Indonesia hotel takes walk down memory for Asian Games

With the Asian Games returning to Indonesia after five decades, the hotel that hosted the game delegates in 1962 is commemorating the event with the launch of an exhibition.

Hotel Indonesia opened in Jakarta in 1962 as the first international-standard hotel in South-east Asia, mere days before the Asian Games kicked off.

Fifty-six years later, Hotel Indonesia, now a Kempinski, is staging a sports and heritage photo exhibition during the Asian Games, which takes place from August 18 to September 2 in Jakarta and Palembang (South Sumatra).

On display at the main lobby and Nirwana Lounge are medals and memorabilia of Indonesian legendary sports champions, traditional clothes of Palembang and historic photos, paintings, chinaware of the hotel.

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