The art deco telefoongebouw, a Dutch telecommunications office in the 1920s, still stands in a prime area of Menteng, Central Jakarta. The building has now been transformed into The Hermitage, a recently opened luxury boutique hotel that blends culture and heritage with five-star amenities. The Jakarta Post’s Aulia R. Sungkar spoke with the hotel’s general manager, Eleonore Astier-Petin, about what makes the hotel stand out from the crowd and the future of heritage hospitality as a tourist … [Read more...]