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Tugu Hotels hotels
Indonesian art and antiquities fill rooms built to let guests live among the collection.
Tugu makes Indonesian art and antiquities part of the hotel, giving guests time to live among objects with a history of their own. Anhar Setjadibrata began collecting during his travels in the 1970s and opened Hotel Tugu Malang in 1989 to give that growing collection a home where it could be seen and enjoyed.
4 Tugu Hotels hotels in 1 country on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Founded by Anhar Setjadibrata
- Worldwide: 5 boutique museum hotels across Bali, Lombok, Malang, Blitar, and Jakarta, Indonesia
- On the atlas: 2 Core Luxury, 2 Accessible Luxury
History
Tugu means “monument” in Indonesian, reflecting Anhar Setjadibrata’s wish to preserve pieces of the country’s history. His collection of art and antiquities gave the hotels their individual stories. The family’s later involvement continued that personal work, keeping the objects and the cultural roots they represent close to the center of the stay.
Timeline
- 1970 — Anhar Setjadibrata, a medical student whose hospital internship is delayed by political unrest, takes a pharmaceutical sales job that takes him across Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, West Timor, Kalimantan, and Borneo, where he begins collecting antiques locals were discarding as old-fashioned.
- 1973–1977 — Setjadibrata enters law school and establishes his own law practice after graduating, continuing his antique-collecting pursuit alongside his legal career.
- 1989 — Setjadibrata opens Hotel Tugu Malang in East Java, the first Tugu property, built to house his overflowing collection and named for the historic central monument the hotel faces in downtown colonial-era Malang.
- 1990s–2000s — The collection expands to Hotel Tugu Bali in Canggu (an 18th-century palace restored around a giant Garuda bird carved from a 120-year-old tree), Hotel Tugu Lombok, and Hotel Tugu Blitar.
- 2000s–2010s — House of Tugu Old Town Jakarta opens, exploring the history of Batavia, the Dutch East Indies-era name for what is now Jakarta.
The houses to know
- Hotel Tugu Lombok, Tanjung, Indonesia — A 36-room seafront retreat built around Sasak village architecture on Lombok's northern coast, facing the Gili Islands.
- Hotel Tugu Bali, Bali, Indonesia — An 18th-century palace restored around a giant Garuda bird carved from a 120-year-old tree, with a floating villa above a lotus pond.
- House of Tugu Old Town Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia — Explores the history of Batavia, the Dutch East Indies-era city that preceded modern Jakarta.
- Hotel Tugu Malang, Malang, Indonesia — The brand's founding property, opened 1989 in East Java to house Setjadibrata's original collection.
Newest openings
- None of the Tugu hotels selected by the Atlas has a recorded opening year of 2023 or later.
Opening next
- A Jakarta expansion exploring the history of Batavia (the Dutch East Indies-era city that preceded modern Jakarta) has been in development, though timing has been affected by prior delays.
Every Tugu Hotels hotel on the atlas
Indonesia
- Hotel Tugu Bali — Bali · Core Luxury
- Hotel Tugu Lombok — Tanjung · Core Luxury
- Hotel Tugu Malang — Malang · Accessible Luxury
- House of Tugu Old Town Jakarta — Jakarta · Accessible Luxury
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