Jusuf Kalla, vice president of Indonesia
BINTAN Resorts officially opened Bintan’s new resorts area Lagoi Bay over the weekend, in a celebration that saw the launches of two resorts and a host of MoUs being signed for the further development of the area.
Lagoi Bay’s opening went hand-in-hand with that of Plaza Lagoi Mall, a 60-outlet mall that will have Indonesia’s leading retail operator Pasaraya as both anchor tenant and manager.
The Sanchaya and Swiss-Belhotel Grand Lagoi marked their official debuts on the scene, while MoUs were signed for new hotels to be managed under the following brands: Four Points by Sheraton, ibis Style, Novotel, Dialoog Hotel, Prime Plaza and Ambhara Hotel.
Bintan Resorts’ executive director, Gianto Gunara, said in a press release that more exciting tourism projects will be coming on stream in the near future, including tented resort The Canopi, Crystal Lagoon over at Treasure Bay, and the Doulos Phos, which is a historic ship hotel.
Bintan Resorts will also boast its own private international airport by 2017 in order to tap the fast-growing domestic tourism scene in Indonesia.
