U.S. firm to manage star hotel in Bali

U.S. firm to manage star hotel in Bali

JAKARTA (JP): The United States-based hotel chain, Country
Inns and Suites by Carlson is to operate and manage the star-
rated Bukit Nusa Hotel in Bali.

The license and management agreement was signed recently by
the American hotel chain's Indonesian representative, Michael
Hughes, and Komang Setiabudi, the president of PT Kreasi Taman
Mumbul, which will own the hotel.

Hughes said the project, scheduled for completion in April
1998, would have 150 rooms and a meeting room for 150 persons.

The planned project will also have large room sizes, casual
dining and a shopping arcade.

"The hotel will be developed to meet the changing visitation
patterns to Bali, with increases expected in short-haul visitors
from Asia, Australia and Indonesia," he said.

He said the hotel will form part of a network of a small,
mid-market hotels throughout Indonesia, Asia and around the
world.

The hotel is to be the second managed in Indonesia by the
Minneapolis-based hotel and resort chain.

The chain started operations in Indonesia in 1996, with the
opening of Taman Intan hotel in Surabaya, East Java. Taman Intan
has 40 townhouses and is now established as the market leader in
the mid-market accommodation segment.

Hughes also announced that the chain would open seven
additional properties in Indonesia between 1998 and 1999, in
Yogyakarta and Jakarta and in Cilegon, Jatiluhur and Bandung,
West Java.

Country Inns & Suites By Carlson is part of Carlson Group
which manages Regent Hotels International, Radisson Hospitality
Worldwide, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and TGI Friday and Country
Kitchen International.

The corporation's annual revenues reached US$11.6 billion in
1995, it said. (02)