The Ascott Limited has appointed luxury hospitality leader, Charles Lee Abbott, as Ascott’s Regional General Manager for Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Philippines. His role is to helm the next phase of the growth and development of the renowned portfolio of ultra-luxury serviced apartments in respective cities.

Coincided with INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY on October 2022, V-Soy organized final round of ‘V-SOY BARISTA COMPETITION’. The final round of this national scale competition took place at Elisse Lounge – The Tribrata Darmawangsa Jakarta.

Hailing from the highlands of the Nagano Prefecture, home of many celebrated culinary heirlooms of Japan, Chef Hidemaro Hodaka joins InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah as Japanese Chef. Hodaka-san boasts over half a century of experience cooking at authentic Japanese kitchens. Hodaka-san came to Jakarta in the late 1970s after perfecting his cooking skills under the guidance of the old masters in his mountainous hometown in Nagano. The quiet-yet-affable chef is a master and faithful ambassador of the original art of teppanyaki.