2015
2015
Booking.com Guest Review Award
Ijen Bondowoso Homestay (the operation JVTO grew from) received a Booking.com Guest Review Award with a score of 9.4/10 — third-party recognition of the guest experience standard before PT incorporation.
Artifact-backed — not marketing
Our Story: Roots & Continuity Since 2015
Every claim on this page is backed by a physical artifact or third-party document. Booking.com sent us an award in 2015. A German travel publisher wrote about us in 2018. National press named our founder in 2021. Then we incorporated the PT.
Agung Sambuko (Mr. Sam)
Founder — Bondowoso, East Java · Since 2015
2018
2018
Stefan Loose Reiseführer Indonesien — Editorial Citation
The 4th edition of the Stefan Loose German-language travel guide (DuMont Reiseverlag, ISBN 978-3-7701-7881-0) independently names the founder on page 287 in the Ijen Massif section. Non-paid editorial listing predating PT registration.
2021
2021
National Press — Detik.com & Radar Jember
Two national-reach press articles independently identify Agung Sambuko by rank (Bripka) in the Tourist Police operational context. Third-party editorial confirmation, separate from any JVTO marketing.
2023
2023
PT Incorporation — NIB 1102230032918
JVTO formally incorporated as PT Java Volcano Rendezvous with a valid NIB and TDUP (Tourism Business License), both verifiable via Indonesia's OSS system and AHU corporate registry.