Accor picks Miss Novotel

Accor picks Miss Novotel

JAKARTA (JP): French hotel operator Accor Asia Pacific said on
Tuesday that it would hold the grand final of the Miss Novotel
tourism Ambassador Contest 1999 on Jan. 28.

Accor's director of operations for Indonesia Oswald Pichler
said local contests were held simultaneously in all 12 Novotel
hotels across the country.

The grand final, to be held at Padi Padi Cafe in Kemang, South
Jakarta, will select the national winner from the 12 local
winners to become an ambassador to woo potential tourists to
Indonesia.

The grand final was previously planned for Sept. 24, 1999, but
it was postponed due to the tense security situation at the time.

Accor, partly owned by Paris-based hotel management giant
Accor SA, currently runs 30 hotels and apartments in the country
with more than 4,600 rooms under several names, including
Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure and Ibis. (gis)