Food, Hotel & Tourism Bali 2010. 7th International Exhibition for Food & Beverage Industry at Bali International Convention Center March 11-13, 2010.

Over 5,000 square meters of exhibition space will be filled by hundreds of exhibitors representing food and beverage equipment suppliers and F&B products during the three-day Food, Hotel & Tourism Bali 2010 (FHT Bali 2010), March 11-13, 2010.

Headquartered at the Bali International Convention Center (BICC) at Nusa Dua, Bali, FHT Bali 2010 promotes all things connected to hotel, villa and restaurant operations. This will include state-of-the-art kitchen equipment, room accessories, guest supplies, imported and local food products, software and hardware computer systems and the raw materials used in the preparation of F&B products. …click here to read more

Popularity: 2% [?]

POLICE, city guardians (Satpol PP) and tax officials inspected a new foreign-owned villa complex in Seminyak on Monday that they claim does not have a building permit (IMB), has not registered as a foreign investment firm (PMA) and has not paid tax. The Australian owner was overseas.

Bali Yarravillas, located along an alleyway near the popular Bintang supermarket, opened last December and has been receiving staying guests, despite not having a license to trade, Satpol official I Nyoman Sujana told reporters during the inspection.

Owner John Westbury and manager Rudy Wicaksono were in Australia and planned to return to Bali on February 26, villa employee Ketut Budartawan said. …click here to read more

Popularity: 12% [?]

DENPASAR – Bali’s provincial administration has reduced funding for tourism promotion for the 2010 fiscal year in order to increase its effectiveness.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office Ida Bagus Kade Subhiksu claimed that conventional promotional activities were ineffective and a waste of money.

“We would focus on media promotions in a number of foreign television stations in Asian, Middle-Eastern and European countries among others,” Subhiksu said.

The Jakarta Post reported in addition to television promotion, Bali would also promote its tourism industry through websites. …click here to read more

Popularity: 11% [?]