Regent Hotel to reopen Monday

Regent Hotel to reopen Monday

JAKARTA: The Four Seasons Regent Hotel is set to reopen on
Monday; it was forced to close when a flood engulfed the basement
of the hotel and a major part of the city in February, last year.

The hotel has undergone major renovations to ensure that it is
protected from floods but the structural and design elements
remain the same, the hotel management said in a statement on
Friday.

The hotel will reopen in two stages. On Monday guest rooms,
suites, Club and Club floors will open with the Lobby Lounge,
Seasons Cafe, the Steak House, the Bar, the Cellar and the
Library for wine and the Deli, fully operating. Later the
reopening of the Lai Ching Chinese restaurant and the completion
of the Ballroom will mark the end of renovations.

Using rubber boats, hundreds of the hotel's guests, including
expatriates and their families, were evacuated out of the hotel
which was surrounded by the massive flood last year. The flood
water engulfed the hotel basement and its surrounding for days.--
JP