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Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr
Good write up there. 
Btw any idea is Little Chinatown makan place(behind Formosa Hotel) still around?  |
I presume maybe you are referring to Baba street food court area selling chinese food? Anyway this trip i did not walk past nagoya citywalk area or citra plaza. Maybe will re-visit during the next trip.
Walked past Formosa hotel area and noticed that the porridge street, the satay warung, zhi char shops and convenience store all were still around.
Also to my surprise, the formosa carpark area was barricaded with hoarding and stated something macham like
Under Renovation at the hoarding.
There are 2 possibilities:
First the formosa carpark may be resurfaced to make it into many new parking lots for commercial hourly parking.
Second possibility could be the Owner of the Building that houses formosa hotel managed to rent out the hotel to a new hotel operator, and the new operator is doing some minor renovation to the facade and carpark area.
If the latter is true, then many ex-formosa customers will anticipate for the opening of Formosa 2..
Now that covid is over and economy of Batam is recovering, there is a great potential growth for hotel business.
Formosa Hotel was once the most popular hotel in Batam and that maybe the reason why the apartment behind the hotel was named after as
Formosa Residence to gain popularity.
The Taiwanese boss of ex-formosa Jerry Wang has a good management system of the hotel operation. This was reflected by the following:
1) Well trained, good manners & good service delivered by his hotel staff
2) Hotel guest's need were well taken care of, even minor request can be acceded like safe box, luggage storage, etc.
3) Successfully created a very cosy and comfortable hotel environment
4) Continuously upgrade hotel room amenities to the latest technology like provide high speed wifi and many usb port, LED lighting, refurbish the rooms
5) Good quality breakfast, taiwanese boss will personally test the quality of the food before the breakfast ends at 10.30am. He will lecture the restaurant manager if it is not up to his standard.
All departments like Reception, Housekeeping, Room service(f&b), Logistics, Sales, Hotel Transport, etc were very well coordinated.
In fact, his success was also assisted by one of his capable manager. He was a local batam chinese named Steven who helped him oversee the day to day hotel operations (info according to king massage lady)
Therefore if this manager willing to work for the new hotel operator, Formosa 2 may function very closely like Formosa 1.
