Here at Fugly Bali
we are resolved to maintaining a name and shame directory
of Bali's hotels we have reasonable evidence on that
either;
1) Are built on "stolen" land (such as land
taken by Suharto's regime under compulsory purchase laws where
the original Balinese owners and their families have
never been properly compensated).
2) Are operated by the Soharto family, or companies
which they have an interest. As thousands of Balinese
and Indonesians were killed by Suharto's government,
and their continued profiting from these murderous days
is unforgivable. See also our page on Suharto's
Businesses.
3) Cheat their suppliers, staff and / or guests. Such
as hotels that do not pay their bills, despite making
$ millions, hotels that rob their staff of the service
charge they should get, and hotels that have even cheated
their guests.
4) Clearly have building permits that should never
have been issued according to the cultural and heritage
protection laws in Bali. That is hotels who have built
too close to a sacred temple, or have flaunted other
building regulations detrimental to the landscape, culture
and people of Bali.
If you know of and wish to report a fugly Bali hotel
/ want to add more information to what we have already,
please visit our Bali
Hotels Information bulletin board.
Our Fugly
Bali Hotels Directory;
Amanusa
Resort Bali (Nusa Dua) - A Suharto family
owned / operated / connected hotel built on questionnable
land (land taken from the Balinese under a Suharto compulsory
purchase scheme).
Bali
Cliff Resort (near Uluwatu) - A Suharto
family owned / operated / connected hotel and whom we
have at least one substantiated report of cheating.
Bali
Intercontinental Resort Hotel (Jimbaran
Bay) - A Suharto family owned / operated / connected
hotel.
Bali
Padma Hotel (Legian Beach) - A hotel we
have at least one substantiated report of cheating.
Four
Seasons Resort Hotel Bali (Jimbaran Bay)
- A Suharto family owned / operated / connected hotel.
Four
Seasons Resort Hotel Sayan (near Ubud)
- A Suharto family hotel which has an illegal building
permit (is built too close to a Balinese temple) and
which is often picketed by angry locals.
Grand
Bali Beach Sanur - An ugly eyesore that
contravenes building height regulations and whose management
are so lazy they can not even clean up their filthy
beach.
Hard
Rock Hotel Bali (Kuta) - A hotel who allows
questionnable extra guests (ladies of the night or "night
butterflies" as they are referred to) from the
Hard Rock Cafe into guests bedrooms. And whom we have
at least one substantiated report of cheating.
Le
Meridien Nirwana Bali (Tanah Lot) - Just
ask the locals what they think about being allowed to
build a hotel overlooking their holiest sea temple.
Lor
In Resort Hotel (Gianyar) - A Suharto family
owned / operated / connected hotel.
Nikko
Bali Resort & Spa (Nusa Dua) - A Suharto
family owned / operated / connected hotel built on questionnable
land (land taken from the Balinese under a Suharto compulsory
purchase scheme).
Nusa
Dua Beach Hotel Bali (Nusa Dua) - A Suharto
family owned / operated / connected hotel built on questionnable
land (land taken from the Balinese under a Suharto compulsory
purchase scheme).
Ramada
Bintang Bali Hotel (Kuta) - A Suharto family
owned / operated / connected hotel.
Royal
Seminyak / Bali Imperial Hotel (Seminyak
Beach) - A Suharto family owned / operated / connected
hotel which used to be called the Bali Imperial, but
is now called the Royal Seminyak.
Sahid
Raya Hotel Bali (kuta) - A Suharto family
owned / operated / connected hotel.
Sanur
Paradise Plaza Bali - A Suharto family
owned / operated / connected hotel falsely described
as a "Beach Hotel" when it is nowhere neat
the beach but rather on the main bypass road!
Sheraton
Laguna Nusa Dua - A Suharto family owned
/ operated / connected hotel built on questionnable
land (land taken from the Balinese under a Suharto compulsory
purchase scheme).
Waka Holdings Bali - A group whose
management made a death threat against someone (which
they have refused to retract) who had spoken up against
them and the fact they built a hotel on stolen National
Park land. Waka's hotels are Waka
Shorea Bali (the one built on stolen National
Park land), Waka
di Ume Bali near Ubud, Waka
Gangga Bali on the SW coast, Waka
Maya Resort Bali just north of Sanur, Waka
Nusa Bali (Lembongan Island), Waka
Namya Ubud Bali in Penestanan.
Westin
Nusa Dua (formerly the Sheraton Nusa Dua)
- A Suharto family owned / operated / connected hotel
built on questionnable land (land taken from the Balinese
under a Suharto compulsory purchase scheme).
Please do not become a victim or part
of the problem. Read:
Bali
Tourism (Should I go, where, and how do I avoid
adding to the problem / putting myself / my family at
risk in Bali?). |