ASTON OPENS THE “BALI KUTA RESORT & CONVENTION CENTER - BY ASTON”

Kuta, Bali - Indonesia, 29 September 2009 – Today Aston International announced the opening of the groups 9th hotel in Bali, the Bali Kuta Resort & Convention Center- by Aston.

Located in Jalan Majapahit less than 10 minutes walk from central Kuta the Bali Kuta Resort & Convention Center by Aston is a stylish new condotel featuring a choice of 267 Studio Rooms and 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments.

As a first in Bali the Bali Kuta Resorts rooms and apartments come in 5 different interior designs concepts that Aston refers to as Modern Classic, Modern Minimalist, Modern Retro, Modern Ethnic and Modern Exclusive. In additions the Resort will offer a large inner courtyard outdoor pool, a restaurants, pool side bar, meeting rooms and a full service spa but the resorts signature feature will be the “Love is in the Air” roof top lounge and bar set to open later this year.

Norbert Vas, VP Sales &Marketing for Aston International commented: “Bali Kuta Resort is a unique new condotel concept different from most hotels in Kuta as it offers a mix of studios and resort condominiums making it ideal for families and longer vacations but combines this with a youthful spirit as characterized by the modern room design concepts and the attractive “Love is in the Air” lounge. Our motto for this new Aston, our 9th in Bali and the 4th we opened this year, is “You’ll Love the Difference”. Already we are seeing that the hotel is being well received by mostly Japanese and Australian tourists coming for a week or longer and Indonesian Families who appreciate the central location and larger than usual accommodations”

About Aston International

Aston entered the Indonesian market in the late nineties and has an underlying portfolio consisting of 40 properties including hotels, resorts, serviced apartments and boutique villa resorts, of which 20 are operational and 20 under development due to open between now and 2011.

Aston properties currently operate under the 5 star Grand Aston, 4 star Aston and 3 star Aston City Hotel brands but the company is also developing Life Style Designer Hotels under the Royal Alana and Alana brand, Luxury Villa resorts under the Royal Kamuela and Kamuela brands and 3 star hotels under the affordable lifestyle Quest Hotel brand as well as 2 star favehotel.

The first luxury Royal Kamuela Villa resort is due to open in May 2010 in Nusa Dua - Bali and the first 3 star Quest Hotels are under construction in the Indonesian City of Semarang and in Bali’s fashionable Kuta. favehotels are envisioned to open in literally every major Indonesian city with the first one due to open in September in Denpasar Bali.

With a proven track record of success, Aston has a very definitive vision of the future - to be universally recognized as the preferred hospitality management company in the Asia Pacific.


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