from Bali Update - www.balidiscovery.com - today:
Dancing Dragon Cottages Closed
Karen Kingston's Popular 'Feng Shui' Hotel in Ahmed, Bali, Permanently Closed Due to a Business Dispute.
(8/17/2009) Bali's unique feng shui resort in Ahmed Dancing Dragon has closed.
Opened by internationally acclaimed feng shui expert and best-selling author, Karen Kingston, in July 2000, Dancing Dragon Cottages applied principles of space management, space clearing and natural light in constructing a revolutionary boutique resort concept. Wiring was concealed and kept, as much as possible, away from sleeping and living areas, corners were rounded on interior spaces, and circuitous pathways across the property followed the natural energy contours of the land.
Irreconcilable Differences
Citing "irreconcilable difference" with her Balinese Business partner, Karen Kingston announced the closing of the hotel on the Dancing Dragon Cottage Wesbite.
The announcement, dated August 12, 2009, said all furnishings and the hotel are being offered at "rock-bottom" prices for quick disposition.
In what was apparently a sudden decision, Kingston thanks past guests for their support and apologized to those who had booked the hotel over the coming months.
Also expressing regret over the loss of jobs the closure represents to staff of the hotel, Kingston said in her brief announcement: "There is no possibility the hotel will re-open."