Regent returns to Jakarta

Regent Hotels & Resorts has signed a management agreement for a new luxury hotel and residences in Jakarta. Scheduled to open in 2018, the Regent Jakarta and Regent Residences Jakarta…

IHG to add new InterCon in Jakarta

IHG has announced the signing of a new InterContinental hotel in Jakarta. Scheduled to open in 2015, the 480-key the InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah Hotel & Residences will be…

Second Novotel opens in Jakarta

Accor has announced the opening of Novotel Jakarta Gajah Mada in the centre of the Indonesian capital. Located 30 minutes from Soekarno-Hatta Airport and five minutes from the train…

Aston adds Favehotl in Jakarta

Aston International has expanded its Favehotel budget brand with the launch of a new property in Jakarta. The Favehotel Pluit Junction Jakarta is located next to the Pluit Junction Mall in…

AirAsia opens Jakarta HQ

AirAsia has officially launched its new regional headquarters in Jakarta. Named AirAsia ASEAN due its location in Jakarta - the home of ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations),…

Tune to debut in Jakarta

Malaysia's budget hotel group, Tune Hotels, will open its first property in Jakarta on 12 July. The new 168-room Tune Hotel Pasar Baru will be located close to the Mangga Dua complex and…

New airport planned for Jakarta

Indonesia will begin construction of a new international airport to serve Jakarta, a senior government official has revealed. Herry Bhakti Gumay, the Director-General of Air Transport at…

Aston launches first favehotel in Jakarta

Aston International announced the opening of the first favehotel in Jakarta - the Favehotel Wahid Hasyim. Located in the centre of Jakarta, just off Jalan MH Thamrin, the two-star hotel…

Swiss-Belhotel takes over Jakarta hotel

Swiss-Belhotel International has announced the addition of its third property in Jakarta. The Hong Kong-based hotel company has signed a deal with Arion Paramita Holding Company to take…

West Jakarta to go car-free

A 'Car-Free Day' will be held next Sunday in West Jakarta, the Jakarta Post has reported. The event will halt traffic on major thoroughfares in the city's Old Town between 6am and 12pm.…

Floods hit Jakarta

Hundreds of residents in North Jakarta were trapped in their homes on Sunday after a flash flood deluged roads and residences, the Jakarta Post reported. Water reached a depth of one…

Jakarta told to reduce cars

A forum on pollution in Jakarta has advised the Indonesian capital to reduce the number of cars on the city streets and increase green areas by 30%. According to a Jakarta Post report,…

Huge blaze in Jakarta

Firefighters battled against a massive blaze at a fuel depot in the Indonesian capital yesterday, CNN reported. The day-long fire was eventually extinguished, but not before it…

Fire hits Jakarta hotel

The Grand Melia Hotel in Jakarta caught fire on Wednesday morning, the Jakarta Post has reported. The blaze started in the hotel's basement and was contained by firefighters. No casualties…

New travel show for Jakarta

"IITF 2008 promises to deliver best travel deals for domestic and international travel enabling face-to-face encounter and direct booking with the customers on the spot," Toton Hutomi…

Podcast: Northern Territory

Australia’s Northern Territory is possibly closest to most people’s impression of what Australia could be: vast deserts, lush rainforests, hot weather, iconic land formations

Podcast: Java

Java is an island of Indonesia, bordered by the Indian Ocean on the south and the Java Sea on the north.

Podcast: Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia is a country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans and is part of the volcanic Ring of Fire. In fact, if you like volcanoes…

Travelodge arrives in Asia

Travelodge will make its debut in Asia next month with the opening of a new hotel in Hong Kong. A 126-room midscale property on Nathan Road, currently operating as the Hotel Rainbow,…

雅加达四季酒店开业

近日,四季酒店重新回到印尼雅加达,在市中心新开业了一座全套房酒店。 这家全新的酒店位于印尼首都繁华的苏迪曼(Sudirman)中央商务区核心地带的综合用途奢华大厦CapitalPlace内。CapitalPlace大厦位于雅加达主干道之一的加兰加托苏伯特(JalanGatotSubroto)旁,整个建筑群同时将包含一座47层的写字楼与高端零售及餐饮空间。…

喜达屋Tribute品牌酒店来到印尼

喜达屋酒店及度假村(Starwood Hotels&Resorts)在亚太地区继续扩张了Tribute酒店品牌,在雅加达新签订了一份新的酒店管理协议。 雅加达的Hermitage Menteng酒店将于2015年年底重新命名,成为The Hermitage, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel,…

印尼新开第8家假日快捷酒店

洲际酒店集团(IHG)于雅加达中区Wahid Hasyim新开了一座假日快捷酒店,这也是其位于印尼的第八家假日快捷品牌酒店。 酒店拥有160间客房,离市中心Pasar Pagi Tanah Abang市场很近,也紧邻如Grand Indonesia大型购物中心,位于市中心CBD黄金地段。…

喜来登新增雅加达第二座酒店

喜达屋酒店及度假村(Starwood Hotels&Resorts)近日新开了第二座位于雅加达喜来登酒店。 这座新建的喜来登雅加达甘达里亚城市酒店是超级甘达里亚市中心项目的一部分,项目里还包括大型购物街、会展中心、直升机停机坪和多家餐厅。…

Radisson to arrive in Medan

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has unveiled plans to launch its first Radisson in Medan. The company's Indonesian joint venture, PT Carlson Panorama Hospitality, has signed a management…

丽晶酒店重回雅加达

近日,丽晶酒店度假村(Regent Hotels&Resorts)在印尼雅加达新签订了一份酒店管理协议。 酒店计划于2018年开业,雅加达丽晶酒店和雅加达丽晶公寓是丽晶在离开10年后,首次重回雅加达。…

印尼全面升级6大机场

印度尼西亚国有机场运营商,PT Angkasa Pura II,宣布了计划将扩建其5大机场的计划,包括雅加达苏加诺国际机场在内。 计划扩张的5座机场包括北干巴鲁的Sultan Syarif Kasim II机场,棉兰的Kuala Namu机场,坤甸的Supadio机场,吉打邦的Minangkabau机场,以及巴邻邦的Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin…

Fairmont checks in to Bali

Fairmont has arrived in Bali, with the launch of a new beachfront resort. The former Regent Bali has been rebranded as the Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali and relaunched a month ahead of…

New Appointments

VINAY NAMBIAR has been appointed as vice president - UAE & Gulf Region for Arik Air. Based in Dubai, Nambiar will be responsible for leading and developing the regional business…