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Accor announced further expansion of its network in Indonesia with 21 new hotels. These new hotels will be distributed throughout the archipelago and will add 4,526 new rooms to Accor’s Indonesian hotel network. Today Accor operates 40 hotels in Indonesia and has previously announced a further 13 hotels which are in various stages of construction.
With this most recent announcement, Accor has 34 new hotels committed to the country. Michael Issenberg, said during a press conference in Jakarta today “The Indonesian economy continues to grow and benefiting from this growth is increased business travel and tourism volumes. Accor with its extensive and diversified Indonesian network is capitalising on our strong brand recognition and significant resources that we have in the country in leveraging our expansion.”
Gerard Guillouet, Vice President for Accor in Indonesia says “Within this significant expansion announcement for Indonesia are several notable developments including; the first Pullman hotel for the capital Jakarta and the four Formule1 hotels are signed with a single owner – PT Sunindo Indah Hotel. Additionally we are delighted with the pace with which the all seasons brand has found traction in the country, with four of the new hotels sporting this non standardised economy hotel mark.” During 2011, Accor will open 7 additional hotels, taking the network to 47 hotels by year end. These hotels include; Pullman Jakarta Central Park, Mercure Banjarmasin, Mercure Bali Kuta Harvestland, Mercure Padang, ibis Bali Kuta, all seasons Bali Denpasar and, all seasons Yogyakarta. Beyond this and additional ten hotels of the committed hotels will open in 2012.
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