PRESS KIT Contents: Hotel Overview Page 2 Rooms and Suites Page 3 Banqueting and Function Space Page 4 Dining and Entertainment Page 5 Health Club and CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La Page 7 Who s Who at Page 9 Shangri-La Residences, Jakarta Page 10 Contacts Page 11 1
HOTEL OVERVIEW is a leading five-star hotel in the bustling city of the Indonesian capital. From 22 March 1994, the first time opened its doors to the public, up to the present day, it has retained its place as one of the top hotels in the capital, even in the face of increased competition from other five-star hotels. Over the years, the hotel has won countless international and local awards and recognitions. With its easy elegance, superb facilities and convenient location, the hotel is the home away from home for discerning travellers, and a favourite dining and socialising venue for Jakarta residents. The hotel provides a luxurious and tranquil refuge from the hustles of the metropolis, and a warm welcome for every guest. Rising 32 storeys, cuts a distinct aura of opulence on the city s skyline and overlooks the lively streets of Jakarta and the pristine white mosque nestled among the palm trees, which is particularly spectacular at night, when it is dramatically illuminated. The property is adjacent to Sudirman Street, the major business district in Jakarta, which gives some convenient alternatives to access the hotel. The hotel s location offers easy access to the very best of Jakarta, such as commercial buildings, embassies and international trade centres. The strategic position of the hotel makes it convenient for guests to reach Jakarta s upscale shopping malls and lifestyle destinations such as Plaza Indonesia, ex Entertainment Centre, Grand Indonesia, Senayan City, Plaza Senayan and fx Lifestyle Centre. Travellers, leisure or business, are easily able to reach the toll road leading to Soekarno-Hatta international airport, placing the destination just an hour from the hotel. 2
ROOMS AND SUITES offers a unique blend of East and West within a harmonious and hospitable setting. It comprises 661 guestrooms made up of 407 Deluxe Rooms, 96 Executive Rooms, 118 Horizon Club Rooms, nine Executive Suites, 24 One-bedroom Suites, three Two-bay King Suites, two Three-bay King Suites and two Presidential Suites. All rooms offer the fullest range of amenities and services for guests. These include plasma televisions equipped with more than 60 cable channels, a choice of pillow, complimentary use of the Health Club and free in-room wireless Internet access. In order for guests to most the of the privileges, the hotel also features free of charge Wi-Fi Internet connection in all public areas and complimentary shuttle transfers to Jakarta s most prestigious shopping centres. The spacious and refitted Horizon Club rooms are particularly popular among frequent business travellers. Deluxe bathroom amenities, fresh flowers, a bowl of mouth-watering fruit, suit pressing upon arrival and express check-in and check-out are just some of the privileges that make guests feel extra welcome. The Horizon Club Lounge is a spacious 660 square metres, which makes it the largest executive lounge amongst five-star hotels in the city. Four private meeting rooms are available at the lounge, and each is equipped with state of the art facilities such as interactive whiteboard and high definition video conferencing equipment. The lounge s Internet corner also has five HP touch-smart workstations and an Apple i- Mac available for guest use during the opening hours of the lounge from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Located on level 23 of the hotel, the Horizon Club Lounge features views of the bustling city of Jakarta and offers guests a range of Horizon Club privileges, including buffet breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails with live piano entertainment. With the concept of a hotel within a hotel, the Horizon Club rooms and lounge at offer a higher level of exclusivity. A wide range of benefits and facilities ensure convenience for the hotel s most discerning guests. All guests staying in suites are also entitled to the Horizon Club Lounge benefits, from complimentary daily breakfast to evening cocktails. 3
BANQUETING AND FUNCTION SPACE has a wide range of meeting and banqueting facilities spanning more than 5,000 square metres over 20 multipurpose function rooms, offering a full range of options for events of every conceivable kind. With a capacity of up to 3,000 people, the s pillarfree Grand Ballroom is one of the largest in Jakarta, and a highly sought-after venue for wedding receptions, seminars and other large-scale functions. The latest addition of the stylish multipurpose venue, Poolside Garden, at the hotel s lush garden, adds an intimate touch to outdoor events like weddings or social gatherings. Nearby, the Ceria Room has been a favourite to host themed parties and the outdoor terrace allows guests to explore the fun by having barbecue stations at their events. Meanwhile, attached to the hotel s Chinese restaurant of Shang Palace, a mini ballroom named Lotus Ballroom, has a capacity of up to 200, and is popular to host Chinese-style and more intimate scale wedding parties and ceremonies. From grand celebrations to a series of global events such as the Business for Environment (B4E) Global Summit and the World Economic Forum, the hotel s Events Management team collaborates closely with experienced culinary professionals and a well-trained banquet services team to ensure no detail is spared in executing successful events for guests. The hotel has also been appointed to host a significant number of state delegations, especially heads of state. This has been made possible by the safety assurance of guests, which is as important as the assurance of their comfort while in the hotel. The hotel has an excellent reputation for ensuring the safety of its guests and employees as it is fully equipped with security systems, from the under vehicle inspection system (UVIS), explosive vapour detectors (EVDs), in-house detector dogs, X-ray machines for luggage scanning and a fully certified helipad to blast-resistant film on glass surfaces. Combined with a team of highly trained security professionals and co-operation with the local forces, Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta ensures its uncompromising commitment to protecting the safety, security and privacy of its guests at all times. 4
DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT The hotel s dining and entertainment facilities are among the finest in Jakarta. Under the direction of Executive Chef Claudio Rossi, offers five restaurants and bar, with five different tastes and ambience. SATOO With its 12 open-kitchen stations, SATOO has become the trendsetter of buffet dining. It offers a variety of international cuisine. The bright ambience, the sizzling sounds and permeating aromas coming from each station, interactivity with the highly skilled and hospitable chefs along with broad tastes from around the world provide a stimulating sensory dining experience, a true indulgence of the senses. The latest addition of semi-outdoor SATOO Garden restaurant and lounge reflects the marriage of the hotel s buffet restaurant with a contemporary urban lifestyle in a hip and chic ambience. ROSSO Italians are well known for their passion for vibrant lifestyles and food, where every meal is a celebration and food plays an important role in everyday life. celebrates this wonderful Italian passion by presenting Rosso, the Italian restaurant and lounge at. Rosso, which means red in Italian, is a colour that is associated with passion, boldness and excitement, yet represents warmth and elegance. Guests can find these traits reflected in Rosso through its decor, ambience, pulsating beat and authentic Italian taste, created using only the finest selection of fresh products. Rosso presents the best of authentic Italian cuisine to guests as Italian Chef Oriana Tirabassi brings her years of experience in many fine restaurants and five-star hotels around the globe to the city. She brings her passion, creativity and skills to Rosso, where she creates authentic Italian flavours for guests. Her dishes are the perfect combination of Italian cuisine and fine dining, which not only pleases the taste buds, but also the eye of the beholder. 5
SHANG PALACE Shang Palace Chinese restaurant serves a huge array of Chinese specialities. Executive Chinese Chef Benson Fok prepares a range of special dishes presented in the signature dishes menu that includes Lobster Fried Rice with Shang Palace Premium XO Sauce, Steamed Alaskan Crab with Spring Onion Oil, Baked Goose Liver with Scallops, and Chilled Tiger Prawns with Home-made Orange Sauce. Guests at Shang Palace can also enjoy fresh seafood, which is another speciality of the restaurant. Guests can choose fresh seafood from the restaurant s crystal clear water fish tank, including lobster, clams and a variety of fish, guaranteeing fresh quality and offering guests an interesting sight. The restaurant also has the Lotus Ballroom, a mini ballroom that can cater for up to 200, the perfect venue for Chinese weddings or arrangements. NISHIMURA The elegant Nishimura restaurant serves exquisite Japanese cuisine in a tranquil setting of running water, bonsai trees and stone pathways. The Japanese chefs provide guests with innovative food without changing the original taste of the Japanese cuisine, giving a touch of creativity to famous Japanese meals of tempura, teppanyaki and shabu-shabu. Sushi and sashimi are prepared meticulously from fresh ingredients by the expert chefs. With staff dressed in a kimono, dining in the Japanese restaurant will take you to its original country, where sakura blooms each spring and fish are abundant throughout the year. Private rooms are available in various styles, from tatami rooms to teppanyaki rooms, to ensure guests privacy. 6
B.A.T.S. B.A.T.S. Bar and Restaurant at the Shangri-La is the ultimate drinking and dining venue for Jakarta residents who are looking for a nice, warm, no-pretence club that offers only the best food, the best people and the best music. The venue brings New York underground vibes to the bustling city of Jakarta. Located on the first floor of, B.A.T.S. reflects the ambience of the Big Apple at night by using decorative touches such as nailed metal ceilings and raw red bricks that dominate the walls. The restaurant serves oversized portions of American and Western food, from the 17-inch pizza and giant burgers to the generous premium steaks, to suit every guest s appetite. As a bar, B.A.T.S. features top-notch entertainment provided by international bands and a variety of inimitable drinks with weekly-themed nights. The relaxing and casual feeling created at the bar makes B.A.T.S. a favourite hang out, especially amongst expatriates residing in Jakarta. Health Club and CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La The HEALTH CLUB spans more than 1,150 square metres and hosts a gymnasium with one of the highest standards in the city. The multipurpose studio is available for a range of wellness activities from cardio dance, kick-boxing and step athletics to yoga. The cardio room is equipped with state of the art Technogym fitness equipment, from a wide selection of exquisitely designed facilities for strength training to multisensorial cardiovascular machines. Computerised gymnasium equipment is supported with a USB port, allowing each exercise to be recorded, ensuring that guests can keep track of their programmed workout achievement. To make exercise more fun, the multi-sensorial cardiovascular machines also have an ipod feature, Internet connection, television and radio displayed on the interactive touch-screen monitor to provide the right workout solution. 7
Those who desire outdoor activities will find that the three floodlit tennis courts adjacent to the gymnasium are ideal to challenge their skills and they are available for guests use, day and night. Outdoor lovers are also able to enjoy the hotel s lagoon-shaped swimming pool on the ground level, reflecting a lake-like sensation in the middle of an oasis in the hotel s lush garden. A health beverage bar offers a convenient lounge, which serves a selection of healthy beverages to support guests workouts. Jakarta s first CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La offers a personal sanctuary where holistic treatments are based on time honoured methods shared by many Asian cultures. In traditional Chinese philosophy, chi or qi is the universal life force that governs wellbeing and personal vitality. It is believed that chi must flow freely within the body. Luxurious yet down to earth, CHI, The Spa provides you with a place for personal peace and wellbeing. Sense of Place offers an ultimate local experience through a series of treatments using local ingredients. 8
WHO S WHO AT SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, JAKARTA Gerhard Hecker, General Manager Mr. Hecker started his career in his native Germany, which saw him through thorough training in all sectors of hotel operations, with specialisation in the fields of food and beverage and catering. After a short stint in the Middle East and yet another assignment in Germany, he first arrived in Hong Kong in 1983. Mr. Hecker has played a vital role in two hotel openings one in Singapore and one in Bangkok before taking up his first assignment as general manager at a five-star hotel in Hong Kong. After being at the helm of this hotel for almost 15 years, he ventured to Shanghai to manage another five-star hotel before following the call to join Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts in 2006. He brings with him 34 years of hotel experience, of which 26 were in Asia. His last posting was in southern China, where he successfully opened and managed one of the company s award-winning flagships, the 600-key Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen. Married with three children, he enjoys all kinds of outdoor activities and he is particularly fond of golfing, motor-biking and deep-sea fishing. Claudio Rossi, Executive Chef Chef Claudio has almost 30 years of experience as a chef, and he has worked around the world in countries such as Italy, Canada, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Syria and Indonesia. His career with the Shangri-La family started in 1993 at Edsa Shangri-La, Manila. He has also worked at China World Hotel, Beijing and at Shangri-La s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei. His passion for food and his journey around the world have made him knowledgeable in many different types of cuisine from Europe, Asia and the Middle East, from classic and traditional to modern and contemporary. He believes in creating excellent cuisine by combining the finest ingredients, cooking techniques and hygiene to retain the food s flavours, aromas and textures. Alexandar Hekimov, Executive Pastry Chef Chef Alex realised he had an interest in the world of cooking when he was young. Born in Bulgaria, he entered a catering school in his home town, but it was not until he went to London and watched a chocolate and sugar demonstration by Tony Hoyle, the captain of England s national team of pastry, that he discovered his true passion for chocolate and pastry. Chef Hoyle soon became Chef Alex s mentor. Chef Alex continued his training and mastered the study of chocolate and pastry in France. 9
SHANGRI-LA RESIDENCES, JAKARTA Shangri-La Residences, Jakarta offers a stylish living concept. Housed in 31-storey twin towers, the residences complement the adjacent five-star. An extensive choice of luxurious serviced apartments is available for discerning travellers with long-term commitments in the city. The 168 apartment units are spread over two different towers the fully furnished units in Jasmine Tower and the unfurnished units in Lotus Tower. Each tower houses spacious apartments. There are 54 two-bedroom units spanning 180 square metres each, 54 three-bedroom units spanning 236 square metres each and 54 three-bedroom plus study room units spanning 327 square metres each. One garden residence is also available, with its own private garden and direct access to the lobby. For the ultimate luxury and comfort, Shangri-La Residences, Jakarta presents four penthouse units, each spanning 938 square metres and each with a private swimming pool and garden. All units are equipped with 57 television channels, broadband Internet access and international direct dial (IDD) telephones with voice mail system. Shangri-La Residences, Jakarta is the first serviced apartment complex in Indonesia to use bio-fingerprint identification for its residents. Upon arrival, residents and family members are required to scan their fingerprints. The bio-fingerprints grant access to all entry points and elevators. A personal camera intercom system is installed for the privacy of residents. A resident s guest may only enter the unit through the private elevator and personal entrance. Residents are required to identify the guest through the camera intercom system before the guests are allowed to access the elevator. This is necessary to ensure the privacy and comfort of both the residents and their guests. Shangri-La Residences, Jakarta offers extensive facilities, which include a 32-metre swimming pool, a children s pool, sauna and steam rooms, a fully equipped gymnasium and a jogging track. The property provides inside and outside children s playgrounds, a barbecue area and a lounge complete with a boardroom. Also available is a 24-hour reception, concierge and housekeeping services and grocery delivery as well as dining discounts at all five restaurants of. 10
Press Contact Cathy Nepomuceno Director of Sales and Marketing Tel. (62 21) 2922 9999 Fax. (62 21) 2922 9909 cathy.nepomuceno@shangri-la.com Digital images are available on request. 11