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What Makes Bali Hotels so Popular among Luxury Travelers?

What Makes Bali Hotels so Popular among Luxury Travelers?
Semara Luxury Villa Resort - Uluwatu, Bali © Ultimate Bali

Outstanding guest service, grace and genuine kindness are among the highlights of Bali's five-star properties, contributing to their regular inclusion in world's best hotel lists, according to Forbes Travel Guide CEO Gerard J. Inzerillo. 

"We have some incredible hotels on our list in Bali, and of course leading the way are the two Four Seasons properties and The Villas at Ayana Resort Bali. Across Bali all the hotels on our list show a dedication to very high levels of guest service, grace and genuine kindness—we see this come through quite clearly in our numerous visits and evaluations of the area," Inzerillo told The Jakarta Post via email.

 

The 2018 Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards are out...(drum roll please)...and Four Seasons Sayan is proud to be recognised the #1 Best Hotel in the World! @travelandleisure highlighted the first class service and "dizzying array of activities" with the new Sokasi cooking school, private river rafting, yoga and rice planting. This is Sayan's second world #1 ranking in T+L's annual awards, and the 3rd win for Four Seasons Resorts Bali with our Jimbaran Bay resort previously voted #1. Thank you to our loyal staff and guests for inspiring us to new heights every day, and to all of those travellers who voted in the awards! Much gratitude and blessings from Bali. 🎊🎉🎇 #fsbydesign #experienceFS #travelleisure

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Forbes Travel Guide, which claims to be the only independent, global rating for luxury hotels, restaurants and spas, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary and unveiled its latest list of worldwide Star Rating winners in February.

Among the five- and four-star hotel winners in Indonesia are the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay, The Villas at Ayana Resort Bali, Ayana Resort and Spa, Bali, Conrad Bali and Amandari.

Currently there are 1,609 Forbes Travel Guide-rated properties across 50 countries. To determine the ratings, the Forbes Travel Guide’s ratings department vets each destination and identifies potential hotel, restaurant and spa candidates.

A team of anonymous inspectors then conduct a short stay before assessing properties according to the organization’s set of 900 objective standards.

AYANA Resort and Spa, Bali. Image: Booking.com
AYANA Resort and Spa, Bali. Image: Booking.com

 

Inzerillo added that as a destination Bali also nicely served the needs of family travel, a growing trend in luxury hospitality. 

"Accommodations that serve multi-generational guests who can be together in a villa setup—perhaps with some private facilities, such as a pool or access to a private chef, yet with all the conveniences of the main hotel or resort—is a growing need. Bali serves this need particularly well, offering the privacy /exclusivity aspect so many luxury travelers demand."

An avid traveler himself, Inzerillo said guests should expect more than stunning facilities when choosing to stay at a luxury property.

Alila Villas Uluwatu. Image: The Telegraph
Alila Villas Uluwatu. Image: The Telegraph

 

"While a stunning facility should rank high on a guest’s list of priorities in the luxury market, what is crucial is knowing you will receive a consistently high level of personalized service that strikes that fine line between being too attentive and too discreet," he said.

"Hotels that have staff committed to assisting every guest in a manner that serves each unique situation or preference in an intuitive manner is what will truly make for an all-round luxury experience. We like to say at Forbes Travel Guide that when the guest has to think, luxury stops." 

 


Source : The Jakarta Post

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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