| The precise date when Savoy Homann Hotel firstly built
is unknown, based on some files Savoy Homann was built
before 1888 and owned by Mr. A. Homann, a Germany nation
immigrant that strand to Tatar Priangan around 1870.
On February 1937, the hotel experienced renovation
and finished by the end of 1939 then referred as Savoy,
the new building, managed by Mr. F.J.A. Van Es.
After the Japan Opsir occupied the hotel as their embarkation
in 1942 then in 1945 the place become the International
Red Cross station under head Captain Gray, “ Savoy
Homann “ finally returned to its owner,namely
Mr. F.J.A. Van Es in 1946 and managed this hotel until
1952. After the dead of Mr. Van Es, hotel head is taken
over by his wife, Mrs. Van Es de Brink. Mrs. Van Es
de Brink who was very sorrow to be remained by her husband,
wishes back to the Dutch and sell the share of hotel
“ Savoy Homann” to Mr. R.H.M. Saddak .
In the period of 1960 to 1970, the excellence Homann
in managing hotel has led it become a training center
of all hotel employees from whole archipelago .
Savoy Homann was one of the biggest hotel in south
east Asia, it has become a sojourn place of many important
delegation for the occasions of Asia Africa Conference,
PATA Conference and Asia Africa Islamic Conference.
After a long term of negotiation process ( from 1986
to 1987 ), Mr. R.M. Saddak finally sold his property
hotel and displace ownership of hotel to Mr. H.E.K.
Ruchiyat,Managing Director of PT Panghegar Group. Development
of the hotel was continued by Mr. H.E.K. Ruchiyat. Some
renovation especially at the backside of the hotel was
turn into parking place and Swimming pool.The front
side of the building remains its monumental architecture,
except the front office, lobby and grand Ballroom which
was enlarged as well as its center garden of the hotel.
After finished the renovation , Savoy Homann has 153
rooms and on October 14,1989, a four Star hotel with
new brand “ Savoy Homann Panghegar Heritage Hotel
“ was officially open by The Minister of Tourism,
Post and Telecommunication, Mr. Soesilo Sudarman.
The Indonesian economic crisis in 1997 has brought
up the negative influence to the growth progress of
tourism sector, specifically of hotel businesses. Refer
to those reason, Mr. Ruchiyat, The President Commissioner
of PT Panghegar Group, intend to concentrate his hotel
business only in one brand that is Panghegar Hotel,
which in that case he intended to sell his share at
Savoy Homann Hotel to other investor .
Since January 2000, Savoy Homann Hotel owned by Bidakara
foundation . After shading in Bidakara Group, and changed
the name, becoming Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, and
intended to give separate nuance to tourism growth in
Bandung .
Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel remains its name as one
of historical place in the city of Bandung and still
always welcome their guest with hospitality of Sundanese
people . |
