NEW&NEWS
CREAM COPIOUS The American super premium Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream brand, known for its more than 4 million creations has landed on Bali. From a large variety of flavors and ‘mix-ins’, to the presentation of ice cream with chopping and folding techniques above frozen granite “cold” stone, its first outlet landed at the Bali Discovery Mall, with a number of requests for more Cold Stone stores to open in the future. With the success of its first outlet at the Bali Discovery Mall, Cold Stone recently opened at the Food Terrace of the Mall Bali Galleria. During the Grand Opening period, Cold Stone is giving promotional ‘Free Upsize’ for all ice cream creations including shakes, smoothies, and sorbet. Payment can be made in cash, debit, or credit card, and the promo is valid until November 14. www.coldstonecreamery.com
HILL RETREATS The Nusa Dua Retreat invited guests and members of the island’s travel industry to its recent opening as the island’s newest luxury boutique villa resort. When the new property was in its project phase it was referred to as the Aston Nusa Dua Retreat, but will now open as the Nusa Dua Retreat without the Aston branding. The new hotel is one of the Aston groups’ highly individualized luxury properties following the intention of creating a platform that allows the group to showcase and highlight individual hotels. Other high end resorts managed by Aston such as The Taum Seminyak and a luxury villa resort in Langkawi are currently in the early stages of development and will soon complement the Aston groups growing portfolio of highly individualized and small to midsized luxury hotels. www.aston-international.com
RACQUETS READY! At a recent press conference, the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions this year promises to present an unbeatable lineup of top-class tennis players with Chinese icon Li Na, defending champion Aravane Rezai and Maria Sharapova among those who have qualified to compete in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season finale. And with six other International Series champions as well, the tournament is enhanced by two world-class wild cards, former number one and French Open champion Ana Ivanovic and 2007 Bali runner-up Daniela Hantuchova. This year’s tournament takes place at the Westin Resort Nusa Dua from November 4-7. www.commbanktennis.com
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BALI&BEYOND
NOVEMBER 2010