Regent hotel closed until May

JAKARTA: The Regent hotel on Jl. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta was still flooded with 60,000 cubic meters of water in its basement and would remain closed until next May.

As many as 252 guests were evacuated from the hotel when the floods hit last Friday.

Hanny Wahyuni, the hotel's director of public relations, could not estimate the expected financial loss.

"We have not been able to calculate our losses until all water can be pumped out from the basement," she told The Jakarta Post Friday, adding that although four water pumps were being used, it would still take another week to completely dry the basement.

The hotel's facilities which were completely submerged included conference rooms, the ballroom, the banquet kitchen, storerooms, the health club, guest lockers, the hair salon, food and beverage offices, the laundry and valet departments, and the parking lot, where 13 vehicles and 10 motorbikes were parked.--JP