JAKARTA, NOVEMBER 1, 2021 — ARTOTEL Group announces that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a public company on behalf of PT Planet Properindo Jaya Tbk, to operate Vue Palace Hotel – Bandung. The MOU was signed recently by Mr. Erastus Radjimin, Founder & CEO of ARTOTEL Group, and President Director of PT Planet Properindo Jaya Tbk, Mr. Antonyo Hartono Tanujaya.
Vue Palace Hotel – Bandung is a four-star hotel located strategically in the city center of Bandung city, West Java. It offers complete facilities both for business and leisure travellers. Its location is easily accessible, only 500 m distance from the train station and close to the central business district as well as the trade center in Bandung.
Vue Palace Hotel features 102 guest rooms with spacious rooms, sized from 28 sqm and has 3 types of rooms, Deluxe, Junior Suite, and Suite Room. The hotel is also equipped with a MICE and leisure facilities such as 1 meeting room with a capacity up to 350 people, 1 restaurant and bar, swimming pool, fitness center, and spa.
ARTOTEL Group will transform Vue Palace Hotel into a mid-scale boutique hotel following the ARTOTEL Group ecosystem. In 2022, Vue Palace Hotel will change its name to ARTOTEL Vue Palace – Bandung and will display various artworks that are integrated into every hotel facility both in rooms and public spaces. All of the artworks are curated by the art and creative division of ARTOTEL Group. Further, ARTOTEL Group will give a new breath in its restaurant and bar to become a new and modern destination for casual meetings, gatherings, and hangout places in Bandung. During the transition period to renovate the hotel with a new concept, Vue Palace will be running as usual but under the name Vue Palace, ARTOTEL Curated.
Erastus Radjimin, Founder & CEO of ARTOTEL Group stated, “It’s such a grateful for us being appointed by Mr. Antonyo, my friend and also a leader for PT Planet Properindo Jaya Tbk who has a vision to give a new touch to his hotel which has been operating since 2008, to become a lifestyle boutique hotel that is suitable for the young edge segment, which is a huge potential market in Indonesia. This is our expertise in operating modern boutique hotels with up-to-date lifestyle concepts through our 4 business pillars, namely, hotels (Stay), F&B (Dine), content creator & event management (Play), and artsy merchandises (Shop).”
“Vue Palace, ARTOTEL Curated is the second hotel we operate in Bandung, after De Braga by ARTOTEL. For us, Bandung is a very attractive city, both for business and leisure destinations since its location in the highlands, it offers natural scenery and cool air as well as very friendly people. It is not surprising that Bandung has always been the city of choice for domestic market / travelers, especially for those from the surrounding cities, which can easily reach Bandung, either by train or car, in a very short time due to good infrastructures such toll roads that directly connected Bandung to other cities.” said Mr. Erastus.
Mr. Antonyo Hartono Tanujaya, President Director of PT Planet Properindo Jaya Tbk stated, “Seeing the fast growth of ARTOTEL Group for being hospitality management specializing on lifestyle boutique hotels, most of its hotels have always been attractive hotels for travelers to stay and became market leaders in each destination. Therefore, we are confident that ARTOTEL Group will bring our hotel up to the next level which is able to cater all market demand that grows. We are so delighted to appoint ARTOTEL Group to be the operator of our hotels, not only to operate Vue Palace Hotel, but also 2 other hotels in Jakarta and Bali with different brand categories from ARTOTEL Group. Our hotel in Jakarta will be operated with ROOMS INC brand and has been planning to open for public at the end of 2021, while another hotel in Bali will be informed in the near future.”
