Sahid Hotel in Irian Jaya

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's largest private national hotel chain, Sahid Hotel, expanded its services to Irian Jaya on Tuesday under a management contract with PT Marian Mitra Tunggal in Sorong.

Under the agreement, the Sahid Hotel group now manages the 90- room Mariat hotel in Sorong.

Sahid's President Sukamdani S. Gitosardjono who visited Sorong for the hotel's opening welcomed the new facility as it would help promote tourism the the country's easternmost province.

The Sahid Group now owns or manages hotels in Jakarta, Central and East Java, Yogyakarta, Bali, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi.(vin)