Assalamu’alaikum in Bali 3,000 Police to Ensure the Peace over the Coming Lebaran Holidays in Bali
The Bali Police will deploy 3,000 officers over the extremely busy Idul Fitri holidays expected to fill Bali hotels and roads with domestic visitors from approximately September 27, 2008 through October 05, 2008.
Add comment September 29th, 2008
Club Med Bali set to re-open with all-inclusive package
Club Med’s Bali Resort in Nusa Dua is set to re-open December 18 this year after extensive renovations.
Families and couples staying at the resort will now be able to experience modern designs infused with Balinese architecture, all in the surroundings of the slopes of Batur Volcano. (more…)
Add comment September 26th, 2008
The Canonization of a Saint in Bali
(9/20/2008) Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. formally opened the doors of its latest resort - The St. Regis Bali Resort located in the Nusa Dua Complex, an elite beach enclave on the Southern tip of Bali. The St. Regis Bali Resort features 79 luxurious, oversized suites, 42 private villas and two exclusive residences – all complemented by world-class restaurants and bars, a signature Remède Spa, a wedding chapel, ballroom and state-of-the-art meeting space. Owned by PT Pacific Resorts Buana Indonesia, a subsidiary of PT Rajawali Corporation, Bali’s newest resort occupies a beachfront location offering views of the Indian Ocean and adjoining Bali Golf & Country Club. (more…)
Add comment September 26th, 2008
Mystical touch to Balinese artworks
By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ
ART has always been a big part of Huang Fong’s life. The 72-year-old self-taught artist has been linked to art even as he started off at a bicyle repair shop in his early days.
The Indonesian Chinese was then infusing colours into black-and-white photographs that were common in those days.
Later, he realised that the earnings from his part-time job were better than his full-time income derived from repairing bicycles. (more…)
Add comment September 25th, 2008
About Bali time
The Little Bali Hotel & Resort Company has roundly applauded the advent of Pacific Blue services and resumption of Garuda Indonesia flights ex-Brisbane to ‘rediscovered’ Bali in the first half of December.
LBHRC Sales and Marketing Manager Paul Cutler said the news from both airlines was a fantastic and a long overdue boost for Bali’s return to prominence in the market.
“I could question why GA chose to reinstate its services after closing its Brisbane offices in June 2007 – they had the perfect opportunity to establish themselves in a demand filled marketplace,” he said. (more…)
Add comment September 24th, 2008
Garuda Indonesia resumes direct Brisbane Bali flights
Garuda Indonesia will honour its commitment to the Queensland market by resuming services to Bali, three times a week, in time for the commencement of the Queensland state school summer holidays.
Effective 14 December, GA713 will depart Brisbane every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday morning, arriving in Bali early afternoon. GA712 leaves Bali just before midnight arriving early morning in Brisbane. (more…)
Add comment September 23rd, 2008
Bambu Indah: Bali, Indonesia
The Canadian-born jewelry designer John Hardy and his American wife, Cynthia, opened Bambu Indah — or “beautiful bamboo” in Balinese — after selling their company, John Hardy, in 2007. The longtime Bali residents turned four transplanted Java houses (each the former residence of a Javanese nobleman and each more than 100 years old) into a rustic retreat on land adjacent to their own ironwood treehouse along the Sayan Ridge in Bali’s bucolic center. (more…)
Add comment September 22nd, 2008
China Airlines makes a hard landing in Bali
A hard landing by a China Airlines jet at Bali’s international airport has sent at least nine people to hospital with injuries ranging from broken limbs to small cuts according to local media reports.
Local media reports in Indonesia say that the China Airlines jet flying from Taipei, Taiwan to Denpasar encountered air turbulence causing a hard landing at Bali’s international airport at about midday local time today.
At least nine people are reported to have been injured and are being treated at local hospitals for injuries ranging from broken limbs to small cuts. (more…)
Add comment September 22nd, 2008
WIN two nights at the Laguna Resort and Spa Nua Dua Bali
Readers who take part in the CEI 2009 Industry Survey this week could win two nights at the Laguna Resort and Spa Nusa Dua.
Each week for the next six weeks CEI will be asking its valued readers just one question what they think about convention bureaus, destinations, venues and services in Asia. (more…)
Add comment September 19th, 2008
Bedugul organic farmers struggle against long distribution
Anton Muhajir, Contributor, Bedugul
The hilly area of Bedugul, around a two-hour drive north of the island’s capital Denpasar, is one of the most scenic places in Bali.
For decades it has been the island’s biggest producer of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Recently, local farmers are breaking free from the prevailing trade and distribution scheme in order to gain better prices for their products and a better life for their families. (more…)
Add comment September 19th, 2008