If you happen to be walking along the magnificent golden sands of Jimbaran Beach in the early morning, you might just get to witness the enchanting sight of a pair of Balinese cows harnessed to a large metal rake and treading the beach. The apparatus is similar in many ways to the hand-held walking ploughs used in Bali’s rice fields and drawn by water buffaloes. The rake, however, was designed especially for the purpose of combing the sand and cleaning the beach. The cows are…Continue Reading “BEACH COMBING COWS AT INTERCONTINENTAL BALI RESORT”
We all know the pleasure of taking a rest under a shady tree on a hot sunny day. Trees and plants are our friends; they create a sense of harmony on Earth, they are the breath of life, and an important source of food, medicine, parchment, cushion-stuffing, clothing, utensils and water carriers, while the timber is utilized in furniture-making, boat-building, carpentry and construction. For the Balinese Hindus, trees and their flowers, fruits, leaves and branches, also play an important part in rituals and ceremonies. InterContinental…Continue Reading “Intercontinental Bali Resort Launches Unique Botanical Garden”
InterContinental Bali Resort is proud to be associated with Bali Life Foundation, a non-profit organisation with the vision to provide hope, dignity, and purpose to unprivileged people; especially to children who have been orphaned, abandoned, or rejected. This is done by providing basic needs, by teaching good morals and values, by providing training, and giving skills for the future. For the last few years, InterContinental Bali Resort has been actively involved in supporting Bali Life’s community activities and projects as well as providing training, work…Continue Reading “IHG® FOUNDATION GIVES BALI LIFE FOUNDATION A GRANT OF US$17,000 TO SUPPORT THE UNDERPRIVILEGED”
As part of its ongoing commitment to corporate social responsibility, InterContinental Bali Resort is proud to support the charitable foundation ‘Chairity’ – Arts and Design Against Cancer. Chairity is a wonderfully beautiful fundraising idea; a collaborative platform for artists and designers to express their thought-provoking artwork on classical, European-styled, wooden armchairs. The reason why chairs have been chosen as the medium for this project is because a chair is probably the most essential piece of furniture used by everyone, regardless of wealth, origin or status….Continue Reading “ART COMES TO THE CLUB AT INTERCONTINENTAL BALI RESORT”
Bali, 21 January 2015, SALAM Children’s Home has the capacity for approximately 50 children to live on site and attend various primary and secondary schools in the area. Children are accepted based on their families’ economic situations. A variety of projects and activities are organized to complement the children’s formal education. As part of the community activities, InterContinental Bali Resort had partnered with SALAM Foundation to help contribute towards this noble cause. The initiative is a joint hotel-guest activity in which hotel guests, visitors or staff…Continue Reading “ANGEL DOLLS HELP IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF BALI KIDS”
#EarthDay #GreenEngage #LifeAtIHG Celebrating the Earth Day today, we have the beach cleaning program at Jimbaran Bay this morning. This program is part of our IHG global initiative Green Engage. Started at 7 am in the morning we cleaned the beach along the beach from trashes. Let’s all keep the Jimbaran Bay clean!
On the occasion on 21st Anniversary, the senior leadership team of InterContinental Bali Resort presented a IDR 338,000,000 (USD 29,391) cheque to support the initiatives of Bali Life Foundation. InterContinental Bali Resort has been associated with the Bali Life Foundation over the last few years and has been actively involved in their community activities including supporting their land lease for 10 years. Besides donating cash money, our employee were also actively collected some donations such as books and clothes. “Our vision is to provide hope,…Continue Reading “Intercontinental Bali Resort Sets New Milestone To Help Benefit The Local Community : Bali Life Foundation”
In conjunction with InterContinental Bali Resort 20th anniversary and inline with our commitment to corporate social responsibility, on November 18, 2013 we visit SLBB – School for Children with special needs in Jimbaran and donated foods and cleaning supplies for their daily needs.