Refugees at Aston Pluit Picked Rubber Boat

During this time, five-star hotel guests are served a shuttle car. However, the story is different in the middle of Jakarta flood conditions as are Aston Golden Gate Hotel & Residence, a flood victim, was picked up using a rubber boat.

The height of the floods in Pluit, North Jakarta, forcing residents elite housing in the region fled to nearby hotels. One of the temporary refuge is Pluit Aston Hotel & Residence.

Four-star hotel located on Jalan Pluit Kingdom, North Jakarta, is the choice of the refugees to save themselves. Since Thursday, January 17, 2013, guests who came had enough. At that time, the water was about knee height adults so they can be skipped.

Hotel occupancy at the beginning of the flood reached 75 percent, the increase is not semelesat now before because floodwaters reaching two meters. This causes difficulty accessing the hotel guests.

Most who come are family people around the hotel. They should be picked up using a rubber boat in front of the hotel because the road was flooded, "said Regina Veronica Pratiwi, Assistant Public Relations Manager of Aston Golden Gate Hotel & Residence

Aston provides two rubber boats with a capacity of eight people and one rubber boat with a capacity of four people. Guests will stay make reservations by phone at his home and then picked up directly to the hotel at no extra cost.

Beyond providing inflatable boat to transport the guests, Aston Golden Gate Hotel & Residence also provides flood shelters for underprivileged citizens. Food continues to be supplied as one of concern for the victims of Aston floods in Pluit.