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he Oberoi Vanyavilas, Ranthambhore; The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra; The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur and The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur have been ranked 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th respectively in Asia. The Oberoi Vanyavilas, The O b e r o i Amarvilas, The Oberoi Rajvilas and The Oberoi Udaivilas have also been ranked 1 st, 5 th, 13 th and 15 th respectively in the world. T h e s e awards were announced by the world’s leading travel magazine brand - Travel + Leisure. The ranking is the result of a readers’ poll conducted by the magazine. Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards are amongst the m o s t prestigious in the international travel industry as it is the readers who d e f i n e excellence in
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First Time, a Hotel Company has Four Hotels in the Top Four The Oberoi Vanyavilas ranked the best hotel in the world; Four Oberoi hotels ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Asia; Four Oberoi hotels ranked amongst fifteen best in the world.
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travel. The readers rate their experiences and evaluate hotels across the world on the following characteristics – rooms and facilities, location, service, restaurants and food, and value. Mr. P.R.S. Oberoi, Chairman, The Oberoi Group said, “I am extremely proud that four Oberoi hotels have been ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Asia. I am delighted The Oberoi Vanyavilas has been ranked the best in the world and four Oberoi hotels have been ranked amongst the fifteen best in the world. “Our guests have given us high ranking because we have built and maintained our hotels with care and our employees have exceeded their expectations. The exceptional ranking is a recognition that we have excellent hotels and the best employees in the hospitality industry.” B N
Various tourism events are held at the village of Sanur. One of them is the Sanur Village Festival (SVF) constituting an annual event to revive the tradition existing in the eastern coastal part of Denpasar. In every organization of SVF, the yoga becomes a routine activity.
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Ida Bagus Candi and Ida Bagus Sutama. They pioneered this activity lovingly, so the “yoga asana” has truly attached to the people of Sanur and its member has reached more than three hundred. Their yoga club is known by the name “Seger Oger” or literally stands for very fine in Balinese language. Presence of the Seger Oger is really able to rekindle the event of Sanur Village Festival presenting a variety of programs ranging from mass yoga, laughter yoga and yoga art performances becoming the color of the identity of the Sanur Village Festival from year to year.
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or three days, the sky of Padang Galak beach was a full bloom colors. This is not a rainbow, but hundreds of kites of different shapes and colors like the sea birds fly after fish. No less than 735 kites with 1,500 participants appear on the festival whose theme is “Flying Kite in the Green Island,” which lasted from 23rd until 25th of July 2010. “There are two categories with different sizes of kites. For adult participants, the size of kites are around 4-5 m and 2-3 m for youth participants,” said Rai Andayana as chairman of the committee, as well as the Chairman of the Pelangi
(Kites Association of Indonesia) Bali on the sidelines of kites festival which now has been held for 32 times. Andayana further said that this time the festival only followed by local participants. Unlike previous years which also followed by foreign participants who come from 40 countries. That is, due to financial constraints, so the committee cannot invite them to participate. “In the previous year, we took half of the costs needed by the participants in foreign countries,” he explained. There are two types of kites for this festival; traditional and modern. The kind of traditional are Janggan, Bebean and Pecukan. And for the modern, the kites are in the free form which shaped in two dimensions and three dimensions. The festival was held from 11 am to 6 pm. “We still pay attention to the wind. If the wind is
Medical Training KUTA - Fulfillment of employee health is an expectation of all parties as the embodiment of the company’s attention to the health of employees that will certainly enhance employee loyalty and productivity in achieving corporate goals. Aston at Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence in teaches healthy lifestyles to employees by conducting medical training. Medical training held for 3 days started from July 22nd 2010 in cooperation with Mitra Usadha. Training was divided into several groups which were attended by all employees of Aston at Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence. Dr. Sony Putu Sumantra as director of Mitra Usadha presented explanations concerning dengue fever, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV Aids. Each of disease completely exposed from the origin, symptoms to reduction so that every employee can be more cautious about the disease from early stage. Ni Putu Wilantari, Human Resource Manager of Aston at Grand Kuta Hotel and Residence said “Employee medical training will be done continuously with different materials to increase employee health awareness”. (BTN/*)
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In the fifth Sanur Village Festival taking place on August 48, Seger Oger yoga club comes again and invites all yoga lovers to participate, so the moment could build the image of Sanur as “Village of Yoga.” In these activities, Seger Oger will offer a Morning & Afternoon Yoga program namely daily yoga exercise led by instructor from Seger Oger or guest instructor, both nationally and internationally in two sessions namely in the morning and afternoon at 06:30-08:00 am and 17:00 to 18:00 pm Local Time. Then there is also a Yoga Workshop held every day by opening a yoga class for families, yoga for kids, yoga for beginners, yoga for health and healing, and fun yoga. Meanwhile, the yoga workshops will be held at 8:30 to 10:00 am. In the meantime, there is also yoga collaboration namely inviting various groups to build creativity and harmony. For example, it is built with the community of musicians, photography, painter, or dancer and mass yoga namely a yoga exercise en masse held on the last day as the culmination of the festival by inviting students, general public and yoga group to participate. B N
not allowed to fly a kite then the time of the competition will be longer,” he added. Andayana explained, there are several criteria in evaluating. For the traditional kites, the forms have to fulfill the eligible regulation. On the other hand, for the type of creation, the forms have to be displayed in the more interesting and creative way. The colors include Tri Datu or three primary colors (red, white and black). Unlike the kite creations which there is no specific provision. “In the evaluation, the jury also considered the voice of goangan, elokan and stretch of the rope,” he said when also adding that the champions of the competition were be awarded trophies, charter and also some money. To provide the feeling of safe and comfortable, the committee prepared the security system which included police, Dishub, and pecalang. Then for the problem of cost, Andayana did not want to explain it in detail. “This competition is ‘from the kites, by the kites and for the kites.’ It means that all funds received from sponsors, government and also participants were really allocated only for this festival,” he explained. Andayana confirmed later, this festival is an attempt to preserve the ancestral culture which increasingly rare in these days. “We hope that this competition can encourage creativity among young people, preserve their own kites and also foster a sense of unity and cohesion of youth,” he hoped. B N (BTN/PKL-Unud)
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