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Tourism Talanoa: Do what you can

July 23, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Do what you can

FHTA, 22 July 2021 – Last week saw the announcement of the much-anticipated Fijian National Budget for 2021/2022. That evening every concerned citizen was attentively glued to their TV and

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CAPA Live: Companies must act now to evolve meeting and travel protocols

July 23, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
CAPA Live: Companies must act now to evolve meeting and travel protocols

CTC 22 July 2021 – Successfully adapting to the changing environment will be essential in supporting the momentum of the recovery phase for travel and hospitality industry businesses and the

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Tourism Talanoa: The Second Half

July 17, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: The Second Half

FHTA, 15 July 2021 – Last Saturday, we forgot for a brief 80 minutes about COVID-19 and its terrifying grip on our beautiful island nation. And oh, how the Flying

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CFC Programme Launches 100% Vaccinated Stamp

July 14, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
CFC Programme Launches 100% Vaccinated Stamp

Tourism Fiji 14 July 2021 – CARE FIJI COMMITMENT-approved operators whose entire teams are fully vaccinated can now access a new communication tool to confirm this important safety measure –

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Brent Hill Appointed Tourism Fiji CEO

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Brent Hill Appointed Tourism Fiji CEO

Nadi, July 12, 2021 – TOURISM Fiji has today announced the appointment of experienced tourism marketing senior executive, Brent Hill as Chief Executive Officer. Hill, who most recently was the

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Unravelling the mystery of Word-of-Mouth

July 10, 2021July 10, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Unravelling the mystery of Word-of-Mouth

eHotelier 8 July 2021 – Historically Word-of-Mouth (WOM) has been important for tourism and hospitality, because we know that customers very rarely make decisions in isolation. Customers select sources of

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Tourism Support for Government’s ‘No Jab No Job’ Requirement

July 10, 2021July 10, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tourism Support for Government’s ‘No Jab No Job’ Requirement

The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) is buoyed and supportive of Government’s recent announcement on the vaccination requirement. The announcement supports the tourism industry’s reasoning that with vaccinated staff

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Tourism Talanoa: We All Know What To Do

July 9, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: We All Know What To Do

FHTA, 8 July 2021 – As we move into another week of this second wave of high volumes of COVID-19 infections, Suva City has introduced an innovative drive-through vaccination option

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Radisson Blu Resort Fiji delivered $10,000 worth of Staff Assistance

July 3, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Radisson Blu Resort Fiji delivered $10,000 worth of Staff Assistance

Since the second wave of Covid-19 in April, with lockdowns and travel restrictions, life has not come easy to anyone in Fiji, especially in the Tourism Industry. Radisson Blu Resort

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Tourism Looks Forward to Industry Support from 2021/2022 National Budget to Survive and Recover

July 3, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tourism Looks Forward to Industry Support from 2021/2022 National Budget to Survive and Recover

FHTA 30 June 2021 – The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) appreciated the recent opportunity to consult with the Ministry of Economy to discuss the National Budget expectations, sharing

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Tourism Talanoa: Stemming the Flow

July 3, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Stemming the Flow

FHTA, 1 July 2021 – Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. The ability to sit back and analyse and dissect past events or instances is a joy that most, especially critics,

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COVID-19 made deep-sea mining more tempting for some Pacific islands

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
COVID-19 made deep-sea mining more tempting for some Pacific islands

The Conversation 15 June 2021 – While most Pacific islands have escaped the worst of COVID-19, a cornerstone of their economies, tourism, has taken a big hit. By June 2020,

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How hospitality is adapting to a contactless world

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
How hospitality is adapting to a contactless world

eHotelier 25 June 2021 – The pandemic led to an increase in contactless technology and experiences in the hospitality industry, and even as we return to a new normal, many

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Hotel brands have lost more than a third of their worth

June 26, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Hotel brands have lost more than a third of their worth

CTC 24 June 2021 – The world’s top 50 most hotel brands have lost more than a third of their worth as nearly USD23 billion is wiped from their value.

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Staff and guests at Radisson Blu fully vaccinated

June 26, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Fijis-Number-1-Family-Resort-Radisson-Blu-Resort-Fiji

All staff and guests staying in-house at the Radisson Blu Resort have been fully vaccinated.

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Tourism Talanoa: It’s Worth Your Consideration

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: It’s Worth Your Consideration

FHTA, 24 June 2021 – As Fiji crossed the 2,000 mark this week in total COVID positive cases, one thing has become glaringly clear in these past few months of

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Tourism Support for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tourism Support for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) fully supports the Fijian government’s current nationwide vaccination campaign. This was endorsed by the FHTA Executive Committee during its meeting on Friday 18th June

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Making sense of your competitive landscape today

June 19, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Making sense of your competitive landscape today

Competition comes in many forms. A hotelier may think the two international branded properties on their street are their biggest threats, but in reality, anything from a resort in a

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Tips to outsmart the competition in the post-COVID hotel market

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tips to outsmart the competition in the post-COVID hotel market

eHotelier 18 June 2021 – As travel slowly begins to recover, a renewed hospitality market is emerging. Most notably, travellers’ behaviour has been drastically affected by the pandemic, which is

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How Do We Know the COVID-19 Vaccine Won’t Have Long-Term Side Effects?

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
How Do We Know the COVID-19 Vaccine Won’t Have Long-Term Side Effects?

MU Health Care 12 June 2021 – One of the reasons some people haven’t signed up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is that they’re worried there might be unknown side

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