PPIH Ensures Hotel Readiness In Medina Welcomes Congregants

The person in charge of the Accommodation Service for Sector 2 Medina, Suhadi, was checking the rooms at the Abraj-Tabah Hotel which will be used by Indonesian pilgrims, Saturday (11/5/2025). BETWEEN 2024/MCH/Henri Lukmanul Hakim.

The Saudi Arabia Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) ensures that all hotels in Medina are ready to be used ahead of the arrival of the first batch of pilgrims on May 12, 2024.

"Yesterday's survey, all hotels were ready," said Head of Sector 1 Medina Suratman in Medina as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, May 11.

There are two hotels that are checking samples, namely Safwat Almadinah and Hotel Abraj-Tabah on Saturday. Both are in Markaziyah Syamaliah. The Safwat Almadinah Hotel is in sector 1, while Abraj-Tabah is in sector 2.

Especially for Abraj-Tabah, this hotel will be the first accommodation occupied by the first batch of worshipers. The Abraj-Tabah hotel has a capacity of 388 rooms with a total of 1,512 beds.

The plan is that the first three clusters of three embarkations, namely Jakarta-Pondok Gede (JKG), Jakarta-Bekasi (JKS), and Lombok (LOP) will arrive at Amir Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz Airport (AMAA) Medina at around 07.00 WAS, with a total of 930 hajj candidates.

Regarding facilities, each room has a difference in the number of beds, from two to five beds. Especially for the elderly, they are placed on the lowest floor.

Then in each aisle also provided refilled drinking water, so that pilgrims do not have to worry about lack of water. The distance from this hotel to the Prophet's Mosque is only about 150 meters.

"We also provided five wheelchairs from Daker Medina and two from the hotel, bringing the total to seven wheelchairs," said the person in charge of the elderly Sector 2 Medina Luthfi and Mahbubi.

Meanwhile, the Safwar Almadinah Hotel is closer to the Prophet's Mosque, only about 100 meters away. Even the entrance to the hotel directly points to the historic mosque for Muslims.

There will be three clusters occupying this hotel, namely Batam Embarkation (BTH), Makassar (UPG), and Solo (SOC). The arrival will start at 13.50 WAS with a total of 1,022 Hajj candidates.

Meanwhile, room facilities are not much different from the Abraj-Tabah Hotel. Each hotel also has one doctor, two nurses, and one health promotion officer to monitor the health of prospective hajj pilgrims.