Aceh oldest hotel upgraded

Aceh oldest hotel upgraded

JAKARTA (JP): A private consortium is to upgrade Aceh Hotel, the oldest hotel in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh, into a four- star hotel.

An agreement for the hotel refurbishment, with an investment of US$8.6 million, was signed in Banda Aceh over the weekend by Accor Asia Pacific, which will manage the hotel, PT Ateiler Enam Bandung, which designed the property, and the hotel owner PT Alam Ujung Bukit Perkasa, whose commissioners included State Minister of Food Ibrahim Hasan, A.R. Ramly, Ibrahim Risyad and Anwar Johan.

Aceh's Governor Aceh Syamsuddin Mahmud, who supported the refurbishment project, said that the hotel was expected to draw more tourists to the province, Antara reported.

The hotel, built in 1922, will have four stories and 100 rooms. Occupying a 9,230 square-meter plot, the hotel is scheduled to reopen next year.

There are currently 172 accommodation facilities in Aceh with 2,755 rooms. (icn)