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\nThe hospitality market will have doubled in size by 2019<\/p>\n
\nThe hospitality market will have doubled in size by 2019<\/p>\n
Bintan, an island just a short ferry ride from Singapore in Indonesia\u2019s Riau Archipelago, is currently in the midst of a hotel development boom despite foreign tourist numbers fluctuating and low hotel occupancy rates, says a new joint report from consultancy firm\u00a0C9 Hotelworks\u00a0and\u00a0Horwath HTL.
The hospitality market will have doubled in size by 2019 Bintan, an island just a...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":600,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bintan-hotel-market-1024x680.jpg?fit=1024%2C680&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-9F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49018,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-hotel-boom-comes-to-texas\/","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":0},"title":"A hotel boom comes to Texas","date":"March 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r This is the first Texan hotel boom in about a decade, New York Times reports.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...A hotel boom comes to Texas","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":123242,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-have-to-move-my-bike-to-get-to-the-fridge-the-uk-boom-in-microflats\/","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":1},"title":"\u2018I have to move my bike to get to the fridge\u2019 \u2013 the UK boom in microflats","date":"November 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r From rentals the size of a tiny hotel room to Barratt\u2019s pocket-sized new-builds, the market is expandingFor Rioch Fitzpatrick, a 39-year-old dubbing mixer for television, home is a tiny studio flat smaller than a standard Premier Inn hotel bedroom. 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\nThe development boom started earlier in 2015 with the opening of the Canopy, Sanchaya and Swiss-Belhotel. A further 12 hotels are scheduled to open between now and 2019. These vary from luxury to independent boutiques. Alila Villas, Ibis and Four Points by Sheraton are all expected to expand their presence here.
\nThis will add a further 2,200 rooms to the island\u2019s inventory, effectively doubling the size of the Bintan market by 2019.\u00a0But is there enough visitor demand to support such inclines\u00a0in the market?
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\nBintan has struggled to compete with the increasing number of other ASEAN beach destinations despite its beautiful beaches, proximity to Singapore and popular golfing spots. While these other spots benefit from budget regional air carriers, Bintan has struggled to evolve its\u00a0tourist attractions and accommodation offering until now.
\nSource: BPS Indonesia
\nIn Indonesia alone, Bintan trails behind the tourist behemoth of Bali and even Lombok in tourist arrivals (see the graph on the left).
\nHotel occupancy has been in decline since 2010 with a new low of below 50 percent reached in the year to September 2015.
\nAnnual foreign guest numbers have fluctuated around the 300,000 mark since 2004, and are dominated by arrivals from Singapore, which contributes to 30 percent of total foreign arrivals.
\nThe only source market to register any strong growth between 2013 and 2014 was inevitably China at 33 percent. The top five source markets today are identical to what they were in 2011, illustrating the market\u2019s stagnation.
\nThe new wave of hotel development, however, has inspired progress in attracting tourists in other ways, too, with a number of infrastructure developments scheduled for the months and years ahead.
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\nVisa-free gates at Bintan\u2019s three main seaports have been installed, welcoming international visitors from 72 countries and on track to increase to 90 by the end of 2015. This visa-free regime is expected to have a positive effect on arrival numbers.
\nThe Bandar Bentan Telani Ferry Terminal will also be expanded and its capacity increased as demand dictates.
\nWhile the majority of visitors enter the island via the seaports thanks to the proliferation of ferries and short travelling time from Singapore and Batam,\u00a0Bintan is also investing in infrastructure to increase air arrivals.
\nA new terminal in the existing airport is a recent development while work has started on a second island airport in Busung, Lobam district, which will be able to serve Boeing 747-400 planes and an annual capacity of 3.5 million passengers upon its completion in 2017. Garuda Indonesia has also reportedly committed to developing the island into an aviation hub, according to the report.
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\nSource : property-report.com
\nRead more…Will tourist arrivals support Bintan\u2019s hotel boom?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"