Best decorated hotels, buildings named

An award committee has named the buildings and sites in Jakarta that were best decorated on Indonesia's 49th Independence Day.

The committee for the competition of best decorated buildings and tourist sites on Wednesday announced Sahid Jaya hotel as the first place winner for the five-star hotel category. The Borobudur Inter-Continental and Hotel Indonesia were named second and third place winners for that category.

Horison hotel in Ancol Dreamland in North Jakarta was selected as the first place winner for the four-star hotel category. Second and third place winners for this category were Kartika Chandra hotel in South Jakarta and Kartika Plaza in Central Jakarta.

The committee also named the Putri Duyung Cottage in Ancol as the first place winner for the three-star hotel category with Wisata International hotel in Central Jakarta and City Hotel in West Jakarta taking second and third place.

First place winners for the two-star and one-star hotel categories were Kebayoran Inn, in South Jakarta and Petamburan hotel in Central Jakarta, respectively.

PT Smailing Tours, PT Satriavi Tours & Travel and PT Bimatama Travel came in first, second and third for best decorated travel bureaus.

In the tourist site category Ancol Amusement Park was declared the first place winner while the Senayan Youth Park and Ismail Marzuki Park, both in Central Jakarta, were proclaimed as second and third place winners. (yns)