Ketut Wirya Negara: Responsibility and Confidence to Compete

A responsibility is a very important thing in any profession. It will be positively correlated to the quality of individual and team work. “Responsibility and sense of belonging in the company where we work is a commitment that must be upheld. Without it, we will never get comfortable atmosphere in our workplace,” said General Manager of Inna Kuta Beach who has held the position since May 2012.

Wirya, the man born in 1965 and husband to Nyoman Sri Wahyuningsih, has been getting involved in tourism industry since 1985 after graduating from high school in 1984. He started his career as a bar waiter in a state-owned hotel named Inna Putri Bali when it was still under the name of Bali Nusa Dua Hotel. Due to his discipline and outstanding performance, the management appreciated him by giving awards to enhance his skills and abilities. For that purpose, he was given the opportunity to attend school by taking Diploma 1 majoring in Food and Beverage Service in Bali Tourism Institute (BPLP) in 1985.


Along with the performance he showed, Wirya was entrusted to fill in some important positions such as Sales Executive for 5 years, Sales Manager for 3 years, Marketing Manager, Food and Beverage Manager until 2006 at the Inna Putri Bali.

“Inna Hotel under PT HIN has owned some properties in Bali and outside Bali. It gives me the opportunity to improve the ability to fill in the position such as EAM and Resident Manager for 2 years until 2008 at the Inna Kuta Beach. In early 2009, I returned to the Inna Putri Bali entrusted as Resident Manager and Management Team Leader (KTM) for a year,” said the father of one son and one daughter.

Before being entrusted as General Manager at Inna Kuta Beach, Wirya had also filled in the position of General Manager at the Inna Sindhu Sanur for two years until 2011 and Inna Simpang Surabaya for a year until May 2012.

Responding to the competitive conditions existing today, Wirya had a great confidence of being able to face it. What Inna Kuta Beach had would support it to become the Grand Inna Kuta such as strategic location, best access to Kuta Beach and the hotel name had been quite well known.

And the more convincing was the addition of rooms in the new building and some facilities such as the food hall, Rooftop bar on the fourth floor, three swimming pools as well as upgrade in some sectors and the support of professional staff in the services.

“These are our capitals making the Inna Kuta have more capabilities of competing,” revealed Wirya who had won 15-Year Loyalty Award for 2 times in 2001 and 25-Year Loyalty Award in 2010 from the Hotel Indonesia Natour (PT HIN). (BTN/014)

Ono Satomi: Falling in Love in Balinese Dance

After watching Balinese dance performances, Ono Satomi, a girl from Japan instantly fell in love. Movement and facial expressions of the dancers made her curious so that she was determined to dance them. “My first overseas visit was to Bali. At that time, I was a junior high school student. Well, when watching the dance performances in Ubud, I was immediately interested,” she told Bali Travel News recently.

The Saitama-born girl on August 23, 1986 admitted the beauty of the dance belonging to the Island of the Gods always bothered her mind. “I finally learned Balinese dance at Otonomori studio trained by Japanese instructor and helped by Balinese instructor from the gamelan music department,” said Satoni who had ballet and jazz background while smiling.

At that time, she learned to dance the Legong Kraton Lasem, Puspanjali, Tenun, and Telek. Being curious, a year later she decided to go learning Balinese dance in Bali. “I wanted to practice the dance from the native origin. Aside from learning to dance from Balinese, I can also get in touch with Balinese people owning the arts,” she said seriously.

At the beginning, Satomi learned to Balinese artists by commuting. When having spare time, she would fly to Bali. By and large, she learned for a week and even one and a half months. “After receiving a scholarship from the government of Indonesia in the mid-2011, I could have long stay in Bali,” added the dancer who is also good at playing gong kebyar.

The girl who loves to eat lawar and roasted suckling pig studied at the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar by choosing the dance as her major. Aside from establishing the basic of Balinese dance, she also explored how to go deep into the dance, so that her performance would be more attractive. “I am also involved in devotional activities or ngayah with Balinese dancer friends,” said the girl who likes to relieve fatigue on Sanur Beach.

Indeed, while studying in the campus of Bali, Satomi received the same attention as other local students. Other than ngayah, she was also involved in every single show in the Bali Arts Festival (BAF). In the BAF last year, she danced a bird in a ballet composed by ISI Denpasar. Now, she would perform Balinese dance to support one of the dance troupes in Denpasar.

Indeed, Bali is no longer strange to Satomi. Together with her former classmates, she often spent holidays to this bijou island. Sometimes she did it with family. Yet, she now often traveled alone. “In Bali, I rarely travel to tourist destination. I prefer to learn to dance because beyond the campus I also learn to dance at Cok Pring, Partini, Susilawati, IB Oka Wirjana and Sutirta. Next year I will learn to play gender (puppet) gamelan music,” she concluded. (BTN/015)