Indonesia First Hotel, Travel & Airlines Marketing Summit to be Held in Bali March 24-25, 2010.

Leading marketing experts from across Indonesia and the region’s hotel, tourism and airline sectors will gather in Bali to share industry knowledge and recent developments in world of the fast-evolving travel technology and distribution systems.

Limited to 150-200 participants to facilitate networking and discussions on March 24-25, 2010, at the Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel in Bali, the summit will feature 25 speakers acknowledged for their cutting-edge knowledge in the fields of policy-making; meetings, incentive, conference and exhibition (MICE), sales and human resources; ecommerce; social media; the airline industry, corporate travel and wedding planning.

The final afternoon will also include intensive consumer behavior tracking sessions focusing on Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. …click here to read more

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Celebrate for one day then get back to work the next was the plan for Yuyun Ismawati after winning the “Nobel Prize” of environmental awards.

Indonesia’s Yuyun, 44, was one of the winners of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize, a prestigious award often referred to as the “Nobel Prize” for environmental activism.

She was recognized for her tireless efforts to pressure major hotels in Bali to reduce their solid waste output and to improve recycling efforts.

She received the award, which includes a $150,000 prize, during a ceremony on April 20 in the United States. …click here to read more

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Bali Villa Association Wants Villas Built as Private Residences Banned from Commercial Operations.

The Bali Villa Association (BVA) is urging Bali’s nine regencies and municipalities to urgently undertake an inventory of the private villas operating in their areas as commercial villas. The BVA’s view that there are numerous private villas operating illegally on a commercial basis prompted the call and the accompanying call for a clearly set of rules governing such activities.

Chairman of the BVA, Ismoyo S. Soemarlan, estimates there are more than 1,000 commercial villas in Bali, 25% of which do not have the required permits and licenses. Ismoyo told the press that the illegal villas were built with only private residential building permits (IMB) and not in accordance with the more rigorous requirements for buildings intended to be operated commercially. …click here to read more

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