Central Sulawesi experienced two major earthquakes on Friday with several aftershocks and a tsunami. First, a 5.9-magnitude quake hit, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others in Donggala regency. It was followed by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake [Read More…]
Ascott acquired 70% of hospitality company TAUZIA in a bid to capitalize on the rapid surge of the Indonesian middle class. This is the first move of Ascott into a purely hotel-related business. CapitaLand’s wholly [Read More…]
Bank Indonesia, the national bank of the country, is officially introducing QR (Quick Response) standardisation payment in the archipelago. The project has been delayed by a couple of months and was supposed to start in [Read More…]
Indonesia’s tourism sector posted strong growth in the first half of the year, supported by rising visitor numbers from key source markets. Between January and May the country counted almost 6.2 million visitors, against 5.5 [Read More…]
Indonesia start-up Go-Jek, one of ASEAN leading ride-hailing company is “extremely close” to achieving profitability in all its segments, except transportation, its founder and chief executive, Nadiem Makarim, declared to news agency Reuters. Launched in [Read More…]
Price floor for air tickets on domestic flights in Indonesia is to be increased from 30% to 35% in the coming weeks according to a government announcement. It theoretically means that ticket prices will increase [Read More…]
Tourism in Lombok will face difficult times as earthquake tremors continue at regular interval, destroying not only infrastructure and people’s home but also tourism, one of Lombok’s most important job’s providers… This is the third [Read More…]
It seems that a new earthquake happening again in Lombok generated this time only few casualties, according to Indonesian authorities. A fresh tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, the U.S. [Read More…]
Turkish Airlines will join Emirates and Qatar Airways from July 2019 in Bali as the carrier just made its timetable official. The Turkish carrier is also offering more capacities to Vietnam as it separates the [Read More…]
Ferry services between Lombok and Bali are back after a week where tremors continued while rescuing teams looked for victims around the Island. Ferry services from Bali to Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara resumed operations [Read More…]
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