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SPTO Launches Job Portal To Assist Former Tourism Workers

February 19, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
SPTO Launches Job Portal To Assist Former Tourism Workers

SPTO 19 February 2021 – In response to the widespread and significant impacts of COVID-19 on the Pacific tourism industry, The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) has launched SPTO Jobslink. The

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The 50 Most Romantic Hotels In The World

February 19, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
The 50 Most Romantic Hotels In The World

Big 7 Travel 14 February 2021 – Romance Concierges, private island villas, outdoor bathtubs and candelit dinners – we’re highlighting the hotels you’ll want to book well in advance for

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Aviation has headed back to the 1930s; the world could face a similar historic reset

February 15, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Aviation has headed back to the 1930s; the world could face a similar historic reset

A massive downturn expected earlier to last just a few months has turned into something quite different and even now, we still don’t know just how different it will be.

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Preparing for the post-Covid world

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Preparing for the post-Covid world

Corporate Travel Community 10 February 2021 – People’s attitudes and behaviours have shifted during months of lockdown and now over a year of a pandemic, and these changes are likely

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Survivor Crew Returning To Fiji, Shooting To Begin Soon

February 15, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Survivor Crew Returning To Fiji, Shooting To Begin Soon

With the news that Australian Survivor is to begin filming in Queensland in the coming months, Survivor US is also looking to resume production, as members of the crew are

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International Travel Awards, Spa Awards, Dining Awards 2021 Nominations are Open

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana Active Members Area, News
International Travel Awards, Spa Awards, Dining Awards 2021 Nominations are Open

Visit https://internationaltravelawards.org/ to register or enter your hotel, tourism board, attractions, theme parks and travel companies for International Travel Awards 2021. The International Travel Awards is one of the most

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Pacific island nations turn to Beijing-backed AIIB as pandemic sinks economies

February 15, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Pacific island nations turn to Beijing-backed AIIB as pandemic sinks economies

Reuters 15 February 2021 – Pacific island nations are turning to the China-backed AIIB development bank to plug funding gaps in their pandemic-ravaged budgets after exhausting financing options from traditional

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Re-opening the Pacific: a phased approach to resuming international travel

February 15, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Re-opening the Pacific: a phased approach to resuming international travel

Devpolicy Blog 15 February 2021 – Across the world – including here in the Pacific region – countries are now beginning to look at how to ease travel restrictions that

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Tourism Talanoa: Our Sustainability

February 12, 2021February 22, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Our Sustainability

FHTA, 11 February 2021 – Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” And so, change we

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Fiji Airways extends use of flight credits to end of 2022

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Fiji Airways extends use of flight credits to end of 2022

Fiji Airways 9 February 2021 – Fiji Airways is offering greater flexibility to customers holding flight credits by extending validity up to 31st December 2022. The credits are for cancelled

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Marriott Resort and The Westin Resort Introduces ‘Good Travel with Marriott Bonvoy’

February 8, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana CSR, News
Marriott Resort and The Westin Resort Introduces ‘Good Travel with Marriott Bonvoy’

Nadi 5 February 2021 – Against the backdrop of the global pandemic, and with travellers increasingly aspiring to make a positive impact on the communities they visit whether locally or

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6 Unexpected Kid-friendly Destinations That Offer Plenty of Adventure, History, and Culture

February 8, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
6 Unexpected Kid-friendly Destinations That Offer Plenty of Adventure, History, and Culture

From Fiji to Uganda to Patagonia, these unexpected kid-friendly destinations around the world offer experiences the whole family will enjoy.

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Care Fiji Commitment programme receives international recognition

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Care Fiji Commitment programme receives international recognition

FBC News 7 February 2021 – The Care Fiji Commitment (CFC) Programme has received recognition by the World Travel & Tourism Council. With this recognition, Fijian tourism businesses that have

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Plastic Waste Free Islands project launches zero plastic waste toolkits for tourism in SIDS

February 5, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Plastic Waste Free Islands project launches zero plastic waste toolkits for tourism in SIDS

IUCN 5 February 2021 – As part of IUCN’s Plastic Waste Free Islands project that promotes circular economy actions that demonstrate effective, quantifiable solutions to addressing plastic leakage from Small

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Tourism Talanoa: Confusing the New Reality

February 5, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Confusing the New Reality

FHTA, 4 February 2021 – Is 2021 the year that travel rebounds? Travel experts say there is increasing confidence for international travel in the second half of the year, but

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Partnership between FHTA and TLTB formalized in MOU

February 5, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Partnership between FHTA and TLTB formalized in MOU

FHTA 4 Feb 2021 – A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) and the I-Taukei Land Trust Board (TLTB) in Suva recently.

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Fiji Airways Awarded Highest Diamond “Hospital-Grade” Airline Certification by APEX Health Safety powered by SimpliFlying

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Fiji Airways

Fiji Airways 5 February 2021 – Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, has been awarded the Diamond certification, the highest standard for travel safeguards in a COVID-19 world by the Airline

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Why now could be the best time to re-conceptualise your hotel

February 3, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Why now could be the best time to re-conceptualise your hotel

eHotelier 2 Feb 2021 – Health and economic crises have an established pattern of changing our behaviours, our values and even our cities, with our built environment evolving to reflect

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Economic recovery – Process to be gradual

February 3, 2021October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Economic recovery – Process to be gradual

Fiji Times 2 Feb 2021 – THE recovery of the domestic economy is anticipated to be gradual because of uncertainty surrounding the post-COVID-19 environment and the resulting new norm.

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Pacific road to recovery requires regional solutions

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana News
Pacific road to recovery requires regional solutions

Bluenotes 1 Feb 2021 – No doubt after the pandemic we will see a shift away from the Pacific islands being so heavily dependent on tourism as a source of

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