Malya Bandung Hotel: Renamed and refreshed
Malya Bandung Hotel: Renamed and refreshed
The Chedi Bandung has been renamed the Malya Bandung Hotel.
Along with its new name, the hotel has promised better service
and ambience. The hotel's new management invited members of the
media to experience a night at the four-star boutique hotel. The
Jakarta Post's Maria Endah Hulupi has this report.
BANDUNG (JP): The Malya Bandung Hotel is located in the
Punclut valley in the cool, hilly area of Ciumbuleuit in northern
Bandung, about a 15-minute drive from the heart of the city.
The hotel offers a breathtaking view of the natural beauty
surrounding it, and the scent of nature is always only a window
away.
The new management is hoping to increase the popularity of the
hotel among business travelers and holidaymakers, especially
those from major cities like Jakarta.
Among the new services offered to make guests feel at home is
an around-the-clock personal butler.
"This is part of our concept to entertain our guests, who are
accustomed to working in an environment surrounded by high-rise
buildings and working under stressful schedules," the hotel's
general manager, Nandang Suryana, said.
The Sanskrit word for garland, "malya", has been adopted to
represent the hospitality and natural beauty of the hotel.
The hotel, which has undergone some minor renovations,
maintains its original architecture and art-deco details,
inspired by the period when Bandung was known as the Paris of
Java. It has seven suites, 10 deluxe rooms, 34 superior rooms
overlooking the valley and a business center that has been
redesigned and upgraded.
And to cope with the growing demand for improved services and
facilities for business travelers, the hotel's management, Sekar
Alliance Hotel Management (SAHM), plans to build an additional
conference room.
"Aside from that, we also plan to set up a fitness center and
a health spa by the pool for the convenience of weary guests,"
said SAHM's director of operations, Tjipjanto Soerjanto.
The hotel's services begin upon arrival at the airport or
train station in Bandung, where guests are greeted and escorted
to the hotel, being provided with a welcome drink and a
refreshing cold towel.
In the afternoon, guests can enjoy hot local beverages bandrek
and bajigur in the lobby. Also offered are traditional snacks
such as rengginang, opak and kue lapis.
The main draw, though, is the make-your-own serabi
(traditional pancake) station, with a choice of four toppings --
banana, chocolate, cheese and ham. A hotel employee, equipped
with a small fan, will prepare your serabi in a traditional
earthen toaster right before your eyes.
The hotel's restaurant has an exotic West Java touch,
overlooking the valley with its landscape of trees and wild
flowers, and the enchanting sounds of nature in the morning.
The room rates are set at between Rp 700,000 and Rp 1,300,000
per night from Sunday to Thursday, and between Rp 800,000 and Rp
1,500,000 per night on the weekend and public holidays.