As part of our post-Covid reopening work and co-creating our annual strategy, our newly-formed Islanders Council consisting of key staff members of different departments, met in January to brainstorm our goals and actions for 2022
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Our co-founder Cher Chua-Lassalvy shares her musings on Batu Batu’s journey towards sustainability and regenerative tourism, and her hopes for 2022.
Read MoreCome celebrate Christmas with us and our team at Batu Batu this month. We promise to give you juicy roast turkey and all the trimmings, a rich chocolate-y Yule log and lashing of festive fun
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At Batu Batu over the past 18 months we have closed, opened and closed again but have kept ourselves busy. Bright spots in these challenging times? Undoubtedly top of the list is our wonderful staff team who have stuck with us through all the uncertainty and the array of guests who have travelled to us from across Malaysia.
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Many of you who have stayed with us praise the friendliness and professionalism of our amazing staff team, and often remember them with great fondness. If you want to learn more about the people behind the smiles, what makes them tick and how life has been through the pandemic, read on.
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We all pass though Mersing town on our way to Batu Batu, and the other beautiful islands off the coast, but how many of us actually stop to explore the little sleepy town?
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In 2019 Tengah Island Conservation (TIC) released 3,799 endangered sea turtles, mapped and surveyed 1 million square metres of coral reef and seagrass, removed 13 tonnes of marine debris from the reefs around Pulau Tengah, Johor and delivered environmental awareness programmes to over 500 students in Mersing. In 2020, the story has been very different…
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At 10pm just three weeks ago I sat on my bed on Whatsapp with our friends at Rimba Resort on nearby Sibu island, discussing how we were all were coping with the Covid-induced reduction in tourists. Not long into our conversation, I received a message from Tanya, the Programme Director at Tengah Island Conservation. “Have you heard the Prime Minister’s speech?” — Malaysia’s lockdown had just been announced. The resort would close the following day.
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