GLOBAL DAY OF DISCOVERY - 'EVENINGS AT RENAISSANCE'

GLOBAL DAY OF DISCOVERY - 'EVENINGS AT RENAISSANCE' | ROOTED in discovery and the spirit of the neighborhood, Renaissance Hotels, part of Marriot Bonvoy's extraordinary portfolio of 31 hotel brands, announced that it will celebrate its annual Global Day Of Discovery (GDOD) on May 18, 2023. 

A day when all 170+ Renaissance properties around the world, together as a collective drumbeat, put on elevated experiences, underscoring how the brand delivers enexpected discoveries beyond the convention of travel and Renaissance Johor Bahru Hotel is here to help celebrate. 

To celebrate Global Day Of Discovery's 9th anniversary, Renaissance Hotels is featuring inscripted adventures that place the brand;s revamped Evenings at Renaissance program in the spotlight. With the hotel and travel industry back in full swing, guests travelling both for business and leisure are looking for authentic local experiences. 

Credit photo by : Renaissance Johor Bahru Johor 

Discover Johor's Cultural Heritage

Spontaneous travelers at Renaissance Johor Bahru Hptel will find themselves in an immersive experience of the local culture curated through a series of activities, designed to ignite the sense. In partnership with Yayasan Warisan Johor Johor Bahru (Johor Heritage Foundation), the tour kicks off with the removal of footwear, a typical Malay Costum before entering a home to step into a Rumah Limas, a Malay Style wooden gazebo where travellers are traditionally welcomed and entertained while seated on its wooden floors. 

At Rumah Limas, travelers will dress up in Johor Malay Traditional costumes and pose for photographs at Instagram-wothy spots like the open windows and charming verandah of the house. 

Tap into the Weaving Gallery, a skilled worker will demonstrates the art of spinning thereads into spools while anothers is weaving the fabric, thread-by-thread on a wooden traditional weaving frame. Next at the Art Gallery, travelers will be ushered to the event area where they can abserved craftsmen and crafswomen skilled in the art of traditional batik paintings. The travellers who have completed paintng their pieces of batik can happily take them home as special soveniors. 

At Zapin House, a group dancers will perform the Zapin, a lively Johor Traditional folk dance. At the end of their performance, the dancers step forward to invote travelers to follow their lead in learning the basic steps and dance along withn them. The tour ends with light refreshments served with a hit beverage like Teh Tarik and Nasi Biryani Johor also Soto Johor. 

Before returning to the hotel, we stopped at Laman Mahkota to take a group photo. Upon returning to the hotel, travelers will be entertained by Drum Up JB, an explosion perfomances of crative energy and cultural diversity of Johor Bahru before experiencing Evening At Renaissance, afternoon tea with local twist that specially curated by hotel's culinary team to conclude the 9th Global Day Of Discovery. 

To learn more about Renaissance Hotels and its Evenings at Renaissance program, visit www.renhotels.com. To explore Global Day Of Discovery event happening at Renaissance Johor Bahru Hotel, please follow the link below ; 

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