Bali police asked to speed up hotel verification process - Jakarta Post
The hotel-verification process must be completed before the upcoming
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, therefore, Bali Police
together with the Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants
(PHRI) Bali must act faster, Governor Made Mangku Pastika said.
“Bali Police and the PHRI need to promptly verify whether the 40
hotels have met all required standards in terms of security, facilities
and human resources,” the governor insisted.
The APEC Summit will take place in the Nusa Dua Resort complex from
Oct. 1–Oct. 10. The resort’s selected 40 hotels and villas will host
hundreds of high-profile delegates including state leaders, ministers,
diplomats and high-ranking officials of global organizations and CEOs of
international corporations.
“Within two months, all verified hotels are expected to have met
with safety standards and provide world-class facilities,” Pastika
added.
The governor said security and the safety of national leaders and
participating delegates would be at stake and Bali as the host of such
an important event must be responsible in applying top security
measures.
Chairman of PHRI Bali Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati told Bali
Daily that 26 out of 40 selected hotels had already passed the
verification process.
“The remaining 11 hotels must improve their security systems,
management, facilities and human resources in order to pass the
verification process,” Sukawati said.
He was confident that the 11 hotels could meet the required standards before the deadline.
The safety and security certification process for hotels and tourist
accommodation in Bali started in 2004 following the terrorist bombs in
October 2002, which claimed 220 lives.
At that time, Pastika was chief of the Bali Police after he
successfully led a multi-national investigation team into the bombings.
In October 2005, after Bali again fell victim to another terrorist
bombing. Hotel security and safety of foreign and domestic tourists
became his first priority concern.
But, in the following years, verification of hotels and tourist accommodation was halted due to unspecified reasons.
While previous security systems merely focused on the presence of
security personnel and equipment, today’s security standards also
include intangible aspects, like disaster preparedness, plans for
tsunamis and earthquakes, security measures for accounting and
administration and sales and marketing, among others.
PHRI Bali and the Bali Police have conducted several training
sessions for hotel management personnel to introduce the new security
system standards.
“All hotels must undergo and pass the verification process before October,” Sukawati said.
Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Arif Wachyunadi said that the
verification process had been running well. “The verification process is
working well and we still have adequate time to complete it,” he said.
Wachyunadi said that the verification certificate would identify the
hotels that have the highest security standards eligible to host VVIP
guests.
“It is an accurate indicator that the hotel facilities and security
have met with international standards,” the general commented.
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