Newsletters from Bali Dynasty Resort

Restaurants and Bars Update

Kids Fashion show proving to be a hit with the Kids!

Our Kids Fashion show during our Monday Italian Pasta theme dinner at Tropical Caf seems to be going from strength to strength.
The Kids assemble at 3pm and rehearse their catwalk moves away from their Mums and Dads and at 7.30pm they are all dressed up in H-Bowl fashion wear and raring to go. Apart from cool H-Bowl stickers, they now receive Bali Dynasty certificates and a10% discount voucher for their parents to enjoy when they dine at Tropical Caf that night.

Dim Sum at the Golden Lotus

Its the Dim Sum Lunch Buffet every ones talking about. Every Sunday from 10.30am to 2.30pm you can enjoy the biggest variety Family Dim Sum Lunch in town. Its an all you can eat buffet with a selection of freshly prepared signature Dim Sum dishes from our award winning Chef.

A Hearty Breakfast!

Even if you haven't booked a brekafast inclusive holiday, you can still take advantage of our sumptuous breakfast buffet by purchasing brekafast vouchers on arrival from our reception. You can save more than 40% off the list price with our offers of Buy 7 get 12, or Buy 4 get 6. The more you buy the more you save!
 

Quiz nights @ Gracie Kelly's
Every Tuesday and Thursday at Gracies is time for all you smart alecs to win some great prizes in our general knowledge quiz. First prize is an Elephant Safari park visit from Bali Adventure Tours, second prize is the top three DVDs from MEGA DVD shop and much much more. Great pub grub and Live entertainment from the Rais Paddys aka The Larassi Brothers band. Dont miss it!

Yes, its true La Rasi Brothers Band have changed their name to The Rais Paddys  (Rice Paddies) Band after the name was chosen from a long list of made up names by Gracie Kelly guests.
Rest assured its only their band name that has changed, the boys are still rockin you with their unique Irish style entertainment!

Guest Comment

Have your say On line !

We treat our guest feedback very seriously with our "Tell Me!" programme and not only are your comments and suggestions discussed at regular mnanagement meetings, but your ratings are entered into a database whereby each and every area gets scored upon. This enables us to highlight those areas that are more or less popular and make the necessary changes to increase the ratings.

The amount of feedback we receive is great; with over 1,500 comment cards per month. Each and every one has a personalised reply. The feedback is important so that not only the management get an good indication of what is needed to be improved in the way of day to day services, but it is also a tool for us to plan for the future major projects where more capital investment is needed.

It's good to know that over 75% of our respondents indicate that they will "definitely" return again to the Dynasty, and 23% indicate that they will "Maybe" return and only 2% indicate that they will not return again!

If you forgot to complete your comments and feedback before departing, we now have launched our "On-Line Feedback" form which you can complete once you have returned home.

To complete your comments and feedbak just click here

Bali Dynasty King & Queen!

Many thanks to Honeymooners Natalie and Cheyne from Perth  who were recently staying with us. 

While here they agreed to represent Bali Dynasty in a contest that was held on the 28th of  August 2005 to choose the King & Queen 2005 of Tourism Awards.

Guests pariticipated from Santika Hotel, White Rose, Discovery Kartika Plaza, and Bali Rani.

Natalie and Cheyne, dressed in traditional Balinese Bridal costumes, came away with 3rd Prize.

It was a memorable and unforgettable experience and it felt like we were having a second wedding in Bali. Natalie could not believe that we were up on the stage  parading in front of hundreds of spectators, said Cheyne.

Thanks for being such good sports, Natalie and Cheyne.
 

Security still given top pritority

It is now a fact of life that terrorism can strike anywhere in the world at any time, therefore the Bali Dynasty Resort has strict security procedures that have to be adhered to in order to ensure the best possible practices of safety for our guests and our staff.
We do this by following the practices shown below.
 
Boom Gate& Main Entrance
1.          We have restricted vehicle access into the inner compound/Lobby of the hotel with a boom 
             gate security post. All vehicles are stopped and registrations are recorded and logged and
             passengers questioned as to what is their business.
2.          The Main entrance is restricted to one point.
3.          Thorough car checking. Motorcycles and cars are checked, with cars being checked inside
             and underneath with a mirror. Metal detectors are used inside the car including glove
             compartments and under the seats, vehicle trunks are opened. These checks operate
             around the clock.
4.          Physical and visual checks using Security inspection devices.
5.          CCTV cameras are installed at various areas monitoring all visitors activities including all
             cars entering the premises.
6.         All visitors, non guests and contractors must sign in and out of the hotel.
7.         We monitor closely our beach access by a security post; The gate has strict opening and  
            closing times and is locked at night 
8.          To hold regular briefings with senior management, security and rank and file staff to raise
             awareness of potential terrorism threats
9.          No cars allowed to loiter within close proximity to buildings, particularly pick-up
             drivers and taxis.

Lobby Entrance: 
1. No unaccompanied bags or boxes can be left unattended.
2. Luggage screening for all arriving guests with metal detectors.
3. All luggage kept in luggage room must have complete identity: Owner, address, Content, Contact person tag attached to it.

Website technology improved

Some great new features have been added to our Bali Dynasty website. The website now incorporates a "live" booking engine where you are able to check availability and rates on line for a a specific date period.

Charity Up-date

Charity Update

As East Bali Poverty Project  celebrated its'  7th Anniversary on Indonesian Independence day on August 17th. Representatives form the resort visited the Childrens celebrations.
A usually inhospitable dry and wide valley riverbed between Mounts Agung and Abang was transformed to an oasis in the desert for East Bali Poverty Projects (EBPP) annual celebrations of Indonesian Independence Day on the 17th of August: Members of EBPP made a full sports track, built a professional stage complete with changing room and toilet and covered areas for the hundreds of guests. Months of hard work by EBPP field teams, heats, training and rehearsals for the childrens varied activities culminated in a truly remarkable display of sports competitions, Balinese dance, skilful drama productions, poetry and comedy, entertaining hundreds of local people including us at Bali Dynasty Resort (sponsors since 2000 for education programmes) and what an exceptional day it was.
As the sun rose over Mount Abang, EBPPs 250 children formed a huge circle in the steep sided valley, munching apples and eating honey sandwiches, launching the events to celebrate Indonesias 60th Independence Day. Highlight of the day was a sketch in English called Because of you by Maria Yenny dedicated to everyone who have helped the childrenincluding you!

Because of you by Maria Yenny (aged 15)
                                    

                                                  When the Sun was hidden behind a cloud
     You came with a candle in your hand
     To shine upon a dark place in my soul

     When you came I saw sunshine
     Radiating, born in your blue eyes
     The shine is a ray of spirit
     Created by loving

     You came to change my world
     And take me to the real life
     You came to embrace us, like arms of the sea
     That always open for all rivers

Because of you, I can read and write
Because of you, I can know the world
Because of you, I can stand here
Because of you, we believe in love

Needless to say, we all cried!

Air Paradise Expo

Bali Dynasty to attend the Air Paradise Holiday Expo in October 2005

Air Paradise International is proud to announce the return of the Bali Holiday Expo for 2005. In 2004 the Bali Holiday Expos attracted more than 20.000 visitors to Perth and Adelaide combined, in addition more than 500 travel agents and wholesalers attended the industry functions held in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. The Bali Holiday Expo also raised in excess of AUD 13.000.00 for Balinese Charity, The Cili Foundation. In an overwhelming show of support by the Australian traveling public, passengers booked in excess of $4.000.000.00 in holiday packages to Bali during the expos and in the two weeks following each expo.

One again in 2005 Air Paradise International will host the Bali Holiday Expo, this year we are launching the expo in three new exciting cities, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The attraction of Bali Holiday Expo for both the traveling public and the travel industry is that it is fresh and innovative each year, in order to maintain the current enthusiasm for the expos we have elected to run them in each city bi-annually.

Bali Dynasty Resort  looks forward to  seeing you in Australia and there will be great deals available if you attend the expo . See you in  Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne!

Bali Barnestorming

Australian folk hero legend Jimmy Barnes returns to the Bali Hard Rock Hotel on November 19th and Bali Dynasty Resort are proud to be one of the major sponsors.

The bad news is that tickets are not on sale in Bali, but the good news is you can be at this special concert by simply booking your holiday through the participating travel agents in Australia together with Air Paradise.

Bali Dynasty will play host to some radio prize winners flown to Bali especially for the concert together with some of Australias top radio presenters.

Jon Bon Jovi called Jimmy Barnes Rock n Rolls best kept secret.well the secrets out and hes on his way to Bali.

Cultural Update

MUDIK - THE HOME SWEET HOME LEBARAN TRADITION

The Ramadhan period is shortly upon us. The end of the fasting month is called Lebaran  or  Idul fitri whereby there is a mass exodus by the population to return to their home towns and celebrate the end of the fasting month along with their families and relatives.
 
After fasting for the whole month in Ramadhan (this is the way they call the month to welcome Lebaran), there will be a big gift for every Muslim. Lebaran is a gift where all Muslims forgive each others faults.

One of the celebrations of Lebaran is Mudik. Mudik it is the nick-name for the exodus tradition to the homeland where Muslims will celebrate the Lebaran with their families, relatives and friends. In order to reunite parents and families, millions of migrants from big cities make a long queues for train and bus tickets, jump in to any overloaded transportation vehicles they can find and get stuck for hours in traffic jams. For them all the pain and inconvenience is nothing but a small hazard of the home-sweet-home journey.
 
The home-made Chicken Curry and Ketupat, is the most favorite and the must-cook dish for Lebaran. After they pray together with their family members, they then visit other  relatives or friends, going from house to house to forgive each others faults. Muslim families sometimes celebrate Lebaran with  an Open-House tradition, in this way they will let poor people, or the less fortunate, to come to their house and give them a gift or give them food.