Archive for March, 2009

Travel, hotel sectors get creative to stay afloat - New Straits Times

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Travel, hotel sectors get creative to stay afloat
New Straits Times, Malaysia
MAS recently offered return flights to Melbourne for about RM1,500, and tickets for a family of five flying to and from Bali at under RM2,800. airasia even offered a number of tickets starting at 26 uscents (RM1) for travel within Malaysia at the start ...

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Launch Okinawa's First Luxury … - Focus on Travel News

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Launch Okinawa's First Luxury ...
Focus on Travel News, Turkey
The others in the region include InterContinental Bali Resort, InterContinental Tahiti Resort, InterContinental Moorea Resort, InterContinental Resort & Thalasso Spa Bora Bora, InterContinental Le Moana Bora Bora, InterContinental Goa Resort and ...

W Hotels opens W Doha Hotel and Residences in Qatar - AME Info

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

AME Info

W Hotels opens W Doha Hotel and Residences in Qatar
AME Info, United Arab Emirates
With 10 years of proven success, W Hotels will triple its footprint by 2011 in vibrant primary destinations around the world, from Paris to Milan, Barcelona to London, Santiago to Vieques Island, Hollywood to South Beach and Shanghai to Bali. ...

Norwegians study, settle down in Bali - Jakarta Post

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Norwegians study, settle down in Bali
Jakarta Post, Indonesia
Some students rent rooms near the hotel. Nineteen-year-old students Amanda Bernsen and Hanne-Haki Sandstad from Go Study College said they were enjoying taking classes and traveling in Bali. "It's interesting because I can learn sciences, ...

Ice hotel offers hot ticket - San Francisco Chronicle

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Ice hotel offers hot ticket
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
A new book from National Geographic, "My Favorite Place on Earth" ($22.95), asks celebrities to name their favorite places in the world, and destinations mentioned include Jerusalem, picked by actress Natalie Portman, who was born there; Arud, in Bali, ...

Global F&B Pre-Opening Expert - Hotels Magazine

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Hotels Magazine

Global F&B Pre-Opening Expert
Hotels Magazine, Illinois
By Derek Gale, Senior Editor --Hotels,03/25/2009 Fiona Redman, executive assistant manager – food and beverage at the rebuilt and redefined Holiday Inn Resort Baruna Bali, is something of a pre-opening specialist, having handled pre-openings at ...

'Bali Hai' still calling visitors to Hawaii - San Francisco Chronicle

Friday, March 27th, 2009

'Bali Hai' still calling visitors to Hawaii
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
"Some Enchanted Evening": Since the Princeville Hotel and the Bali Hai Restaurant and Happy Talk Lounge at neighboring Hanalei Bay Resort are currently closed for renovations, it's not as easy to pretend you're sipping cocktails on plantation owner ...

Private paradise - Sydney Morning Herald

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Private paradise
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
In Fiji you stay in bures and in the Maldives it's over-water bungalows but in Bali, the stylish choice is villas: privately owned, stand-alone, in clusters within exclusive compounds or plush hotel villas with all the trappings of a resort. ...

Hard Rock eyes hotels in Asia; to open in S'pore, Macau - Reuters

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Hard Rock eyes hotels in Asia; to open in S'pore, Macau
Reuters
Hard Rock International currently manages two hotels in Asia -- one in the Thai resort town of Pattaya and the other on Indonesia's Bali island. The other hotels are in the United States. Dodds said the firm's hotels have been hit by the global ...

SoCal by land and by sea… - The Daily Sound

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

SoCal by land and by sea…
The Daily Sound, CA
For those looking for relaxation, the hotel has a 4000 square foot spa with island themed treatments like, the Island Volcanic Detoxifying Therapy and the Island “Boreh” Bali Spice Remedy. BY SEA: If a resort on land is not your thing, ...