Bintan Lagoon Resort

Bintan Lagoon Resort
Location in Bintan
General information
Location	Bintan, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Coordinates	1°11′29″N 104°25′27″E / 1.191395°N 104.424120°E / 1.191395; 104.424120
Other information
Number of rooms	470
Number of restaurants	12 (golf courses = 2)

Bintan Lagoon Resort is a hotel and resort complex on the north coast of Bintan, Indonesia. It is located 75 minutes by direct high-speed ferry from Singapore. The resort and ferry, is set in over 300 hectares of gardens overlooks the South China Sea and the archipelago of the Riau Islands.

Facilities[edit]

Bintan Lagoon Resort is a five-star resort complex with about 450 rooms in Lagoi, Bintan Island.^[1] It covers 300 hectares (740 acres).^[2] The main buildings were completed around 1995 by a joint venture of Singapore, Indonesian and Japanese contractors. The resort started operations with a 473-room four-star hotel, a beachhouse, recreation club and golf clubhouse.^[3]

In 2012 the resort had 473 rooms, suites or villas, many of which looked out over the South China Sea. Facilities included a spa and three restaurants. The resort provided equipment such as ATV's and snorkels.^[4] In 2013 the resort opened a conference center, which included a banquet hall that could seat up to 1,300 people.^[5]

Golf[edit]

The resort was built to serve golfers, although by 2017 it had turned into a quiet resort where people from Singapore could come to relax.^[6] The resort manages two golf courses on the island.^[7] The 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Seaview Course is a 6,420 metres (21,060 ft) par-72 course built in 1997. Jack Nicklaus was the lead architect, along with Bruce Borland and David Heatwole.^[8] The 18-hole Ian Baker-Finch Woodlands Course is a 6,211 metres (20,377 ft) par-72 course, also built in 1997. Ian Baker-Finch was the architect, with IMG Worldwide.^[9]

Ferry service[edit]

In May 2012 The Jakarta Post reported that Bintan Lagoon Resort had started to offer direct ferry service between Singapore's Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and the Bintan Lagoon Terminal, a private immigration terminal beside the resort. Two high-speed ferries would each be able to take 266 passengers. The trip would take about 70 minutes.^[10]

LEED certification[edit]

On 6 January 2011 the resort obtained a silver level of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for an area of 530,302 square feet (49,266.7 m²).^[11] The project included installing a private power plant and water treatment facility. The savings in electricity and water were expected to quickly pay for the investment. It was the first golf resort in South-East Asia to be awarded LEED certification.^[12]

Management changes[edit]

In 2016 Mozaic Hotels & Resorts of Singapore was the management company for the resort, which was an affiliate of WorldHotels.^[13] In August 2020 The Straits Times reported that Bintan Lagoon Resort had laid off 500 employees and was closed due to lack of business. Travel restrictions due to COVID-19 had drastically affected the tourism industry on Bintan and Batam, which rely on visitors from Singapore, Malaysia and China.^[1] At time of closure the resort was owned by Resort Venture Pte Ltd of Singapore.^[14]

In August 2022 it was reported that Accor, owner of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, had signed a management agreement with the owner, PT Bintan Lagoon Resort, under which they would open Mövenpick Bintan Lagoon Resort in 2023. PT Bintan Lagoon Resort is a subsidiary of PT Edika Agung Mandiri.^[15] In 2024 it was announced that the resort would open in late 2024. It would have its own ferry terminal. It would provide 413 guest rooms, restaurants featuring Swiss cuisine, a two-storey beach club, three swimming pools, gym, spa and large spaces for hosting events.^[16]

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