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OUR JOURNEY was completed with 6 journalists; Edhie Rianto (traveltext.id), Wahyu Indrasto (Eksekutif Magazine), Fatoer (Warta Event.com), Firman (Travel Explore) and Ahmad Jamil (iNews) and also accompanied by Mrs. Yulia Maria, as Director of Marcomm ArtotelGroup (AG) and Ms. Tiffany Siantono, Asst. Marcomm AG, who were specially invited to visit hotels under AG management such as DAFAM Semarang, Artotel GajahMada Semarang, Nite & Day Hotel Semarang-Candi and ROOMS Inc. Semarang
Although faced with a delay of Batik Air’s return flight for more than 3 hours from our departure schedule at 10:45 am, it did not make us all feel tired, always enthusiastic, quite enjoyable because we did not feel hungry during the trip, apparently AG deliberately made us like that… this is what makes us always enthusiastic.
So, that there was a time change in our itinerary rundown, having just arrived in Semarang city at around 15:00, going straight to the DAFAM Semarang Hotel and being greeted directly by Mr. Muh Roy Amazon, the hotel General Manager who is famous for his friendly jokes made us a little entertained from the disappointment that should have been more for chatting because this GM was very busy taking care of the preparations for the Fun Run Lari Antar Geng starting tomorrow early morning.
At around 5:00 p.m., we left to visit the Night & Day Hotel, a 3-star budget hotel with a unique and modern concept that raises the theme of Semarang City, which requires affordable, clean and spacious accommodation located in the Candi area, Semarang.
According to Mrs. Noviani Saputra, Hotel Manager said that this hotel has 65 room facilities consisting of Nite Room which is better known as a windowless room type and Day Room (windowed room type), Lovely Day Room (suite room), where all Nite & Day Room types have murals of historical place icons in Semarang City.
“Yes, because our hotel has the concept of budget hotel accommodation, affordable, clean and strategic location, not to mention the room concept; modern minimalist theme and comfortable answer the needs of hotel guests who need comfort, so it is suitable for business activities, family stays or vacations,” said Mrs. Noviani Saputra.
However, when we were in the lobby lounge, we were served with fried cassava, which is famous for being delicious and very different in taste from the fried cassava sold outside, especially with a cup of warm tea, made us forget to visit the next hotel…thank you Mrs. Noviani Saputra for the ‘fried cassava crispy’ treat.
Before heading to Artotel GajahMada, we first had dinner at D’Kambodja Heritage Dapur Ndeso, owned by Anne Avantie, the most popular family restaurant in town. This restaurant serves a variety of typical Indonesian dishes and is open every day from 08.00-22.00 WIB. This restaurant carries the ndeso concept from the menu to the interior decoration. The spacious place makes D’Kambodja Heritage comfortable for dining with a group.
After that, we continued our trip tonight to visit Artotel GajahMada to show the room and feature a restaurant, bar and views of the city in the middle of the night guided by Eko Sugianto, Marcomm Officer said that for room facilities we have room types such as: Studio 25 (1 king bed), Studio 30 (2 twin beds) and Studio 55 (1 king bed).
“We have only 1 restaurant on site, Fat Elephant, open for breakfast – lunch – dinner with a family friendly – modern ambience. However, what is advantageous for us is the distance to the Semarang Poncol Railway Station (about 1.5 km), Semarang Tawang Railway Station (2.3 km) and the nearest airports Ahmad Yani International Airport (4.2 km),” concluded Eko.
Since it was already late at night, we had to return to the DAFAM Hotel where we were staying because we had to get up early the next morning to participate in the Fun Run Lari Antar Geng event that the people of Semarang had been waiting for and that was enlivened by hundreds of vouchers, attractive door prizes, games and special musical performances.
Fun Run Lari Antar Geng is a fun run concept that holds a running race in gangs or groups, with a unique competition procedure that requires each group to start and finish simultaneously, with the aim of creating an exciting, compact and solid running event. The event, which started at 6:00 a.m., was attended by 400 participants and lasted three hours.
According to Muh Roy Amazon, General Manager of DAFAM Semarang, explained that what distinguishes this event is its uniqueness, unlike fun run in general, this time the rules are to be in groups and compact, open to all groups, regardless of the background of participants, of course we have prepared different categories of champions, each will get a cash prize and we also prepare attractive door prizes for individuals.
“The success of the Fun Run Lari Antar Geng event cannot be separated from the cooperation of all parties, all DAFAM Semarang staff and support from 70 sponsors from local and national brands. In addition, there is also support from hotels under the auspices of ArtotelGroup and other hotels spread across Java Island by providing accommodation vouchers, swimming vouchers, fitness vouchers and F&B vouchers that will later become part of the prize for the winners of the challenge,” Roy Amazon remarked.
All participants are eligible to win the Best Costume & Accessories Category Champion, Fastest Time Champion, Best Performer Champion and others with various prizes ranging from cash, electronic gadgets to gift certificates.
Before returning to Jakarta, there was one more agenda, which was to visit ROOMS inc. Semarang, which of course was guided by Ms. Aii Sotya, Marcomm Hotel said Rooms Inc Semarang, which is located 300 meters from Tugu Muda, displays beautiful wooden decorations. This hotel has a restaurant, bar and terrace on the roof of the building.
“For those who want to stay at Rooms Inc Semarang, you need to know the completeness of the room facilities first. Of course, as a quality 3-star hotel. Well, the rooms available at Rooms Inc Semarang; Superior Queen Room – Non-Smoking, Deluxe Queen Room, Superior Twin Room – Non-Smoking, Standard Queen Room – Non-Smoking, Standard Room, Superior Room, Superior Double Room,” Ms. Aii Sotya explained.
In addition to the standard of Indonesia Care, all guests receive free Wi-Fi in all rooms and free parking if arriving by car. Strategically located in China Town, you will have access and proximity to local attractions and sights. Don’t leave without visiting the famous Lawang Sewu. Rated 3 stars, this high-quality property offers guests access to an on-site restaurant and fitness center.
After lunch, which was about 1 hour before we left for Achmad Yani Airport, we had time to chat again at the hotel restaurant because we wanted to leave the hotel but couldn’t stand the very hot weather. What made us a bit annoyed when we arrived at the airport, the plane was delayed for another 3 hours without prior notice. We were forced to wait until we could keep our tiredness and anger to ourselves. We finished the hotel tour with ArtotelGroup, mission accomplished in a two-day hotel tour in Semarang. Looking forward to the next hotel tour! [traveltext.id]
