State-owned hotels get new GMs

State-owned hotels get new GMs

JAKARTA (JP): PT Hotel Indonesia International Corporation and
Natour (HIIN), a state-owned hotel chain, restructured its
organization yesterday by appointing new general managers for
seven of its 17 hotels.

The company's president, Widjaja Sugarda, swore in Ismojo
Martokusumo as general manager of Hotel Indonesia, a five-star
hotel in the capital, to replace I Made Gita, who has been
promoted as operation director of the company.

Together with 25 other executives, Putu Darma Suta was sworn
in as general manager of Hotel Wisata International, a three-star
hotel located behind Hotel Indonesia.

I Gede Arianta was appointed to lead Hotel Ambarukmo in
Yogyakarta, Thalib Rizal to lead the Samudra Beach Hotel in
Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java, A.J. Soegianto to lead the Manado
Beach Hotel in Manado, North Sulawesi, M. Abbas Yoenoes to lead
the Natour Garuda Hotel in Yogyakarta and AA. Mas Widyawati to
lead the Natour Kuta Beach Hotel in Bali.

Widjaja also swore in Iskandar Zulkarnain as general manager
for the company's catering division, Natour Catering.

HIIN is a merger of two state-owned hotel companies, PT Hotel
Indonesia International and PT Natour.

HIIN's chief commissioner, Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, said
yesterday that the company is now facing various problems --
particularly the old age of its hotels -- in competing with other
hotels in the country.

The company, therefore, plans to improve its management and to
renovate its aging hotels to increase it's level of
competitiveness.

According to Widjaja, the company will need about Rp 300
billion (US$138.8 million) for the refurbishment of 15 of its
hotels.

He said HIIN also plans to construct six 50-room hotels in
Kupang and Flores in East Nusa Tenggara, Biak and Jayapura in
Irian Jaya, Tarakan in East Kalimantan and Ambon in Maluku.(icn)