[bali-bali] Re: St. Regis Slammed Over Butlers’ Western Names

Let's see....
At USD $5500 /night , that's around USD $ 35000 /week (discounted).
Let just say there were minimum 20 rooms in it , if it's booked out ,that would be USD $ 700000 ( around 700 millions rupiahs/week).
Hmmmmm... that's a lots of money isn't it?
Out of those big amount , how many percent would it stay in Bali , and how much going back to England?

Ohya.. the name ... that's what we talking about isn't it ?
Why won't they ( the management )make it easier for themselves , and called the buttlers as Buttler 1, Buttler 2 , Buttler 3 and so on.
Or better still , named them B1 , B2 ,... B6,..B12,, or B complex.

Ahh... Bali , you have to put up sooo much..

Shanti is hurting , but still looking at the funny side of life.

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> Subject: [bali-bali] St. Regis Slammed Over Butlers’ Western Names
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> St. Regis Slammed Over Butlers’ Western Names
> January 29, 2010
> By I Gusti Made Putra
> DENPASAR ~ A luxury hotel in the tourist enclave of Nusa Dua urging
> its Balinese butlers to adopt Western names so that their well-heeled
> guests will feel more at home has enraged one of the country’s top
> spiritual leaders.
>
> The St. Regis Resort and Spa, which opened to fanfare in March 2009,
> requests that its team of butlers uses names that are plucked from
> British literature, such as Edgar, in an apparent strategy to confer on
> the service staff an inference of the traditional British servant.
>
> Anand Krishna, who runs spiritual centres and workshops in Bali and
> writes a weekly column in this newspaper, said he was outraged that the
> butlers were told to use Western names.
> “I think the management of St. Regis is totally ignorant of the very purpose of tourism,” he told The Bali Times on Thursday.
>
> “It is not only saddening but disheartening that a hotel of their
> repute could make such a blunder. A totally wrong understanding of the
> concept of tourism,” he said.
> What’s in a Name: The entrance to the plush St. Regis at
> Nusa Dua where butlers provided for high-paying guests
> take Western names to help the wealthy cope with Bali.
> The marketing and communications director at the St. Regis, Geetha
> Warrier, confirmed that the resort, located along the white-sand Geger
> Beach, employed butlers among its 30-strong, mostly Balinese team who
> used Western names.
>
> “They are given a stage name derived from the most famous butlers in
> the world. It is a gimmick, a talking point, which is received very
> positively by the team and guests alike,” she told The Bali Times.
> “These English names are chosen by the butlers themselves and are
> not forced upon them. We have butlers who use their own names.”
>
> However, some of the butlers at the St. Regis, who cater to guests
> who shell out up to US$5,500 per night, according to rates on the
> hotel’s website, have reportedly said they are uncomfortable using an
> adopted Western name and would rather use their own.
> Krishna said foreign tourists should be open to the experience of enjoying the delights of a different country.
>
> “The original idea of tourism was to visit new places, and learn new
> things. A Peter coming to Bali must get to know Putu here, and taste
> some pasar (market) delicacies,” he said.
> “When I visit my daughter in Spain, I do not look for Indonesian
> satay or Indian curry there. I prefer tapas and Sangria. I do not want
> nasi goreng in Los Angeles; I would rather have bacon and sausages for
> my breakfast. I eat fish and chips in London; I would not look for ikan
> bakar. I go all the way to Raffles in Spore to have a Singapore Sling.”
>
> The spiritual guru, who has worked with the Dalai Lama, called for action against the St. Regis.
> “I suggest that Bali Tourism Board and other government institutions
> reprimand the management of St. Regis, and ensure that this situation
> is changed immediately,” he said.
> Meanwhile, Desiderius Rian Karismaputra of the National Commission
> on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in Jakarta told The Bali Times that the
> top-end hotel’s policy violated the intrinsic rights of their employees.
> “Under the law, Indonesians have the right to use their own name, and cannot be forced to change it to something else,” he said.
>
> “According to the Law on Antidiscrimination of Race and Ethnicity,
> Article 4, there is a term of one year in jail or a fine of Rp100,000
> (US$10,600) for violations,” he said.
>
> The St. Regis joins a growing number of high-end hotels in Bali.
> Part of the US-based Starwood group, its sister properties in Bali
> include the Westin, Le Méridien and Laguna, while a W hotel is under
> construction.
> Suarno of conflict-resolution section of the Department of Manpower
> in Badung regency, where most of the island’s tourism is located, said,
> however, that if there was an agreement between the hotel and its
> employees that was approved by the All Indonesia Workers Union (KSPSI),
> there would be no problem.
> “But if the company is not a member of the KSPSI, the workers of the
> hotel can complain directly to the management of the hotel, that they
> don’t like using a Western name,” Suarno told The Bali Times.
> The St. Regis said that because it was a new hotel, its employees were not yet members of the KSPSI.
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