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Should be exciting.

"Beam me up, Scotty."

 

NEWS FLASH

According to today's edition of the Jakarta Post, Northwest Airlines is reportedly in negotiation with the Indonesian Civil Aviation authorities  to institute air service between Bali and Los Angeles.  The proposed service will reportedly be something of a "milk run" with intermediate stops in Hawaii and Guam.

If the proposed new air service is commenced, it will represent the second American carrier serving Bali. Continental Micronesia currently flies to and from Bali with regular flights via Guam.

While the plans have not been formally announced, BALI PROMO's Chairman, Luther Barrung,  was quoted in today's Jakarta Post as saying "the open-air policy is a must if we want to increase the number of tourists visiting our country."

 

OPERATIONAL HQ OPENS

PATA's new Operational Headquarters opened in Bangkok during the first week of October. Mr. Joseph A. McInerney, PATA Chief Executive Officer, relocated to Bangkok along with Mr. John Koldowski, Director-Research and Strategic Information Centre; Ms. Erin MacArthur, Director-Events; and Ms. Lyn Hikida, Director-Communications.

Contact details are:

PATA Operational Headquarters
Unit B1, 28th Floor, Siam Tower
989 Rama I Road, Pratumwan
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 658-2000
Fax: (66-2) 658-2010
Web: www.pata.org

 

70 YEAR OLD AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN BALI

Lang Kidby is expected to fly a single-engine 70 year old aircraft from Jakarta to Bali on Friday as the next leg of his recreation of a historic flight from London to Darwin, Australia.

Flying a 70 year-old Avro Avian aircraft, Kirby is following the same route that pioneer Australian aviator Bert Hinkler flew 70 years ago. The historical retracing of the earlier aviators trip has taken two months so far,  with stops in Bali and West Timor planned before the trip's completion in Darwin.

Quoted in article carried by Reuters News Service,  Kidby has encountered a variety of problems along the way including Indian bureaucrats who required some 62 pieces of paper before he could take off  and most recently tropical thunderstorms on his flight from Singapore to Jakarta.

According to Kidby, "I haven't seen blue skies for ages."

Well, Mr. Kidby,   We' ve got good news for you. First, with some luck, the airport authorities at Ngurah Rai International Airport  will embrace President Habibie's recent proclamation of "open skies" and  extend you every courtesy during the visit of your aircraft to Bali.  Second, despite the occasional shower at this time of year, weather in Bali continues to be glorious with plenty of blue skies.

BALI PROMO wishes you a "happy landing" in Bali.

 

COMMUNITY BEACH CLEAN UP

The Forum Pemerhati Sanur will host a beach clean-up day on Sunday, November 8, 1998 along  Bali's Sanur Beach between 1500 and 1830 hours. A team building exercise for the Sanur Community, the clean-up is a joint effort between the Bali Environmental Education Centre, the Wisnu Foundation, and the Casa Grande Sanur -  an organization  comprised of the hotels operating in Sanur.

The "clean up" will focus on the beach between  from Jalan Matahari Terbit to Jalan Merta Sari. The schedule calls for the beach clean up between 1500 and 1630, a snack break from 1630 to 1700, speeches and the announcement of the winner of a children's drawing competition from 1700 to 1745 and a traditional comedy performance from 1745 to 1830.

The winning  drawing  will be adopted as the logo for the Sanur Project.

An afternoon of fun with members of Bali's Sanur Community and a clean beach at the end of it all. For more information contact Suzanne d'Angelo at telephone (0361) 285905, Richard Bousted at telephone (0361) 281781 or Tia at telephone (0361) 281684.

Hint: You do not need to be from Sanur to come join the fun!

 

BALI PROMO TO SPEAK AT IT&CMA

Bali Promo has been invited to make a presentation on Bali's Meeting, Incentive. Conference and Incentive services and facilities at the Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meeting Asia (IT & CMA) show in Kuala Lumpur which is scheduled for October 27 - 29.  Bali Promo's presentation will be included in the PATA Seminar featuring  three member destinations - Chinese Taipei, Bali and Western Australia to be held between 0830  - 1000 on Tuesday, October 27.

I'll be on hand to represent BALI PROMO and look forward to meeting any subscribers who may be in Kuala Lumpur for this event.

 

SOUTH AMERICA SALES MISSION

PATA's Sales Mission to Chile, Argentina and Brazil, November 9-16, is attracting strong interest. The Singapore Tourism Board, Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board are participating along with a number of other PATA member suppliers. A few spaces may  still be available on the mission. Interested parties should contact Mr. Gabriel Ortiz, Director-Latin America. Fax: (1-415) 986-3458. E-mail: <gabriel@pata.org>.

 

GO-BETWEEN IN AMSTERDAM

The PATA Benelux Chapter is organising a Go-Between at the Okura Hotel Amsterdam on November 21. The event takes place between the World Travel Market and the Brussels Travel Fair (BTF). All Go-Between participants are automatically entitled to exhibition space at the PATA stand at BTF. The package price of US$2,950 includes accommodations (Nov. 20-23 in Amsterdam and Nov. 23-26 in Brussels) and coach transfer from Amsterdam to Brussels. To register, please contact the PATA Benelux Chapter. Fax: (32-16) 63 30 80. E-mail: <A.C.S.@village.uunet.be>

 

WATERBOM PARK & SPA SPECIAL OFFERS

Waterbom Park  & Spa, a water theme park located in Tuban, Kuta is offering Waterbom Breakfast Package at US$ 16.00 for adults and US$10.00 for children age 5 - 12 years old, which includes an entrance ticket and breakfast. Breakfast is  served in the middle of a  beautifully landscaped garden starting at 8.00 am and continued with the water activities starting at 8.30 am. Family Fun Tickets are also available  at US$ 39.00 nett (family consists of two adults and two children aged  5 - 12 years old).

For further information  contact Riany J. Kardjundi, Sales & Marketing Manager of Waterbom at (0361) 755676 ext. 112 or via e-mail at <waterbom@denpasar.wasantara.net.id>.

 

Visionary leaders in Indonesia's tourism industry realized in the late 1960's that Bali's economic  development  was  tied to tourism. These leaders  began to seriously consider ways in which the need for growth in Bali's tourism  could be accommodated  without overwhelming the local traditional values which are the basis of the island's world-wide appeal.

In 1970, the Government engaged a French firm of consultants, SCETO, to develop a master plan for the development of tourism in Bali. Part of the SCETO plan called for the development of tourism enclaves or self-contained resort complexes removed from the main population centres in order to the minimalize negative impact of development on traditional Balinese culture.

As a result, the Nusa Dua Master Plan was developed by another consulting firm, Pacific Consultants, in 1973,  the same year in which the Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC) was formed.

The project would be the largest ever carried out in Bali. Some 300 hectares would be developed from an area of seaside coconut groves where no roads, markets, or public services then existed.  Building started on a central amenities core to provide an environmentally friendly  infra-structure that would eventually serve an impressive  collection of some of the finest hotels and recreational facilities  to be found anywhere in the world.

Back in the 1970's there was  no shortage of critics and nay-sayers who ridiculed the location and the very concept of a planned tourism development in Bali. Those vocal critics are today in scarce supply as the BTDC is pointed to around the world as a successful example of how tourism should be developed without sacrificing local cultural values.

In a short span of just  20 years,  BTDC has become home to the championship Bali Golf and Country Club; Galleria Nusa Dua shopping area; Bali International Convention Centre; Amanusa Resort , Sheraton Nusa Indah, Bali Hilton, Hotel Putri Bali, Grand Hyatt Bali , Bali Aga Hotel, Club Med, Awani Suites, Seraton Lagoon, Melia Bali, Hotel Bualu, and the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel and Spa.

 

ITV - WISH YOU WERE HERE A GREAT SUCCESS

The U.K. ITV  Television program "Wish You Were Here" was broadcast on October 21 and according the one major U.K. tour operator, Margaret Hensman of Magic of the Orient , the effect was instantaneous.

According to Margaret, "we all stayed to watch the programme in the office and the piece on Bali had hardly finished and the phone lines just kept on ringing for nearly two hours." The office telephone lines were kept open until 2100 hours just to handle the flood of calls from people asking about travel to Bali.

Margaret extends her thanks to Bali Tours and Bali Promo for facilitating the visit of the film team to Bali.

 

"The Monster Bash" will  start from  1900 hours  pm at the HRBC   Ballroom (Level 4).  Visitors are invited to wear their ghoulish best  and have the chance to win a "rockin' prize"  for the best Halloween costume. There will be Ghost bustin' Party Games,  live music from the Zombies, Igor the Bartender will perform  and make Blood Curdling Cocktails.

Find out what makes "Mary bloody" or the "Russian Black"!

A "graveyard" buffet is planned for only Rp 160.000 ++ including have all the beer you can drink.

A graveyard buffet ?  Now, just a minute, but isn't this  taking leftovers to an extreme?

For more information and reservations, please call (0361)  761 869 ext. 8202.

J.M. Daniels
Editor/ Vice Chairman PATA BALI CHAPTER
Telephone: 62 - (0) 361 - 286283
Facsimile: 62 - (0) 361 - 286284
email: balicruz@rad.net.id

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