New Bali’s power Accor’s development pipeline in Indonesia

As it marks 25 years of operation in Indonesia, AccorHotels is readying to venture deeper into the country, including “New Bali’s” such as Mandalika (Lombok) and Labuan Bajo (Komodo), to meet its development pipeline of 94 projects.

AccorHotels is on track to reach 2,000 hotels in Indonesia by 2020, a goal set up two years ago, said Garth Simmons, AccorHotels’ COO for Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, speaking at a media briefing in Jakarta on Tuesday.

“We see the importance of having new destinations beyond Bali and in support of the government’s focus on developing 10 new destinations,” said Simmons.

AccorHotels currently operates 115 hotels and more than 23,000 rooms in 36 cities across the country, with the bulk located in the key business and tourist cities.

Rio Kondo, AccorHotels’ vice president of development for Indonesia and Malaysia, shared: “Jakarta has the biggest number of our properties. We operate 32 hotels (nearly 3,000 rooms) and 15 more in the pipeline. Bali comes second with 21 hotels (more than 2,000 rooms) and 10 more properties in the pipeline. In Central Java we operate 12 hotels (2,000 rooms) and nine more to come.”

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