Nadi 13 May 2021 – Award-winning Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay’s is proud to share their latest achievement attaining the 2021 Travelers’ Choice Award on TripAdvisor. This achievement honours consistent
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Tourism Talanoa: Getting Our People Back to Work
FHTA, 13 May 2021 – Besides the obvious loss of revenue to their bottom line, many would not be aware of the other missing factor that tourism operators consistently fret
Tips for zoom-fatigued hoteliers
eHotelier 6 May 2021 – If you aren’t suffering from ‘Zoom fatigue’ by now then consider yourself lucky. The increased cognitive strain of looking at people while also trying to
Australia Getting Urgently Needed COVID-19 Supplies to Fiji
Mirage News 7 May 2021 – The Morrison Government has helped arrange the delivery of urgently needed stocks of medical-grade ethanol to Fiji. The ethanol is used in COVID-19 testing
Why has Mauritius left Fiji so far behind?
Devpolicy Blog 5 May 2021 – Mauritius was recently declared by the World Bank to be a high-income country. On the other side of the globe, but with many similar
Tourism Talanoa: Taking Change Seriously
FHTA, 6 May 2021 – As the global economy tries to get back on its feet despite the pandemic, Fiji’s national financial system is no doubt struggling as well. The
Sail Fiji’s “Blue Lanes”
Tourism Fiji May 2021 – To safely reopen our waters to ocean travellers, Fiji has established “Blue Lanes” for yachts and pleasure craft wanting to explore our islands.Under this new initiative, Port Denarau Marina in western Viti Levu and
Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay – Community Care Towards Authorities at the Nawai Police Post
Nadi 30 April 2021 – As a part of the Solia Lesu initiative, the resort delivered sweet treat packs to the Nawai Police Post on 25th of April, 2021. On
RBF to maintain OPR at 0.25pc
Fiji Times 30 April 2021 – The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) Board will maintain the overnight policy rate at 0.25 per cent. This, according to a statement from RBF
Tourism Talanoa: Stay Home to Save Lives
FHTA, 30 April 2021 – As the authorities conduct their contact tracing for this current spike of COVID infections, one can only be both fascinated and wary of the journey
Mauritius has just become a high-income country; Fiji is less than halfway there
DEVPOLICY BLOG 29 April 2021 – Both Mauritius and Fiji are remotely located islands situated far from global business centres, both developed as sugar plantation economies, but their economies have
Tourism Talanoa: No Time for Complacency
FHTA, 22 April 2021 – No sooner had Fiji celebrated a full year of being without a community transmitted case of COVID-19, we find ourselves in a situation very similar
Hotel occupancy rate continues to fluctuate
The ‘Love Our Locals’ campaign has benefited many hotels that are currently open for business, however, the occupancy rate continues to fluctuate. The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association says some
Fiji Airways receives the highest 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating
Fiji Airways 20 April 2021 – Fiji Airways has been Certified with the highest level 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating, becoming one of just six airlines worldwide to currently achieve
Tourism Talanoa: The Fragility of Bubbles
FHTA, 16 April 2021 – The phrase ‘travel bubble’ gets thrown around a lot these days. It has been in circulation since mid-2020 when global tourism and tourism-dependent economies started
Aussies Could Be Travelling Quarantine-Free to Singapore and Fiji Soon
Travel Weekly 9 April 2021 – Aussies may be allowed to travel quarantine-free to some Asian and Pacific countries as soon as august, following on from Tuesday’s announcement of the
Fiji’s Blue Lane Initiative
Cruising World 6 April 2021 – Fiji set a glowing example for other Pacific countries this past sailing season by successfully opening its borders to cruisers. The country consequently welcomed
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
WHO 9 April 2021 – More than one hundred economies have received life-saving COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The milestone comes 42
ECHR rules obligatory vaccination may be necessary
Deutsche Welle 9 April 2021 – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled on Thursday that compulsory vaccinations would not contravene human rights law — and may
Tourism Talanoa: An example of public/private sectors working together
FHTA, 8 April 2021 – This past Easter weekend was a great indication of how lucrative, in various patches, our Domestic Tourism market can be. While it might not be