CHAPTER III DISCUSSION
A. History of Sahid Kusuma Solo
1. The historical background of Sahid Kusuma Hotel
Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat is a palace settled in Surakarta. In 1933- 1939 Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat was reigned by the tenth Pakubuwono. He
was the most glorious king at the time. He died in 1943 and graved in the kings of Surakarta and Yogyakarta funeral, Imogiri. Prince Abimanyu was the son of the
tenth Pakubuwono. Abimanyu was born in 1902. He had title Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo Kusumo Yudho. He passed away when he was young and his title
was given to his brother Bei. Pakubuwono X gave a palace in the north of Surakarta palace to him. The
name of the palace was Ndalem Kusumoyudan. This palace had been bought from Mangkunegaran IV and built in 1909 by Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Hadiwijoyo with
the combination of Javanese and Dutch architecture. In 1961, Ndalem Kusumoyudhan was sold to IFCO one of the firms at Solo
running on a bicycle assembling and sewing machine company. In 1970, Ndalem Kusumoyudhan was bought by PT sahid CO which planned to build a hotel to
welcome the PATA conference in 1974. Kanjeng Gusti Mangkunegaran VIII put the first stone of the hotel building.
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In July 8
th
1977, the name of Kusuma Sahid Prince Hotel was officially declared by the Minister of Communication, Susilo Sudarman and also appointed
Sukamdani Sahid Gitosardjono as the president of Sahid group at the time In the first operation, the hotel served 28 Bungalow rooms, 18 Cabanas
room, 28 Moderate rooms, 12 Junior rooms and 18 Executive rooms. Besides, a special unit room called Indrakila Royal Suite was built to welcome Queen Juliana
and Prince Benhard from Holland who came to Solo and spent the night in Kusuma Sahid. In addition the hotel also has a mosque for the Moslem worship
and a swimming pool with 25 m in length and 15 m in width.
Sahid Kusuma Solo Hotel has the main rooms, as follow:
1. PENDOPO
This is a place for the guest. Today, it becomes the lobby called Budoyono Mantili and Pantiarjo. The lobby has white pillars in the elegant European style
where the guest can enjoy while listening to the
Gamelan
and beautiful song of
Sinden
every evening.
2. PRINGGITAN
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