More hotels in Ambon

More hotels in Ambon

AMBON, Maluku (JP): An Ambon-based joint venture company has a
plan to build a three-star hotel under a foreign investment
scheme here with a total investment of Rp 120 billion (US$50.8
million), a business executive said here on Saturday.

Mien Hadjid Mochtar, a consultant for the construction of the
hotel, was quoted by Antara as saying that the 120-room hotel
would be built on a plot of 2.6 hectares of land.

The hotel will have various facilities, including tennis
courts, swimming pools and children playgrounds, he said.

When start operation in the next two years, the hotel is
expected to employ no less than 350 people.

Mochtar is optimistic that the presence of the new hotel would
boost tourism development in Ambon in particular and in Maluku in
general.

So far, there is only one star-rated hotel in the capital city
of the province of Maluku.