THE long-overdue development of the Mandalika Resort in Lombok will finally kick off with road construction in the 400-hectare first phase development, starting in November.
Developed and managed by Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC), the Mandalika Resort project covers a total area of 1,175 hectares and will be developed in three stages, with a target to complete by 2020.
The US$233.2 million road construction project in the first phase will finish in August 2014.
Come June 2014, the construction of solar cell electricity and telecommunication facilities will start, as will three hotels and an 18-hole golf course designed by Robert Trent 2.
BTDC director of development, Edwin Darmasetiawan, said: “The development of the hotels will start with Club Med and Marriott Vacations, both with large membership bases. Kicking off projects such as these, we hope to be able to start building traffic.”
Apart from the two hotels, BTDC will build a 150-room mid-scale hotel in the area, marking the first hotel it owns, which will be run by an international hotel operator. Also in the pipeline are two other five-star properties to be run by international hotel operators as well.
Quizzed if the integrated resort will only have five-star and luxury properties like the Nusa Dua Resort, Darmasetiawan said: “Lombok already has many mid-range properties in Senggigi…the accommodation there (at the resort) will range from mid- to upmarket, which will be built at a later stage.”
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