jl. Wahid Hasyim and Ibis Kemang in South Jakarta, will be opened within the next two years.

AAPC operates Ibis Kemayoran, its first hotel in Jakarta.

Spokesperson for AAPC Berenice Leroux told reporters here yesterday that the Ibis Cikarang has been built by Brasali Group with an investment of US$4 million, Ibis Slipi by PSP Group with an investment of $20 million and the Arcadia hotel by Brasali Group with an investment of $6.5 million.

AAPC, which has entered 11 countries, including Indonesia, with its Sofitel, Novotel and Ibis hotels, plans to operate a total of 20 hotels throughout the country within the next few years in cooperation with a number of parties, including Kodel, Ometraco, PSP and Poleko groups. (icn)