A wonderful night at Grand Kemang Hotel, Thursday 25 August 2016, as Britcham members gathered to have luscious dinner, beers and wines. Started at six in the evening, the event easily slipped into the night. Warm welcome from the organizer especially left an enjoyable memory of the night. Of course, the gathering would not have completed without congratulating the lucky ruffle winners as well!
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
US Flight Ban Lifted for Indonesian Airlines & Heavy Jakarta Floods
Dear Jakartans!
Indonesian airlines are now allowed to fly to the US after a safety ban lasting nearly a decade got lifted, officials announced. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded Indonesia’s aviation safety rating after various assessments determined that the industry has met international standards. The announcement was made just as national carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to open services between Jakarta and the US cities of New York and Los Angeles in 2017, TTG Asia reports.
Heavy rains across the city last Saturday have left areas of South and East Jakarta flooded with water as high as 1 meter in some parts, including Kemang, Cilandak, and some parts of Kebayoran Baru, submerging houses and vehicles, The Jakarta Globe reports.
Escape the traffic blues and your craving for good food with HSBC’s #GoodFoodGoodMood offers. Get discounts, cashbacks, and free upsizes in Sushi Tei, Fish&Co, Bakerzin, Pullman Jakarta Indonesia, Hotel InterContinental Jakarta MidPlaza and over than 250 more restaurants across the city, special for HSBC Credit Card holders. Find out more about the offerhere.
This weekend, catch What’s New Jakarta’s booth in the first ever Café Brasserie Expo Indonesia at the Jakarta Convention Center 2016, 2-4 September 2016, a dedicated event for the café and brasserie industry in Indonesia where owners, investors, industry professionals, and over 10,000 café lovers will meet. This event also coincides with the Franchise & License Expo 2016 that brings more than 300 franchise brands, at the same venue.
Correction: on last week’s newsletter, we had mistakenly reported that the odd even traffic rule also applies for HR Rasuna Said, while in fact it only applies for MH Thamrin, Jenderal Sudirman, and some parts of Gatot Subroto. We apologize for any inconveniences caused.
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Monday, August 29, 2016
Benefits of Direct Room Booking to Century Park Hotel’s Website
April 28th, 2016 – Room rates, location, facilities, testimonial, and recommendation have become important points for travelers in selecting hotel. While a myriad of offers from big travel sites and agencies might be confusing and time-wasting for travelers when they try to find the best package.
Only a few people aware that booking directly to the hotel’s website is a good way for travelers to get the most beneficial packages: The best guaranteed room rates, special offers which are not available anywhere else, easy and instant booking process. Most of hotel’s websites also contain the most up-to-date content, availability, and rates.
Century Park Hotel, Senayan – Jakarta, four-star hotel in Jakarta – Indonesia, provides numerous attractive benefits for travelers who book their rooms directly to www.atletcentury.com
On the top of the list, enjoy the best room rates and get complimentary laundry during the stay period as well as late check-out until 04:00 PM. In terms of payment, guests will have flexibility to settle the room payment upon arrival, so every guest will be able to receive booking confirmation without down payment or any other fees. In addition, guests are entitle to receive special price for every room upgrade to next room category, able to communicate directly with the hotel representatives, not with third parties or call center, as well as gain complete information about attractions surround Jakarta – Senayan area at www.atletcentury.com
“Direct room booking” is a solution from Century Park Hotel Jakarta for business and leisure travelers to save their time from comparing different room prices available on various travel websites, travel agents, or online travel agents. One last important thing, every guest’s data is strictly private and confidential. Therefore, Century Park Hotel Jakarta guarantees that every data is secured, will not be share to other third party.
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Century Park Hotel
Jalan Pintu Satu Senayan Jakarta 10270 Indonesia
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Review: Chilling at The Rosemary
Said to be Jakarta’s first ever gastropub, The Rosemary is open for you to try! Serving modern British cuisine accompanied with high quality self brewed beers, the pub got its name from the distinctive herb that often incorporated in their dishes. They are located neatly on the lower ground floor at Standard Chartered Building, Setiabudi.
True to its roots, the family-ran pub looks charming in British style interior. The owner wishes to provide the ultimate comfort through a relaxing ambiance so anyone can come to chill and unwind during break time or after hour. I right away understand the concept when I entered the place. It does feel welcoming and homey.
To begin my culinary journey in this special place, I was served with Feulite of Quail Eggs as an appetizer. The dish cooked with salty sautéed mushroom and creamy hollandaise sauce, and served on top of a golden pastry. Besides the delicious combination between salty and sour, the play of texture between crunchy and silky make the dish a perfect introduction to the cook’s cooking style.
Second on my plate is a feast to my eyes, a juicy Brie Burger with homemade tomato jam, balsamic sauce, salad, and fresh baked buns, served with seasoned potato French fries on the side. The size of it is just perfect to fill a satisfying lunch, not too little or too much. It also tastes quite different from your usual fast food burger, thanks to the sweet homemade tomato jam that make the dish step up to another level. Most of the vegetables served at The Rosemary are also self grown in Lembang, Bandung.
For dessert, I was served a big plate of Eton Mess, a sinful combination between crunchy meringue, vanilla ice cream, strawberry sauce, mints, and fresh strawberry. The dish may sound heavy, but it actually feels quite light, especially because the ice cream melts in your mouth. The balanced combination between sweet and sour will make you smile the whole day.
I was also introduced to two type of drinks, both are fresh and suit the meals really well. The first one is Ginger Beer, which is a combination of ginger ale, lime, brown sugar, rosemary syrup, cinnamon, lemon, ginger, and star anise. Every sip feels natural and fresh. The ingredients will also make your throat and body warm.
The last drink to be served is called L.L.L, an acronym from lemongrass, lychee, and lemon. As you can imagine, the taste is quite strong but fresh and bubbly. Due to lemongrass in it, the drink also has a bitter quality that make it even more special.
Visit The Rosemary and enjoy your time in comfort!
MENARA STANDARD CHARTERED
LG Floor, Podium Side Entrance
Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio no.164
T: 021 255 32552
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Monday – Saturday: 11 AM – MIDNIGHT
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Unexpected Activities at Le Meridien Bali Jimbaran
Located at the heart of the tradition fisherman village of Jimbaran Bay, Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran brings guests closer together with the amenities and activities they enjoy most. Relax and strech your muscle by joining Morning Streching whilst spending the morning basking in the sunshine by the pool side. Stay in shape with Aquarobic workout or relax in the beautiful 1,300sqm Saltwater Lagoon Pool. Discover many great local activities around the hotel with traditional games such as coconut bowling, fishing bottle, umbrella golf and much more. Moreover, for culture seekers could enjoy the unique experience of watching the authentic traditional Balinese dance performance ‘Unlock Culture’ every Tuesday and Thursday at the rooftop bar ‘Smoqee Sky Bar’ with a Jimbaran ocean vista as the backdrop. A wide variety of fun activities are available all day round at this beautiful resort from Canang Sari Making, Traditional Balinese Games, Sunset Yoga to Cocktail Mixology 101. Now exploring thte island of Bali becomes an even better experience when staying at Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran.
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Is Early Childhood Education Important? Learning Early Proven to Improve the Future of Child
When it comes to setting the future of your children, through formal or informal education, no parents wish to make any mistakes. But this being said, some still question whether early childhood education programs play a big part in a child’s future.
Research has shown that the human brain can effectively learnearlier than we thought, even as early as pre kindergarten, the period when the brain undergoes a rapid development. This is a period when a child builds cognitive skills, character skills, social-emotional growth, motoric skills as well as impulse control to problem solving. So how can we maximize this to support our children’s future and set them on a trajectory of success?
Through various programs – designed to stimulate the children’s brain in various activities, both recreational and academic – children that underwent early childhood education have been proven to excel in academic achievements and better social adjustments than those who did not attend early childhood programs. One notable study, The HighScope Perry Preschool Study, conducted in the United States that began in 1962 showed that children that had a formal early education were likely to have higher earnings, hold a job and more likely to graduate from high school than those who did not have a formal early childhood education.
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM AT BALI ISLAND SCHOOL
Bali Island School – formerly Bali International School – offers Early Childhood programs that are carefully designed to meet the specific developmental needs of the youngest learners. A team of teachers, teacher assistants and specialist teachers follow the Primary Years Program (PYP) Early Years philosophy to develop a safe, happy and engaging learning experience for each child:
Relationships
• Participation by the entire learning community, parents, teachers, students, is desired in the early years.
• BIS values the need to be open to children’s inquiries and create relationships in which they feel free to question and hold discussions while trusting that their perspectives are valued.
• BIS acknowledges the important role played by parents and other significant adults in the co-construction of meaning for students by supporting learning at home and by sharing their experiences, cultural backgrounds and home languages.
• BIS appreciates the complexity of children’s relationships and observes how these relationships contribute to their learning.
Environment
• The learning environment at BIS includes children’s relationships as well as indoor and outdoor spaces and materials.
• Effective learning environments enable children and teachers to build relationships and construct meaning together.
• In planning the learning environment, materials are carefully selected and the learning space is organized to promote independence, social interaction, motivation, discovery and inquiry.
• As a flexible curriculum framework, the PYP enables educators to respond to the students’ needs and continually enrich their environment to anchor and strengthen their learning.
Play
• Play is essential for children’s cognitive, social, emotional, physical and brain development.
• Through play, children construct meaning and define themselves as members of a learning community.
• Quality play takes time – time to plan for freedom of engagement and for the development or skills, attitudes and conceptual understanding.
• During play, children incorporate all their knowledge and skills as they interact with others and with their environment.
• At BIS, the role of the educator is to support children as they generate ideas and theories through play, and to challenge their thinking to lead them to deeper learning.
Four domains of learning are used to observe, support and assess early learners’ development:
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development: To nurture within each child a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behavior in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities.
• Physical Development: To provide opportunities for each child to be active and interactive; to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement; to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food. To develop fine motor skills;skills that require the small muscles of the hand to work together to perform precise and refined movements such as writing and cutting.
• Cognitive Development:To facilitate experiences that allow for each child to process information, make meaning, construct new knowledge and come to new understandings. Cognitive skills are mental processes such as memory, logic, reasoning, problem solving, spatial reasoning, critical thinking, decision making, concentration, attention, perception, imagination and creativity. Children are also encouraged to think about thinking and learn about learning; how to ask questions and how to process information into understanding. All these skills lay the foundation for the ‘traditional’ subjects of Mathematics, English, Science and Social Studies.
• Creative Development: Involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, design and technology.
Bali Island School (BIS) celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year: Bali International School opened in September 1985 and was renamed in accordance with the Ministerial Decree on Education in 2014.
BIS engages and empowers globally-minded, confident learners to reach their utmost potential in an active, creative, and respectful learning community. BIS is the oldest school in Bali and is the only school on the island authorized to offer the full International Baccalaureate Programme continuum from Preschool to Grade 12 (www.ibo.org: Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes).
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Westin Hotels & Resorts Debuts In Jakarta
Set to be the Highest Hotel in Indonesia with the Sky Lobby Situated on the 52nd Floor, The Westin Jakarta will bring the Brand’s Inspiring Well-Being Initiatives to the Country’s Capital
Jakarta, INDONESIA – August 26, 2016 – Westin Hotels & Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the opening of The Westin Jakarta, marking the first Westin hotel in Jakarta. Owned by PT. Wahana Nusantara a part of Gama Corporation, the opening of the hotel is set to bring the Westin brand’s inspired and innovative wellness initiatives to the capital city of Indonesia.
“We are thrilled to debut the Westin brand to Indonesia’s capital,” said Vincent Ong, Senior Director, Brand Management, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific. “With the brand’s focus on the bringing the pillars of well-being to life and commitment to ensure our guests leave feeling than they first arrive, we are confident the opening of the hotel will resonate strongly with the local Jakarta community and guests visiting from around the world.”
Slated to be the highest hotel in Indonesia, The Westin Jakarta occupies floors 50 to 69 of the mixedused Gama Tower, boasting 272 well-appointed guestrooms and suites with uninterrupted views of the city. Designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), one of the world’s leading hospitality interior design firms, the hotel’s interior design was inspired by natural, organic forms and textures that interpret the landscape and are translated throughout the hotel through dynamic patterns and materials. Illustrated through the chandeliers and artwork, the hotel’s contemporary design features contextual elements, including traditional Indonesian motifs and Ikat patterns in the metal screens.
“The Westin Jakarta will provide a restorative retreat in the heart of the bustling city with genuine service complemented with the Westin signature well-being offerings that will fuel and energize our guests’ every move,” Arun Kumar, General Manager, The Westin Jakarta, adds.
To amplify the guest experience, four unique dining venues serve a variety of culinary options alongside the brand’s nutrient-rich and delicious SuperFoodsRx™ menus. Seasonal Tastes, the allday dining restaurant, presents buffet and a la carte options featuring local and international cuisine with 7 live cooking stations. Guests can also enjoy nutritious treats and a gourmet cup of coffee on the go Daily Treats. Set to be a game-changer for Jakarta dining scene is Henshin, perched on the top three floors of the building, the restaurant features Nikkei Cuisine with Japanese-Peruvian Flavors prepared by a specialty chefs as well as a rooftop alfresco bar featuring Crafted at Westin™ program, the brand’s signature beverage program that features a fresh selection of expertly mixed cocktails infused with natural ingredients and local flavors.
With the brand’s mission to be a partner in their guests’ well-being, The Westin Jakarta features an idyllic spa as well as a WestinWORKOUT® fitness studio boasting state-of-the-art exercise equipment from world-class brands in an open, airy and well-designed space. The hotel will also offer Westin’s Gear Lending program in partnership with New Balance®, allowing guests to pack light and stay fit with New Balance shoes and clothing for guests to use during their stay.
The Westin Jakarta also features a banquet area perched on the top few levels of the hotel with a 200 guest capacity with breathtaking 360 degree sweeping views of Jakarta city. For events and weddings, the hotel offers 3,000 square meters of function rooms including the Java Ballroom on the Ground floor with a maximum capacity 1,500 guests.
The Westin Jakarta is situated strategically in Kuningan central business district, 45 minutes by car from the International Soekarno-Hatta Airport, an ideal location for business travelers. Guest can enjoy nearby shopping malls as well as the Jakarta iconic National Monument as a destination for tourists.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
New Dining Spot: Li Feng at The Mandarin Oriental
Previously known as Xin Hwa, The Mandarin Oriental recently launched its premium Chinese dining outlet, Li Feng, in a brand new concept helmed by two talented chefs, Chef Fei, one of China’s most notable young chefs, and Chef Loy, the hotel’s Executive Chinese Chef that brings more than 12 years of experience in fine dining restaurants in various destinations.
Li Feng’s menu presents a scrumptious blend of traditional dishes and creative rendition of classics in an ethereal, classic and culturally rich space.
While dining, guests will enjoy viewing ‘A Voyage of the South’ artwork, a large-gilded glass piece by artist Helen Poon from Hong Kong that features an ancient etched and gilded map of Asia drawn up in 1602 by an Italian missionary named Matteo Ricci illustrating the ancient connection between China and Jakarta.
The menu also features a variety of Cantonese specialties including chef’s recommendations such as the beautifully presented Deep-Fried Swan Dumpling with Black Pepper Duck Meat, Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Bell Pepper and Braised Hele Crab with Japanese Rice in Hoisin Sauce.
Li Feng, located on the second floor of Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta is open every day for lunch and dinner. The restaurant offers three elegant and distinctive private dining rooms, which are the ideal venues to host intimate gathering or private celebrations. For reservations or more information, please call +62 21 2993 8825 or mojkt-lifeng@mohg.com.
Guests are invited to experience Li Feng with the “Luxury Break” package, which includes a daily dining credit of USD 25 per day or USD 60 for a suite booking.
Li Feng at The Mandarin Oriental
Jalan M.H. Thamrin, PO BOX 3392, Jakarta 10310, Indonesia
Reservations: +62 21 2993 8800
Email: mojkt-reservations@mohg.com
Hours: 11:30am – 2:30pm (Mon-Fri)
11am – 3pm (Sat & Sun)
DINNER: 6 – 10:30pm (Mon-Sun)
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The 10th Anniversary of The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta
Jakarta, August 22nd, 2016 – The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta celebrated its 10th Anniversary on last Wednesday, August 17th 2016. All staff and management looked very enthusiastic and full of joy with this celebration. In addition to celebrate the 10th Anniversary, in the same day all staff and management celebrated The 71st Independence Day of Republic Indonesia by held the flag raising ceremony in the Lagoon Terrace.
Prior of August 17th, all staff and management of The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta has inaugurated the 10th Anniversary celebration by announced various of sport activites competition such as mini soccer, table tennis, chess, badminton and tennis. The inauguration was held by the committee in unique way, a few staff was chosen to be performers. A few female staff was assisned to be dancers and a few male staff was assisned to be actors in comedy drama which told about a tiny boxer who fought a big boxer, yet eventually the tiny boxer won the boxing match.
The inauguration of the 10th anniversary of The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta was held in new venue “Lagoon Garden”. The euphoria of the venue which could accommodate up to 2000 pax was so exciting.
Series of events are prepared already in regards to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta. Besides the sport competitions, on August 22nd 2016, Management, Secretary, Sales & Marketing team, done a green walk through the whole hotel and residence area and around Gelora Bung Karno Sport Complex. There will be more activites followed until December 2016 such as Blood Donation, Shalat Idul Adha 10 Dzulhijah, Safety Briefing Competition, Visit to Orphanage, Early Bird Breakfast, Corporate Party and Family Day.
The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta
Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta 10002, Indonesia
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