European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Services remains a  it Keppol company of Singapore and the Ciemala group of Indonesia announced recently they were holding off on  to build a live Star resort hotel on Bali because of a glut in the Market. A derision is expected Early in 1l9 2 whether Thev will go ahead with the $200 million project. The partners have decided to undertake a feasibility study to try to come up with a concept Tor a hotel that will have patrons returning year after year. A we should have a specific pro Tii t to sell not just a live Star hotel a  chief operating officer Binaoro Anandi said. A we should have a product that gives people a reason to return to  the nusa Indah which opened in 1991, is promoting Itsell As both a hotel for the tourist and a convention site Tor the group looking for an exotic locale in which to network. Scharringa had started out wanting to promote operation As the quintessential convention Center in Bali but trial and error has seen a switch to t is \. A amps Filo a barong dancer stabs himself with a Short sword during a show for tourists. Promoting the ii soit aspects of the nusa Indah As Well. A we Market the hotel in the Lull Independent traveler and tour group markets now Quot is Harringa said a whereas in the beginning the stress was on the convention Center  1o keep the individual tourist occupied the nusa Indah is building a Complex of about i do shops and restaurants. The Hope is to keep people on the premises to spend their Money rather than make their was to Kuta Beach with its countless shops and endless lineup of hawkers and Street vendors. A a i Here will be no need to go to Kuta any More Quot Scharringa said. A Coll Tennis All water sports fishing Chi Ling  All available at nusa Hua. Really it is a self i obtained Levoit area. And there Are plenty of cultural hours available All Over the Island with Pii Kup from the  Bali is not Only threatened by overbuilding within but imm neighbouring islands in the indonesian archipelago. Places like surabaya in i ast lava Are beginning to pull tourists away. I he i ast Java pro vim Ial capital is planning in the next two years to create dire t ail links to Singapore Bangkok Hon Kong Taipei Seoul Perth and Lapan. A we discovered that people Are always looking for new plans Quot said a spokesman for singaporean travel Agency sat Rya t Ravel. A that is Why we Are opening new tourists spots to singaporeans. A a the tiny Island of Singapore represents Indonesia s largest single tourist group. In the first six months of 1991 about one Quarter of All tourists a about 2 >0, h 0 a to Indonesia were from Singapore. But of those 2 it ,000, roughly 70 percent visited Only the Island of Balam just a to minute boat ride from Singapore and part of the growth Triangle com Cpl being promoted by the governments of Singapore Indonesia and Malaysia. Women carry offerings of fruit and baked goods to a hindu Temple in Denpasar the capital of  with hotels not tourists by Ian love United press International Paradise a it one defines it by the number of five Star hotels on the tropical Isle of Bali Indonesia a has reached its saturation Point. The hotel Industry on Bali especially those establishments that pamper guests and lavish them with attention boomed in 1 991. In fact it expanded to the Point that developers Are taking a much harder look before building any More on an Island that offers much in the Way of Romance but is definitely like the rest of the country underdeveloped when it comes to roads and working telephones. As the Western world suffered through recession and the persian cult War kept travellers closer to Home Bali opened four live Star hotels in 1991 in the nusa Dua area alone. Nusa Dua on the Western tip of Bali now has 10 five Star hotels within walking distance of each other. Occupancy rates for the new hotels has hovered around to to 40 percent As they chased the wary tourist and tried to build up their Market share a which Means there is plenty of Spain e Lor tourists who want to visit. Sake Scharringa general manager of the newly opened nusa Indah hotel and convention Center for one is Happy to see a slowdown in building hotels on Bali. A suffice to say that we As a Hotelier feel that we have an oversupply of guest rooms and Are certainly not in need of any More Quot Scharringa said. A upgrading of facilities and infrastructure especially c Ertain roads and telecommunication the bustling Urban centers of Singapore Are a Short flight from Bali. January 16, 1992 stripes Magazine