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Hospitality management firm Aston International Indonesia is
set to expand with the opening of a new four-star hotel with 50 rooms
in Palu, Central Sulawesi, in July.
Still in expansion mode, in December the firm will open another
four-star hotel, with 300 rooms, in Denpasar, Bali; a four-star resort
and spa with 105 rooms in Ambon, Maluku; and a three-star inn with 100
rooms in Manado, North Sulawesi.
Aston currently manages 10 properties, comprising four four-star hotels
and residences, two five-star hotels, one three-star inn and three
villas, located in Jakarta, Bali, Bandung and Palembang.
President and CEO of Aston International Indonesia, Charles E.
Brookfield, said Wednesday in Jakarta that the company would also open
five new properties in Jakarta between 2008 and 2009
The five new hotels are four-star hotels in Mangga Dua (Central
Jakarta), Ancol (North Jakarta) and Slipi (West Jakarta), and two-star
hotels in Kota (Jakarta's Chinatown) and Gading Serpong (west of
Jakarta).
Meanwhile, Tauzia Hotel Management said it also planed to open more
hotels under the Harris Hotels and Resorts trademark in a number of
major cities around Indonesia.
"We expect to expand Harris Hotels and Resorts to 1,000 rooms by the
end of 2007 from the current 800," managing director and founder of
Tauzia Hotel Management, Marc Armand Steinmeyer, told reporters here
Thursday.
Tauzia, established in 2002, currently manages four properties under
the Harris Hotels and Resorts brand: the Harris Resort Batam in Riau
Islands province, Harris Hotel Tuban in Bali, Harris Hotel Kuta in
Bali, and Harris Hotel Tebet in Jakarta. The firm boasts an average
monthly occupancy rate of between 85 and 90 percent.
Tauzia also manages resorts under the Waka International brand in Bali,
the Balihai resort and spa in Tuban, Bali, and estate and serviced
apartments in Indonesia and Vietnam.
Steinmeyer said Tauzia would open two more apartment projects in Bali
by the end of 2007.
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