ROME -- Bulgari Hotels & Resorts, a joint venture by the
Rome-based jeweler Bulgari and the Luxury Group of Marriott
International, said it will open the partnership's second hotel on
the Indonesian island of Bali in mid-2005.
Marriott's Luxury Group will manage the resort, while Bulgari
will license its brand.
The resort will comprise 58 rooms -- most of them one-bedroom
villas with plunge pools and living rooms -- as well as a spa, two
restaurants and a Bulgari store.
The resort will be built atop cliffs on the southern tip of the
Jimbaran Peninsula. It will be owned and developed by MRA Group
& Partners, an Indonesian firm that owns the franchise for
Bulgari stores in the country.
Bulgari and Marriott last year announced a plan to create seven
five-star Bulgari-branded hotels over six years. The joint
venture's first hotel is scheduled to open in Milan, Italy, early
next year.
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