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Category: Letter from CEO

Tourism Talanoa: Kick Off

June 19, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
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FHTA, 18 June 2020 – Throngs of spectators filed into stadiums last weekend to witness the launch of the shortened Super Rugby Aotearoa. While the action on the field was sublime,

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Tourism Talanoa: We’re Still Waiting For The Plan

June 12, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: We’re Still Waiting For The Plan

FHTA, 11 June 2020 – We continue to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the tourism sector. People keep asking how the industry is and we keep saying it is

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Tourism Talanoa: Cyclones & King Tides

April 17, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Cyclones & King Tides

FHTA, 16 April 2020 – Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold has come and gone. This cyclone ripped through our outer islands and caused significant damages to structures and food supplies. But

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Tourism Talanoa: A Pandemic & A Cyclone

April 17, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: A Pandemic & A Cyclone

FHTA, 9 April 2020 – In last week’s Tourism Talanoa, we shared the heartache that the workers of Fiji’s tourism industry were enduring. This week, we look at how some

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Tourism Talanoa: Tourism Staff Struggles are Real

April 3, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Tourism Staff Struggles are Real

FHTA, 30 March 2020 – “The hardest part about all this is not being able to buy sugar, flour, rice, you know…the basics.” Those were the sentiments of former tourism

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Tourism Talanoa: Coping With A Crippling COVID-19

March 26, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Coping With A Crippling COVID-19

FHTA, 26 March 2020 – As we keenly await Government’s supplementary budget that we all hope will sufficiently address the devastating impact of COVID-19 on Fiji’s tourism industry and entire

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Tourism Talanoa: Tourism Bracing For The Worst

March 20, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Tourism Bracing For The Worst

FHTA, 19 March 2020 – The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is surging and making its presence felt all over the world. There is almost an air of inevitability about it reaching

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Tourism Talanoa: Local Produce in Demand

March 6, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Local Produce in Demand

FHTA, 5 March 2020 – We may have loathed vegetables as children but we soon grow up to understand how healthy they are for us. An appreciation of fruit and

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Tourism Talanoa: FHTA Fosters Partnerships with Media

February 28, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: FHTA Fosters Partnerships with Media

SUVA, 27 February 2020 – The power of the media cannot be overstated. Its role in the various aspects of life is becoming increasingly greater day by day, especially in

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Tourism Talanoa: Fiji, A Bleisure Destination

February 20, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana 2020 Archive, Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Fiji, A Bleisure Destination

SUVA, 20 February 2020 – THERE are trends and improvements in every industry and it is the job of CEOs, GMs and managers to recognise these and adapt their businesses to

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