Hotels in Bogor fully booked for APEC

Hotels in Bogor fully booked for APEC

JAKARTA (JP): Hotels and motels in Bogor, a scenic town in
West Java about 80 kilometers south of Jakarta, are almost fully
booked for the coming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
summit in November.

Suara Pembaruan reported yesterday that embassies in Jakarta
had booked 95 percent of all hotel rooms in Bogor where room
rates range from Rp 40,000 (US$19) to Rp 93,000 per night.

"The embassies as well as the organizer chose strategic
places," it said, referring to the Bogor Palace.

Eighteen leaders from 18 countries, including the United
States, Mexico, Chile, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Papua New Guinea and the
six ASEAN countries; Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia are scheduled to have informal
talks at Bogor Palace during the conference.

The daily said that Hotel Pangrango and Hotel Ririn, two of
the most well-known hotels in town, are fully booked by the
United States, the Dutch and the Chinese embassies. The two
hotels have between 40 and 50 rooms each.

A chain hotel, Hotel Mirah, which runs two locations on Jl.
Mandalawangi and Jl. Megamendung with 74 rooms, was booked solid
two months ago.

Spokesman for the Bogor administration M. Basit said that the
government will prepare guest houses for foreign visitors during
the summit.

"If the hotels available cannot accommodate more visitors, we
will invite the foreigners to stay in guest houses throughout
Bogor," Basit was quoted by Suara Pembaruan as saying.

Around 3,000 foreign journalists are expected to cover the
conference. (09)