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It is not so common to find a non-smoking hotel , especially in Indonesia . Hotel Atlet Century Park, Jakarta , declared itself as a non-smoking hotel. According to its General Manager, Bilal Chamsine, this makes Atlet Century Park became the first smoke-free hotel in Jakarta. "We became the first hotel in Jakarta, which became nonsmoking hotel. I know that smokers do not like this, but we love it," he said in Kridangga Ballroom. In addition to this announcement, Bilal also explained the change of name and logo of the hotel. Hotel Atlet Century Park changed the name to remove the word "Athletes" and the Century Park Hotel. Substitution has been made since June 2011. "Previously, this hotel was known that it was only for athletes, but it is not. So, we changed the name and logo," said Bilal. However, in areas of the hotel building still uses the old name. Century Park Hotel, Jakarta, is also celebrating the success of 100 percent occupancy in July ...

Malang Tempo Doeloe VI 2011 is going to be held on this May 19-22, 2011. The Inggil Foundation is still managing this greatest annual cultural event this year. Despite of the cracks in the Dewan Kesenian Malang (The Malang’s Arts Council) recently. This year the Malang Tempo Doeloe VI taking “Discovery Heritage” as the theme. It offers an opportunity to know more about the richness of Malang’s cultural heritages. There are some activities that you can join during the festival, such as cultural tour, study group, workshop, arts performance, and traditional markets where you can find many traditional food and crafts. They are all offered to make visitors come closer to Malang’s culture, people, history, and arts that live harmoniously in Malang.

Malioboro street in Yogyakarta is still considered as the most favorable place to visit in Yogyakarta. Malioboro is so famous as the place in Yogyakarta where you can buy cheap gifts from Yogyakarta. But that is only one reason why people love to go to Malioboro. There are other things that make Malioboro so interesting to visitors. Here you can see the Office of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta’s Government, Benteng Vredeburg Museum, and the Gedung Agung. On every holidays and week ends, Malioboro is crowded with people from other cities who love to spend their free time in Yogyakarta. They feel like they are not yet visiting Yogyakarta when they haven’t visit Malioboro. It is so easy to get to Malioboro. It is located at the center of the city, that’s why you can get there from almost every place in Yogyakarta with ease. There are many city transportation vehicles to choose. Beside that you can find the Tourism Information Center to give you information and direction to go to every...

After ten years of conflict in Maluku, the tourism sector in Saparua , Central Maluku, Maluku, slowly evolves to something greater than before. The small island covering an area of ​​247 square kilometers is not only offering natural charm, but also traces of historical arrival of Europeans in the archipelago. Saparua, which is about 50 miles from Ambon, the capital of Maluku, can be reached by speedboat for just an hour from Tulehu , a port in Central Maluku, Ambon Island. Saparua has a population of 36,698 local inhabitant. Along with two other islands nearby Haruku and Nusa Laut , Moluccas tour had been a favorite, before the riots in 1999. Chairman of the Maluku Travel Agents Association, Tony Tomasoa, said that before 1999, Saparua competed with Banda Saparua island - other tourist icons in the spice islands of Maluku as tourism destinations. Two of these sites have always been a reference for tourists who spend their vacation in the Moluccas. Saparua, surrounded by the Banda Sea...

Wings Air began operating the new route today from Malang - Denpasar, pp every day with the flight number IW 1841, departs from Abdul Rahman Saleh Malang Airport at 14:25 pm. While the flight number IW 1840 departs from Denpasar Ngurah Rai Airport at 14.00 pm. In February 2011, Wings Air has been carrying out orders for purchasing 15 ATR 72 - 500 series units. Between Wings Air and the ATR (Avions de Transport Regional). Thus, Wings Air will operate 30 planes. Wings Air started operating ATR 72 series 500 with 72 seats in Indonesia in January 2010 and until February 2011 had been received and operates 10 planes. Expected five more planes will gradually be received until August 2011. With the addition of a new fleet, Wings Air wants to improve its services, especially the comfort and security of the flight, as well as developing markets and increasing revenue to the airline to grow in line with the development of Lion Air. Achmad Hasan - Wings Air CEO - says that this new route fr...

I bet you know Bali very well. What about West Nusa Tenggara? Do you know there are many places you can visit? Well, some Indonesian Travel Agents include one or two days spent in Lombok in their Bali travel package. Some tourism destinations have been well known among domestic and foreign tourists. But, in general, those tourists only know the Senggigi beach, and those three Gilis – Gili Trawangan, Meno, and Air (Water). But of course, West Nusa Tenggara has many other places to visit. There are 10 beautiful places to visit. The West Nusa Tenggara local government commits to do whatever it takes to develop those great tourism spots. Here they are: Mataram Metro. This spot is developed to be the central of culinary and cultural tourism spot in Mataram. Senggigi Beach and the three Gilis (Gili Trawangan, Meno, and Air). The local government wants to develop these spots as MICE Center (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Exhibition) Rinjani National Park. Tano Corrid...

It is a common thing to make mistakes on our trips. It can happen to anyone, even to a man who calls himself a travelholic. Participants of Fodors discussion forum shared their experiences on what you should and what you shouldn’t on your trips. Things you should prepare before spending money for fun. Here are things you have to make sure before starting your trips: Read the exact time and date of your flight before you confirm buying it. Make sure the time and date are exactly like what you are expecting. “I bought a flight ticket to Peru, a trip that I have been expected in my life. I got a good price from Delta, $808 for a two way ticket from Washington. Three days after that I realized that I would be back here on Sunday’s midnight instead of Saturday’s midnight. I contacted Delta, and asked them to reschedule my flight. I had to pay $500 then.” Tips: Sometimes, even if we have checked two or three times, we could still make mistakes. Find a flight that make you possible to ask...