MAKASSAR - Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport officially possesses Ibis Budget Hotel located in the airport terminal. Ibis Budget Hotel that is the first hotel in Makassar that has an area of 2.095 meters square with 121 room, was officially opened by the Vice Governoor of South Sulawesi Agus Arifin Numang on Monday (21/4/2014).
Carrying the concept of budget, this hotel provides facilities such as meeting rooms, breakfast area, internet corner and free internet access for all hotel area. Cocoon rooms design in the Ibis Budget room that is ergonomic and innovatif, is also offered with the bed type that is adjustable to the consumer’s needsm such as single bed, double bed and even triple bed. Cocoon rooms design has also sucees to win several hotel room competition in Europe, so that in the serving can give the comfortable and modern room facility, but remains affordable. By the opening of this Ibis Budget Hotel Makassar Airport, it is expected to increase the service of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport to the passangers of airplane, said Agus Arifin Numang in the press release received by Bisnis, Monday (21/4/2014).
Ibis Budget Hotel Makassar Airport is the second hotel that is operated by Angkasa Pura Hotels. In which previously, Ibis Budget Hotel Surabaya Airport in Juanda International Airport Surabaya had operated since 2013 ago. Ibis Budget Hotel Makassar Airport will be concentrated on the transit passangers in Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport Makassar, which in 2013 the number of passagers were 2,2 million. The increase of passangers per year is reaching 14% and estimatedly the number of passangers in this 2014 are 10,9 million, where 3 million people of them are transit passangers.
Angkasa Pura Hotels is the subsidiary of Angkasa Pura Airports engaged in hospitality sector with the business lines are hotel, lounges and inflight catering. Based on the planning, after Ibis Budget Hotel of Makassar Airport, Angkasa Pura Hotels will also open Novotel Hotel Bali Airport in I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Bali at the end of this year.
[Maria Ferdinandus/Source : Bisnis.com]
