Thu, 26 Dec 1996

Spanish award for Kendari

JAKARTA (JP): A floating restaurant in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, called Bright Gold restaurant, will get the Spanish International Award for the Hotel and Catering Industry.

The restaurant's owner, Erny Soegito, said the award would be presented in Madrid next month.

She told Antara she did not know her five-year-old restaurant which has 20 staff was a candidate for the award.

Soegito, the chief of the association of Indonesian hotels and restaurants in Kendari said Bright Gold could have been selected because of its uniqueness.

He said it was one of just a few floating restaurants in the world. (04)