Theme park, more rooms coming to Bintan Lagoon Resort

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Moe Ibrahim

Bintan Lagoon Resort (BLR) unveiled a sneak peek of future developments as it celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend.

Moe Ibrahim, BLR president director, said that the 300ha site, which currently houses a 500-room integrated resort, convention centre, two golf courses, a host of sporting and recreational options, its own ferry terminal and customs and immigration facilities, will embark on a five-year expansion plan.

New facilities being developed include a theme park, retirement village with medical facilities, a hospitality school, golf academy, business and budget hotels, a glamping site, warehousing facility, retail zone and connecting infrastructure.

Ibrahim added: “The master plan will be launched early next year and we are finding the right partners. The goal is to create a community and build different facilities to cater to the different customers we know who come to BLR.

“We have to evolve and make BLR interesting. Guests need to be stimulated and as a business, we have to challenge ourselves to stay relevant.”

The resort intends to garner more domestic traction as well, as many locals still do not know about Bintan and BLR, according to Ibrahim.

“Indonesians now make up 15 per cent of the market and demographically they are the highest spenders. We also want to tap more visitors from Singapore and India,” he said.

South Korea currently accounts for most of BLR’s arrivals followed by Japan and the Philippines.

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