Mercure's positive outlook

Mercure's positive outlook

JAKARTA (JP): The four-star hotel Mercure Rekso in West
Jakarta expects good business prospects in 2000 with its total
room occupancy rate increasing 10 percent to 55 percent, a hotel
executive said.

The hotel's public relations manager, Mirna A. Basalamah,
recently said the company based its optimism on its booking a 10
percent increase in its occupancy rate to 44 percent in 1999
despite the lingering economic crisis.

She said the hotel's occupancy rate tumbled to 37 percent in
May 1999 and 32 percent the following month during the general
election campaign.

Mercure Rekso is a property of French-based international
hotel chain Accor Pacific, which currently manages 27 hotels
across the country. (cst)