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Bali: Biggest trend setter?

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Motivations and interests shown by travellers in the current tourism revival have undergone structural changes that have affected trends and are likely to continue into the future. Bali:…

Podcast: Bali

Steve Collins
The most popular tourist island in the archipelago.  There’s a good reason for this, the infrastructure is excellent, locals are friendly, there is plenty to do and the island has a superb…

Hard Rock Hotel Bali makes waves

Megha Paul
Hard Rock Hotel Bali has completed an extensive renovation to upgrade all guest rooms. In March 2020, the team wraps up a two-year enhancement project for all 418 guest rooms and suites.…

Delve into Balinese culture in Ubud

Megha Paul
Backyard Travel, the online boutique tour operator has announced its new offering of exploring the culture of Bali’s spiritual heartland, Ubud. The company that specialises in insider…
Hotels

Meritus moves into Bali

Mark Elliott
Meritus Hotels & Resorts has made its first move into Bali, with the signing of a brand new resort in the Seminyak area of the island. The Singapore-based hotel group has penned a…
Hotels

Fairmont checks in to Bali

Mark Elliott
Fairmont has arrived in Bali, with the launch of a new beachfront resort. The former Regent Bali has been rebranded as the Fairmont Sanur Beach Bali and relaunched a month ahead of…
Hotels

Boutique villas open in Bali

Mark Elliott
Singapore-based boutique hotel operator, Lifestyle Retreats, has opened a new, all-pool-villa property in Bali. The Santai boasts five two-bedroom villas and six three-bedroom villas,…
Hotels

New MICE hotel opens in Bali

Mark Elliott
Archipelago International has continued its expansion of hotel and conference facilities in Indonesia, with the launch of a new MICE hotel in Bali. Set on a hilltop above Jimbaran, the…
Hotels

Rimba resort opens in Bali

Mark Elliott
The Rimba Jimbaran Bali has officially opened its doors in Bali. The resort, which is managed by the Capella Hotel Group, is set among eight hectares of forest, within the grounds of…
Global

Le Méridien opens in Bali

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts has launched its upscale Le Méridien brand in Bali. Located on the Indonesian island's southwest coast, Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran is a new-build resort…
Hotels

Tauzia starts work on new Bali hotels

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Indonesia's Tauzia Hotel Management has held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on two new hotels in Bali - the Harris and Pop! Hotels Cokroaminoto Denpasar.…
Hotels

Fairmont to open Bali luxury resort

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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced the development of a new luxury resort on the southern coast of Bali. Scheduled to open in 2016, Fairmont Bali will offer 170 rooms and suites as…
Hotels

Sheraton brand debuts in Bali

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Sheraton has announced the opening of the Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort on Kuta Beach, and the brand debut in Bali. Owned by PT. Indonesian Paradise Island, the Sheraton in Bali is part of…
Hotels

StayWell to debut in Bali

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StayWell Hospitality Group has signed an agreement to manage its first hotel in Indonesia – the Park Regis Kuta, Bali.  Located on Jalan Raya Kuta, close to Bali's main shopping and…
Hotels

Aston opens another favehotel in Bali

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Aston International has opened its fifth favehotel in Bali. The favehotel Kuta Square is located on Jalan Kahyangan Suci in the centre of the main tourist town of Kuta, five minutes…
Hotels

Aston opens new favehotel in Bali

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Aston International continues to expand its budget hotel collection in Indonesia with the opening of its the fourth favehotel in Bali. The favehotel Bypass Kuta Bali is located on Jalan…
Hotels

Accor adds ibis in Bali

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Accor has opened a new ibis hotel in Bali. The ibis Styles Bali Kuta Circle, located in the Simpang Siur area, becomes the second newly-built ibis Styles property in Bali. The budget hotel…
Hotels

Bali Dynasty adds new spa

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The Bali Dynasty Resort has opened a new wellness centre. The 600m² Ashoka Spa is the result of a IDR5 billion (US$530,000) investment and features a range of private double and single…
Hotels

Revamped Legian Bali reopens

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The Legian Bali has reopened following a four-month refurbishment. The 68-room property now features a new 30-metre infinity-edged swimming pool and beachfront sundeck, landscaped gardens,…
Hotels

Bali hotels cut use of plastics

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The Bali Hotels Association (BHA) is celebrating the success of a campaign to reduce the use of plastics in the island's hotels. The 'Say No to Disposable Plastics' campaign achieved an…
Hotels

Courtyard Bali pushes medical tourism

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Courtyard by Marriott Bali has formed a new partnership with BIMC Hospital Group to provide a new range of medical tourism packages and services.   Inaugurated last month by Indonesia's…
Hotels

Best Western adds third hotel in Bali

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Best Western has opened the its third property in Bali – the Best Western Kuta Villa. The new property, located in the popular Kuta area of the island, offers 50 rooms all including outdoor…
Hotels

Centara to open luxury resort in Bali

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Centara Hotels & Resorts is continuing its expansion in Bali with the launch of a new luxury resort in the Nusa Dua area of the island. The Centara Grand Nusa Dua Resort & Villas,…
Hotels

Anantara Vacation Club expands in Bali

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Anantara Vacation Club, a shared ownership concept by Anantara, has announced a new addition to its portfolio in Bali.  The Anantara Vacation Club Bali Seminyak is a villa development…
Hotels

Pan Pacific Bali unveils new look

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Pan Pacific Nirwana Bali Resort has completed a major refurbishment project. The US$10 million facelift encompassed the resort's 278 guest rooms and villas, restaurants, bars and events…
Australia

Bali boosted by advisory downgrade

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Bali’s tourism industry has received a major boost after Australia downgraded its travel advisory for Indonesia. Previously, the Australian government advised its citizens to “reconsider…
Hotels

Aston opens second Quest Hotel in Bali

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Aston International had opened its second Quest Hotel in Bali. The 95-room Quest Hotel Tuban is located on Jalan Kediri, close to the Aston Tuban Inn and a five-minute drive from Bali’s…
Indonesia

Bali airport upgrade gets underway

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The expansion of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport will get underway this month, beginning with a project to relieve traffic congestion.State-owned airport management company PT…
Hotels

Best Western expands in Bali

Best Western has opened its second property in Bali. The newly-built Best Western Kuta Seaview features 144 rooms, all with LCD flat-screen TVs and Wi-Fi. Some rooms offer a private balcony.…
Hotels

Mercure opens new Bali hotel

Accor has announced the opening of a new midscale Mercure hotel in Bali. The new Mercure Bali Harvestland Kuta, which is located on Sunset Road, features 167 rooms all with satellite TV…
Hotels

Accor opens second all seasons in Bali

Accor has announced the opening of its second all seasons hotel in Bali. The newly-built all seasons Bali Denpasar features 153 guestrooms, each of which includes a 24-inch LCD screen…
Hotels

Centara to launch mid-range brand in Bali

Centara Hotels & Resorts will roll-out its Centra brand in Bali later this year, marking the international debut of the mid-range hotel brand. Opening in November 2011, the Centra Taum…
Hotels

U Hotels to open in Bali

U Hotels & Resorts has announced that its new Bali property will open its doors early next year. U Paasha Seminyak Bali will feature 103 suites with open-plan bathrooms and large rain…
Hotels

8Hotels opens luxury Bali property

8Hotels has announced the opening of Chandra Villas in the Seminyak area of Bali. The property will offer a range of two- and three-bedroom luxury villas, each with kitchens, outdoor…
Tourism

Bali tourism growth slows

Mark Elliott
The growth in tourist arrivals to Bali slowed to 4.0% in May 2011, according to the latest data reported by BaliDiscovery.com. The Indonesian resort island received 204,500 visitors during…
Hotels

Aston to build another Quest in Bali

Aston International has announced another new development for its Quest Hotel brand in Bali; the Quest San Hotel Denpasar. Due to open late 2012, the Quest San Hotel Denpasar hotel will…
Hotels

AYANA Bali receives eco certification

AYANA Resort and Spa Bali has been certified as an Eco Hotel by the prestigious TUV Rheinland Germany, in recognition of its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint through environmentally…
Hotels

Aston brings Quest brand to Bali

Aston International has announced the launch of its three-star Quest Hotels brand in Bali, with the opening of the 226-room Quest Hotel Kuta Central Park on 10 May 2011. The property…
Hotels

AYANA Bali becomes tsunami-ready

The AYANA Resort & Spa has become the first hotel in Bali to be certified as 'tsunami-ready', following an audit and training programme. Although AYANA's cliff-top location - 35 metres…
Hotels

Holiday Inn Express to debut in Bali

Holiday Inn Express will soon make its debut in Bali, following the signing of an agreement between IHG and Indonesian developer, PT Wismatama Indah Makmur. The new Holiday Inn Express…
Hotels

Courtyard debuts in Bali

Courtyard by Marriott has opened its 900th global property, and its first in Bali. The new resort, Courtyard by Marriott Bali Nusa Dua, features 250 rooms in an open design layout with a…
Hotels

Elysian Bali opens new Japanese restaurant

The Elysian resort in Seminyak, Bali, has opened a new Japanese fusion restaurant. The Rush Bamboo Restaurant was opened in style, with around 100 agents and media professionals invited to…
Hotels

Viceroy Bali to launch new villas

Viceroy Bali has announced that it will launch a range of new villas by July 2011. The development will nearly double its inventory of villas at the Ubud resort, which is also planning to…
Hotels

Bali premiers new movie

Mark Elliott
The premiere of a new movie 'Bali is My Life' was held at the Bali International Convention Center at The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, this week. The film was created by the Bali Hotels…
Hotels

Swiss-Belhotel opens Bali sales office

Hong Kong-based hotel management company, Swiss-Belhotel International, has opened a new sales office in Bali. The company currently manages three hotels in Bali: Swiss-Belhotel Bay View in…
Hotels

Prime Plaza plans luxury resort in Bali

Prime Plaza Hotels & Resorts has announced that the Amadea Resort & Villas will open in the Seminyak area of Bali in Q2 2011. The new luxury property will offer 86 Superior and…
Hotels

Accor opens new Pullman hotel in Bali

Pullman Bali Legian Nirwana opening the doors yesterday. The Accor-managed resort will initially offer 140 rooms, with a further 213 being added over the next few months, taking the…
Hotels

Aston signs fifth favehotel in Bali

Aston International has continued the expansion of its select-service favehotel brand with the signing of a management agreement for the favehotel Legian - the fifth favehotel in Bali. The…
Hotels

Aston’s Quest brand to debut in Bali

Aston International is set to open its first three-star Quest Hotel in Bali. The Quest Hotel Kuta Central Park will launch in May this year, when it will offer 226 contemporary rooms,…
Hotels

Westin Bali refurbishes suites

The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali, has completed the second phase of a major refurbishment project, revamping two suite categories - Ocean View Suite and the Family Suite, the latter of…
Hotels

Bali Dynasty Resort completes renovation

Guests of the Bali Dynasty Resort can now enjoy even greater comfort and convenience following the completion of the third and final stage of an intensive renovation program. All rooms were…
Global

GHM sponsors Bali exhibition

Mark Elliott
14 Apr 10 (TravMedia.com): Asian-based luxury hotel and resort operator GHM is to sponsor a rare exhibition featuring the works of some of Bali's leading traditional Balinese-style artists…
Global

Bali to host yoga festival

Mark Elliott
The second International Bali-India Yoga Festival will be held in Bali from 3-10 March 2010, Anil Mathur reports. The theme of this year's festival is 'Yoga and Global Warming',…
Global

Bomb threat at St Regis Bali

Mark Elliott
The luxury St Regis Hotel in Bali received a bomb threat on Monday night, but no explosives were found. A Jakarta Post report stated that SMS messaged threats were received six times by…
Global

KLM resumes Bali flights

Mark Elliott
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume flying between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Denpasar Ngura Rai Airport, Bali effective 6 December. The Amsterdam-Bali service was last operated on…
Global

KLM resumes Bali flights

Mark Elliott
Amstelveen, 2 October 2009 - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume service between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Denpasar Ngura Rai Airport Bali effective 6 December. The service with…
Global

Bali Dynasty brushes up

Mark Elliott
South Kuta Beach - The entire management team of the Bali Dynasty Resort dedicated the day, 29 August 2009 to head up to North Eastern Bali on a remote hillside for a good cause to…
Global

AYANA Bali opens Rock Bar

Mark Elliott
The Rock Bar at AYANA Resort and Spa Bali takes the concept of 'on the rocks' to a whole new level, with an innovative open-top bar perched 14 metres above the ocean on a rocky outcrop…
Global

Harris Hotel opens in Bali

Mark Elliott
Harris Hotel and Residences Riverview has soft-opened in Kuta, Bali, according to a BaliDiscovery.com report. The centrally located hotel features 135 rooms and 52 residences,…
Global

Rare tigers born at Bali zoo

Mark Elliott
Bali Zoo has witnessed the birth of two rare white Bengal tigers, according to a www.balidiscovery.com report. Conservationists believe that white Bengal tigers to be virtually extinct…
Hotels

West Paces to manage luxury Bali resort

West Paces Hotel Group will take over the management contract of the existing Ritz-Carlton Bali Resort & Spa from April. The luxury hotel management group will change the property name…
Global

Bali airport to be expanded

Mark Elliott
Construction activities to broaden Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport will start from the beginning of next year in a bid to improve its services to passengers, an official was…
Hotels

Alila strengthens Bali connections

Alila Hotels & Resorts has renewed its commitment to Bali with the launch of the Alila Villas Uluwatu. Perched upon an elevated plateau along the southern coastline of Bali, the new…
Hotels

HPL bigwigs gather in Bali

More than 45 senior managers from 11 HPL hotels and resorts have met at the Hard Rock Hotel Bali for the company's Managers' Conference. Senior managers in attendance included group…
Features

SOS comes to Bali

Mark Elliott
Anantara Resort Seminyak has a new rooftop bar, Sunset on Six (SOS). The bar offers views of dramatic sunsets over the Indian Ocean. The newest member of the Anantara family,…
Features

Bali back in business

Mark Elliott
Bali Update (balidiscovery.com) said the traditional wisdom the island's tourism circles that January - March represented the lowest season for foreign tourist arrivals had lost its…
Hotels

InterCon expands Bali portfolio

InterContinental Hotels Group is expanding its resort portfolio in Bali with the signing of the InterContinental Bali Sanur Beach Resort and a Holiday Inn Resort on Tuban.…
Hotels

Bringing smiles to Bali kids

Following the first visit in November 2007 when Australian journalists brought toys, clothes and school materials, Accor Bali & Lombok properties collected goods during last Christmas…
Global

Record year for Bali

Mark Elliott
With the massive UN Climate Conference which it hosted in December, Indonesia's Bali ended 2007 with 1,664,854 foreign visitors - 32% more than the previous year."2007…
Hotels

W Hotel opens in Bali

W Retreat & Spa- Bali will be the brand's fourth retreat in the world. The newly built W Retreat & Spa-Bali will be located in the Seminyak area.
Hotels

Westin Bali raises funds for children

The benefit will be held as part of UNICEF's Check Out for ChildrenChallenge. Now in its fourth year, the UNICEF Check Out for Children Challenge is anannual fundraising…
Features

Bali back at its best

Mark Elliott
This June is the best on record - up 32.4% month-on-month compared to June 2006.The first half of the year saw 745,949 foreing arrivals, a figure well on the way to arrivals of…
Global

Bali bounces back

Mark Elliott
According to the PATA report, "Bali's tourism fortunes have taken a roller-coaster ride in recent years due to security issues. International arrivals hit a peak of 1.53 million in the…
Global

PATA invites media to Bali

Mark Elliott
Media delegate privileges include preferential airfare rates on official PTM airlines and hotels, entry to official events and special rates to luncheon workshops by PATA's Strategic…