Pembangunan Hotel Agung Sedayu Di IKN Rampung Agustus, Bakal Ada 200 Kamar

IKN (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The construction of the Nusantara Hotel in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan is being accelerated so that it can be completed in August 2024. This target is in line with President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) plan to hold the 17 August ceremony at IKN.

Chief Operating Officer Agung Sedayu Retail David Hilman said that the construction of the Nusantara Hotel must be pursued in order to be completed in August 2024.

For your information, Agung Sedayu Group is one of the investors in the development of IKN Nusantara. One of the projects is the construction of Hotel Nusantara.

"I don't really know the percent (of the construction progress). But what is certain is that on August 17 this year the President will go there. So it has to be finished before that," said David when met at The Langham Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 31.

David said, in this first stage, the Nusantara Hotel will have 200 rooms. This means that 200 rooms will be available on August 17, 2024, along with the relocation of the capital city.

"The first stage is 200 rooms, it's finished (17 August). We don't know the next phase yet, but I think IKN will continue but there will be more developments," he said.

As previously reported, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) wants the process of building hotel facilities in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) to be completed before the commemoration of the 79th Indonesian Independence Day in August 2024.

"In the coming August, we will hold a 17th ceremony at IKN. The question is where are the guests staying?," said President Jokowi during a speech on the agenda of 'Groundbreaking Jambuluwuk Nusantara Hotel' followed online by the Presidential Secretariat, Friday, January 17, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said the presence of hotel facilities at IKN would add alternative guest accommodations to the hotels that are now available in Balikpapan.

"It can be in Balikpapan, because the toll road is 47 kilometers long, God willing, it will be finished in July," he said.

"But it would be even better if the construction of a number of hotels in IKN was completed before the commemoration of Indonesian Independence Day," Jokowi added.

"I am sure one, two hotels will be completed at IKN and hotels that are in the process of being built, both 4 stars and 5 stars, plus this Jambuluwuk hotel and resort are the sixth, this is the sixth," he said.