Keen competition in the hospitality business and forced the players continue to innovate to survive. For hotels that have been outstanding for more than 20 years, the option to renovate is the most likely done.

"The age of our hotel was more than 25 years, so we continue to do renovations in order to increase occupancy and continue to compete with similar hotels," said Director of PT Mas Murni Indonesia Tbk, Peterjanto on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of shareholders of the company in Garden Palace Hotel, Wednesday (30 / 6).

PT Mas Murni Indonesia (MMI), language itself is the manager of Garden Palace Hotel.

Peterjanto said it was prepared to invest at least Rp.50 billion to do a total renovation of the hotel which has stood since the 1983. "Funds from this investment we can come from bank loans to partially finance the company," said Peterjanto.

Proceeds will be used to conduct a thorough renovation in most hotel rooms, multipurpose hall, restaurant, lobby and exterior of the hotel building and other support facilities.

In addition to the renovation of the hotel, the company will also continue to develop the core business other dimsum outlets. During the last 1.5 years, PT MMI has opened five outlets dimsum restaurants. One outlet at Juanda International Airport, ITC Mega Wholesale, Galaxy Mall, Supermall and Tunjungan Plaza (TP). For the addition of new outlets, Peterjanto said it would add another 1-2 outlets in Surabaya. To the outside Surabaya, was explored to open 2-3 new outlets in Bali and next year will expand to Jakarta.

Dimsum restaurant outlet expansion this year because revenue from the company, approximately 20% of total revenues.

Before the Garden Palace, a number of hotels in Surabaya also doing renovations to boost occupancy. Among Hotel Santika. To increase occupancy, three star hotel which was only 10 this year to invest USD 2 billion to renovate the rooms, lounges, and restaurants in stages.

General Manager of Hotel Santika Surabaya (HS), Guido Andriano claimed the hotel renovation was done in stages in 2008 and completed April 2010. After the renovation, most of the rooms of a total of 125 units have changed their looks. After the renovation of the Hotel Santika Surabaya management can expect occupancy to rise again. "If the previous occupancy ranges from 80% to 85% post-renovation," he said.

Sahid Group is also doing renovations at the 18 hotel, including in Surabaya. While in Surabaya Sahid Group Vice President Hariyadi B. Sukamdani said the total investment incurred to renovate the entire hotel to reach USD 1 trillion. Specific to Surabaya, the hotel's renovation is made up of status, from the previous three stars to four stars. This year estimated complete renovation

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