Griyawisata's new hotel

Griyawisata's new hotel

JAKARTA (JP): PT Griyawisata Management and Consultancy, a
domestic hotel operator, will open early next year the Bintang
Griyawisata, a three-star hotel on Jl. Raden Saleh, Central
Jakarta.

The hotel's general manager, Ito R. Sukarmadji said over the
weekend the 93-room hotel was owned by PT Bintang Wisata Mandiri,
a company in which Griyawisata has a 30-percent stake.

He said the eight-story hotel, which occupies a 1360-square-
meter plot, was constructed under a build, operate and transfer
contract with the Air Force.

"Bintang Wisata will transfer the hotel to the Air Force
within the next 30 years," he said.

He said the hotel, which launched its soft operation in
September, would hold its grand opening next January.

"The occupancy rates reached 61 percent in September and 59
percent in October," he said.

Griyawisata, set up 15 years go, operates five hotels,
including Tiara Hotel in Medan, North Sumatra; Bahari Inn in
Tegal, Central Java; Cahaya Dewata Resort in Ubud and Pondok
Balina in Candi Dasa, both in Bali.

Next year, the company plans to manage two other hotels, the
87-room Bhumi Cikini in Jakarta and the 165-room Bintang Sintuk
in Bontang, East Kalimantan. (icn)