Tulip Group is set to enter the Indonesian market in 2014 with its 4-star brand, Golden Tulip Hotel, which targets both business and leisure travellers. The group, which merged with Louvre Hotels Group in 2011, has signed eight deals in Indonesia, with an additional 15 undergoing negotiations. Golden Tulip will debut in Indonesia with the opening of four hotels in Bali, one hotel in Bekasi, one hotel in Bandung, one hotel in Yogyakarta and one in Bogor. Louvre Hotels Group is owned by Starwood Capital Group and currently has more than 1,050 hotels in 42 countries.

Indonesian based Mandala Airlines will open four new flight routes in December that will connect West Sumatra and Bali with other major cities in Indonesia and Singapore. The new routes will be: Padang-Jakarta, Padang-Singapore, Denpasar-Surabaya and Denpasar-Singapore. Mandala Airlines, which is the Indonesian subsidiary of Singapore-based Tiger Airways, expects the new flight routes to contribute to the growth of the economy of Padang and the West Sumatra province. The province is anticipating infrastructure and human resource improvements to handle the increase in tourist arrivals to Padang.