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“Need to get some work done: Why not take a trip with your colleagues to Bali?”
“Need to get some work done: Why not take a trip with your colleagues to Bali?” The above statement was the sub-title of an interesting article published recently in the Far Eastern Economic Review https://www.feer.com/forms/intro.html 
According to executives interviewed for the article, “Bali’s villas, and luxury compounds where guests usually stay in individual pavilions--are as much a place for business as for relaxation.” At the senior level, it is better to build relationships in this kind of setting than in a conference room in Tokyo, Hong Kong or Singapore. Where the vibe is more relaxed, relationships just mushroom.”  A co-founder of a large global executive-search firm states that “More people are catching on to what a great deal the villas here are, and more companies are looking for private villas to have private meetings,” says a general manager of a villa in Nusa Dua.
“More people are catching on to what a great deal the villas here are, and more companies are looking for private villas to have private meetings,” Many of Bali’s hotels villas and private villa compounds appear to be set to profit from this new
type of company bonding vacation. Our Villa Rental division has in the past rented as many as twelve villas for one group from Hong Kong to help celebrate the 50th. birthday of the top director. 
By the last day of their visit employees who barely knew each other at the office were enjoying tug of wars and all day long private yacht charters to remote beaches.
The director informed us months later that he was going to make it an annual event, and that the spirits of his company employee’s plus bottom- line profits improved dramatically after the event. Last year, the fashion group Hermes used a villa in Ubud to launch its Nomade watch. Perhaps this new type of company incentive is the reason that so many luxury villas are enjoying as high as 70 % occupancy over July and August 2003 while many hotels had 30 % or less.
One of the key amenities of successful villas is that interest this new breed of demand is that they are located on or very close to the beach, restaurants, and bars. 
Complexes such as the new Bali Golden Villas in Sanur are finding that they simply do not have enough rooms to satisfy corporate incentive programs and groups from Taiwan, and Japan. The managing Director of a high-end
interior-design firm in Shanghai prefers villas for several reasons: “The benefits over a traditional hotel, he says, “included unique accommodation, great ambience, flexibility and costs savings when you include food and drinks that are cooked and served by the in-house staff, and the fact you are made to feel special.” Villas are becoming more business-friendly. Not surprisingly, villas are becoming more business-friendly. An owner of a five-room villa in Canggu says she is making modifications in response to the increased interest from business users. “I’ve
received quite a few enquiries from businesses—including from Hong Kong, Singapore and Jakarta. Bali Golden Villas management had the foresight to install cable for high-speed internet into every major room even before it was available in Sanur.  Now that they have installed it, business people who rent the villas say they will not stay anywhere that does not have this service. “It is important to keep the
villa a villa”, says the director of the executive search company. “I would compare it to a golf outing with a client,” he says. “We never really need to sit down at a conference table and hash things out”. “We might need the internet and phone, but not necessarily professional utilities”. There is also a matter of economics. While a villa may sometime sound expensive, it costs less than a hotel. Vilas, in contrast, include the staff in the price, which means it’ll cost nothing extra to have them run
down to the local market for vodka and tonic and serve drinks all night”. "it’ll cost nothing extra to have them run down to the local market for vodka and tonic and serve drinks all night” When you look at th cost of a three bedroom villa with a private swimming pool at $200.00 to $230.00 per night including breakfast it makes a lot more sense than spending $129.00 per night for three rooms or well over $360.00 plus 21 % services and tax. Who, then, is going to Bali? “Most of the villa guests tend to be Asia-based owners and executives of high-level but not necessarily large firms, says Macaulay. “They don’t have to deal with multinational paranoia and liability issues.”
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