IHG Hotels & Resorts Plans 13 New Hotels in Bali, Lombok and Beyond Amid Tourism Growth

IHG Hotels & Resorts announced on November 4 in Jakarta that it will add 13 new hotels with a total of 2,494 rooms to its Indonesia development pipeline. The company currently operates 35 hotels with 7,096 rooms across the country, and the new expansion will focus on key destinations including Bali and "super-priority" tourism areas such as Lombok.

Vivek Bhalla, IHG's Managing Director for Southeast Asia & Korea, said the company sees growing appeal in gateway cities including Medan, Yogyakarta, Lombok, Manado, and Labuan Bajo, as well as emerging destinations such as Puncak, Bogor, Lampung, and Belitung.

The expansion is backed by rising tourism across the Asia-Pacific region, where 91% of visitor growth comes from intra-regional travel. Five of IHG's top ten source markets in the region are Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. From January to August 2026, Indonesia recorded 10.58 million foreign tourist arrivals (up 5.3% year-on-year) and 842 million domestic trips (up 4.2%), the highest figures for this period since 2019.

The hotel industry is also performing well, with CoStar data showing an average daily rate (ADR) of US$78 as of September 30, 2026, up 12.3% year-on-year, and an occupancy rate of around 60%.

IHG plans to expand further with luxury and lifestyle brands such as Six Senses, Regent, InterContinental, and Kimpton. In Bali, the Kimpton Suntaya Bali Ubud is scheduled to open by the end of 2026, offering a wellness-focused concept.