Ayana Resort Grand Opening
- 04.03.09
- Hotels, Jimbaran, Packages, ayana resort, travel
Ayana Resort Promotional Packages
- 1N Ayana Bliss Bed and Breakfast Package
- 2N Ayana Thalasso Healing Package
- 3N Ayana Cliff Top Romance Package
The Ayana Resort and Spa has welcomed its first guests following its re-branding, with a new management team representing the world’s top hoteliers, and a fresh image imbedded in Bali’s mystical culture.
The new Ayana Resort, Ayana being a Sanskrit word meaning ‘place of refuge‘ has a new blue logo, fresh new uniforms, new General Manager and a renovation in progress.
The new Ayana Resort and Spa, formerly the Ritz-Carlton Bali Resort and Spa, began operation under its new name and management on 1st April 2009. The hotel is managed by the West Paces Hotel Group, founded by Horst Schultz, a former president of the Ritz Carlton Group and founding member of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Therefore guests can expect the highest of service standards with the new management.
Renovations are underway to improve the rooms and dining venues. Padi restaurant will also have new Indonesian and Indian cuisine added to complement its Thai menu. A new Rock Bar is being built over the water at the base of the cliff giving guests an unobstructed viewpoint for enjoying cocktails on the beach.
About AYANA Resort and Spa
Perched on limestone cliffs up to 30 metres above the Indian Ocean and set amidst landscaped Balinese gardens, this 77-hectare property enjoys majestic views and a secluded location with its own private beach, yet is just 15 minutes from Bali’s airport. Highlights include the 22,000sqm Thermes Marins Thalasso spa complex with the world’s largest Aquatonic Seawater Therapy Pool and the beach-front Spa on the Rocks. There are 368 guestrooms and villas including the exclusive AYANA Villa; 12 restaurants and lounges including the ultra-glamorous Dava; five purpose-built wedding venues; and Champa Garden for events of up to 2000 people. There are four freshwater swimming pools including a children’s pool and a salt-water, infinity-edged Ocean Beach Pool at the cliff’s base, accessed via an inclinator. There is also an 18-hole golf putting course, tennis pavilion, jogging/cycling path, fitness centre, children’s centre, seven boutiques, comprehensive meeting facilities and high-tech business centre, and resort-wide WIFI.
AYANA Resort and Spa will be managed by legendary hotelier Horst Schulze and his West Paces Group Amongst more than 60 awards over the years, the property has won top accolades from some of the travel industry’s most respected companies: Travel + Leisure magazine (The World’s Number One Resort – $250 or under, World’s Best Spa – #3 and Top Hotel Service in the World – #3); Conde Nast Traveler (Readers’ Choice Award); and CNN (The Peoples’ Choice Best of Asia – The Best of Spa). Most recently it won Destinasian magazine’s 2009 Readers’ Choice Award for the Best Hotel in Bali, for the fourth year running. The property was also awarded the Best Spa Destination in Indonesia at the Asia Spa Gold Awards 2009.