The Bali Hotels Association (BHA), a professional group of star-rated hotels and resorts in Bali, has recently formed its “BHA Green Team.” The Green Team consists of representatives from member hotels around Bali who are responsible for environmental and sustainability initiatives. The Green Team meets once a month to share ideas and attend presentations from various environmental organizations and green suppliers. It serves not only as a forum for education but also a place for sharing ideas and networking.
This year the BHA has selected as one of its key environmental initiatives “Say No to Disposable Plastic.” The Green Team members monitor and measure their plastics usage at each hotel and submit metrics every month to the BHA.
The objective of the initiative is to reduce and replace disposable plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives such as bio-degradable plastics, glass, ceramics, etc., wherever possible. Participant hotels hope to achieve a 20 percent reduction in disposable plastics as a group within the next 12 months, which would equate to approximately 5,000 of kilograms of disposable plastics per month. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 20th, 2011
Bangkok has retained the No. 1 spot as Worlds Best City in Travel + Leisure’s magazine’s 16th annual World’s Best Awards readers’ poll for the second year. Elsewhere, Bali is No. 1 island in Asia, and the second favorite in the world. Meanwhile, hotels in the region that placed on the list of Top 100 Hotels Overall include the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Devi in Chiang Mai, La Résidence Phou Vou in Luang Prabang, Laos, and The Peninsula Bangkok (ranked Nos. 7, 16 and 40, respectively), among others.
The Best International Airline as voted by readers across the globe is Singapore Airlines, with Thai Airways International coming in at No. 9. Australia and New Zealand also performed well, with the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand bagging 11th place on the list of Top 100 Hotels Overall. Meanwhile, Discovery Shores in the Philippines was named best spa in Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 8th, 2011
Aston International continues to extend its select service favehotel brand in Bali with the signing of a management agreement for its fifth favehotel in Bali, the favehotel Legian, recently. The new favehotel will be on Jalan Troppozone just 50 meters from the Bali Bomb Monument on Ground Zero and feature 150 guest rooms, an eclectic cafe shop, several meeting rooms and an oversized 30 meter long outdoor swimming pool.
Since launched in early 2009, favehotel has become the fastest growing selected service hotel brand in Indonesia and beyond. Currently there are 2 favehotels in operation in Denpasar, Bali and Surabaya and another 15 under development with the next opening scheduled for April this year in Seminyak, Bali and a series of hotels set to open in fall this year in Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Makassar and Langkawi, Malaysia. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on February 17th, 2011
The O-CE-N Bali by Outrigger on Legian beachfront has launched a Hot Deal package with rates from US$135* per room night for a minimum of two nights’ stay.
The Hot Deal package includes daily breakfast for two, roundtrip airport transfers, and a one-hour spa treatment for two people per stay.
Two-bedroom suite rooms are available from US$249 per night, also for a minimum of two nights, with breakfast and spa treatment for up to four people. The Hot Deal packages are valid until 14 June 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on April 29th, 2010
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