NEW TOP HOTELS BY INTERNATIONAL CHAINS WILL ARISE IN THE CAPITAL JAKARTA AND IN BALI. The tourism is growing worldwide – and provides more and more overnight stays by foreign guests in Indonesia. During the next six years, the number of international tourists in the island kingdom should increase up to 20 million (nine million arrivals in 2013). Additional top hotels by international chains are required. According to surveys of TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the worldwide leading provider for global b2b hotel data, currently 110 new first class and luxury hotels are in the pipeline (with a total of 22,000 rooms). The additional demand of new hotel rooms in top categories, market experts estimate up to 100,000.
The hotel industry undergoes a structural change through massive investments. So far, there are just 1,800 classified hotels with a total number of 170,000 rooms, most of them in the capital and in Bali. The average occupancy rate is this area is with 62 percent higher than the national average of just 50 percent.

Selected hotel projects in Indonesia 2015 until 2018
Name – City – Number of Rooms – planned Opening
InterContinental – Jakarta – 470 – 2016
Novotel – Jakarta – 410 – 2016
Fairmont Senayan – Jakarta central – 371 – 2015
JW Marriott West Jakarta St Moritz – Western Jakarta – 208 – 2016
Shangri-La – Bali – 310 – 2016
Sheraton – Jakarta – 300 – 2016
Mercure Bali Legian – Kuta, Bali – 299 – 2015
Mövenpick – Jimbaran, Bali – 270 – 2015
Crowne Plaza – Bandung, Western Java – 266 – 2015
Westin – Jakarta – 256 – 2015
W Hotel – Jakarta – 250 – 2016
Best Western – Bandung – 200 – 2015
Pullman – Bandung, Western Java – 200 – 2016
Rosewood – Jakarta – 200 – 2017
Waldorf Astoria – Jakarta – 181 – 2018
Fairmont – Bali – 170 – 2016
InterContinental – Bali, Kuta – 170 – 2016
Aloft Hotel – Wahid, Hasyim, Jakarta – 160 – 2015
Andaz – Sanur, Bali – 144 – 2016
Aloft Hotel – Ubud, Bali – 138 – 2016
St. Regis – Jakarta – 125 – 2016
Mandarin Oriental – Bukit Peninsula, Bali – 121 – 2016

Therefore, the leading upscale group Accor in Indonesia will mainly open new hotels in the far lesser known cities of the country. According to the company 29 new guest properties will open until 2015. Thus, Accor is likely to operate about 100 hotels in the archipelago by December 2015. By 2018, the number is expected to rise up to 144. Best Western meanwhile intends to open more than 30 new hotels with over 6,000 rooms by 2015.

But the Indonesian competition entails. The traditional Lippo Group has currently 50 projects in the pipeline in the mid class and upper upscale segment. The company International Archipelago is targeting additional 10,000 rooms by 2015. Competitors Santika, Tauzia and Dafam plan to open together about 140 new hotels in the same period.

Foreign tourists often stay in four- or five-star hotels. They also live there noticeably longer than residents, who often use only a long weekend for a short stay. According to the statistic office, international visitors stayed 7,7 days in average in 2012 and 2013. Between 2002 and 2007 they stayed more than 9 days. Tourists are apparently more fast-moving, but at the same time they also become more demanding. Therefore, although foreigners remain shorter in Indonesia, they are found more than before.