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On 20 February, 2022, you’re invited to join the sixth year of ‘Bali’s Biggest Clean-Up’, an island-wide trash clean-up of Bali’s beaches, rivers, streets and anywhere in between! Over the last five annual clean-ups, this movement has gathered over 65,000 people in 430 locations on Bali and prevented 155 tons of plastic from entering our oceans.

From a young age, children already feel the pressure of that daunting question, “What do you want to be when your grow up?” Of course, adults know that careers can fluctuate and there is no fixed answer to this question, but for a young mind eager to discover themselves and dream of their future this

Johnnie Walker, one of the world’s leading Scotch Whisky Brand encourages the people of Indonesia to keep hopes high and keep moving forward through these hard times. They’ve done this through auctioning two bottles of the brand’s The Walkers Collector’s Edition, with the proceeds donated to Kopernik, a leading NGO based in Bali, to help

This February, Bali welcomes its first batch of international tourists flying directly to  I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, after approximately 21 months of no international arrivals. This comes as Garuda Indonesia, Singapore Airlines and Batik Air restart their services from selected countries, new visas issues and quarantine days have been readjusted. This means international

Those who have been to The Apurva Kempinski Bali will attest to the sense of grandeur and majesty that this five-star resort on the cliffs of Nusa Dua evokes. The resort summons the spirit of Indonesia’s great Javanese-Hindu Empire, the Majapahit; the empire which saw much of what is now the Indonesian archipelago fall under

A specially moment marked the commencement of an agreement signed in November 2021 between Marriott International and the Bank of Indonesia, in which the international hotel chain has committed to source a large percentage of their produce from Bali to support the island’s local agricultural industry. This commitment is part of Marriott International’s campaign, #ByBaliForBali,

Starbucks Dewata Coffee Sanctuary, the largest Starbucks destination in Southeast Asia, since it opened has presented a bespoke customer experience, not only through its renowned coffee offerings but also through various coffee classes and tours. Recently they’ve elevated the guest experience with the opening of the Coffee Experience Center, a brand-new expansion that’ll surely be

Saturday, January 1 2022, signified a historic day in Bali with the opening ceremony of the Bali Poleng 2022 movement. The event officially opened the island-wide collective prayer and Kul-Kul sounding which took place January 2, 2022. It was attended by 108 Bajra (Priests Association), heads of the MDA (Majelis Desa Adat, or Village Assembly

Part of their on-going efforts to encourage the continued use of the Balinese language, the foundation BASABali organises regular writing contests inviting Balinese to freely and honestly express themselves across a range of topics. In the latest campaign, they ask millienals to answer the question: What should the government do to evoke and sustain the

Following on from our ‘A Creative Bali Weekend’ (4-5 Dec) article last week, this week we invite you to explore the more culture-focused happenings around the island. Of course, art and culture often intersect, and many of some of week’s events continue to be relevant to this week and the week’s ahead. So don’t forget

A collective of Balinese high priests under the organisation 108 Bajra have organised a campaign inviting all religions and residents across the island to join in prayer at the beginning of 2022. The event, named Bali Poleng, aims to uplift the spiritual atmosphere in light of the pandemic, raising hopes and creating a sense of

After a month-long fundraising campaign organised by the Marriott International hotels in Indonesia, the hospitality group donated IDR 56,031,255 (or AUD 5,366) to one of the island’s most respected charitable organisations, Bali Children Foundation. The fundraising was a continuation of Marriott Asia Pacific’s annual program, ‘Run to Give’, which normally invites participants to join an