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Tourism Talanoa: Are We There Yet?

November 12, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Are We There Yet?

FHTA, 12 November 2020 – We consider ourselves extremely fortunate, lucky even and many say blessed, that Fiji never had a full first wave of COVID infections and our small

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Nadi International Airport gets ACI Accreditation

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Nadi International Airport gets ACI Accreditation

Airports Council International 7 November 2020 – Nadi International Airport, operated by Airports Fiji Limited (AFL), became the 100th airport qualifying for the #ACI #AirportHealthAccreditation (#AHA). It recognizes professional excellence in maintaining safe,

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Report highlights huge potential in Vanua Levu for tourism

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Paradise Taveuni

Fijivillage 7 November 2020 – Vanua Levu could become a significant part of the nation’s tourism recovery efforts through targeted investments to attract high-value markets, potentially increasing national tourism earnings

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Repatriation flight for Australia and Fiji Citizens – November 2020

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Repatriation flight for Australia and Fiji Citizens – November 2020

Fiji Airways will operate repatriation flights between Nadi and Brisbane, and from Nadi to Sydney in November 2020, allowing Fijian and Australian citizens as well as approved non-citizens to travel

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Tourism Fiji CEO details new program to make Aussie travellers feel safe and confident

November 5, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tourism Fiji CEO details new program to make Aussie travellers feel safe and confident

Travel DAZE 4 November 2020 – There is no doubt Fiji will be a popular holiday choice for Aussies once they are allowed to travel there again, and the destination

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Tourism Talanoa: Timing Our Comeback

November 5, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Timing Our Comeback

FHTA, 4 November 2020 – Tourism is not just as one of the world’s largest economic sectors, it is one of the world’s highest revenue earners. But that was before

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State can call environment officers as witnesses and also use their reports in Freesoul’s trial

November 5, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
State can call environment officers as witnesses and also use their reports in Freesoul’s trial

Fijivillage 5 November 2020 – Suva Magistrate, Seini Puamau has denied the application of defence to exclude the Ministry of Environment’s report in the trial of Freesoul Real Estate Development

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Tourism Talanoa: Where Are Our Tourism Workers?

October 30, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Where Are Our Tourism Workers?

FHTA, 29 October 2020 – Nadi and the surrounding tourism hot spots are still reeling from the effects of the border closures. With the subsequent drop-in visitors and the tourism

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Fiji Airports says Nadi terminal cleaned and disinfected after every flight

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Fiji Airports says Nadi terminal cleaned and disinfected after every flight

Fiji Times 27 October 2020 – Nadi International Airport is cleaned and disinfected after every flight, states an advisory released by Fiji Airports Limited (FAL). “All high contact surfaces are

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Tourism Talanoa: Our Care Fiji Commitment

October 23, 2020February 22, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
BEST WESTERN Hexagon International Hotel Villas & Spa

FHTA, 22 October 2020 2020 will be remembered as a year defined by adjustments and pivots. Everyone from hotels to bands to schools has been forced to make changes on

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The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa Talks about Pinktober, Breast Cancer Awareness and the Pink Passport

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa Talks about Pinktober, Breast Cancer Awareness and the Pink Passport

Nadi, Fiji ­ – ­October 21, 2020- Marriott International Fiji Resorts continues to support the well-being of its associates through continuing initiatives like the ‘Pink Passport’ and the recently launched

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Tourism stakeholders share knowledge on keeping children and communities safe

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tourism stakeholders share knowledge on keeping children and communities safe

Fiji Times 23 October 2020 – Designed by the AVI, the workshop was facilitated by the Child Safe Volunteering Hub Pacific, in collaboration with the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign

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The Best Resorts in the World: 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
The Best Resorts in the World: 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards

Conde Nast Traveller 6 October 2020 – Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Malolo Island, Fiji We’re not saying we want to have a Tom Hanks-and-Wilson moment at Likuliku Lagoon Resort—but we’re also

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Change in leadership at Tourism Fiji

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Change in leadership at Tourism Fiji

Tourism Fiji 21 October 2020 After four and a half years at the helm of Tourism Fiji, its Chief Executive Officer, Matt Stoeckel, announced today that he is leaving the organisation for

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Australia travel restrictions: Five big problems they’ll face with any travel bubble

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Australia travel restrictions: Five big problems they’ll face with any travel bubble

TRAVELLER 20 Oct 2020 – When Shakespeare penned the immortal line, “bubble, bubble, toil and trouble” in Macbeth he was thinking of a toxic witch’s brew but there’s another bubble

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Tourism Talanoa: Our Road Back Looks Difficult But Promising

October 16, 2020February 22, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Our Road Back Looks Difficult But Promising

FHTA, 15 October 2020 The road back for Fiji tourism is long and winding but rest assured, it is already happening. With the Blue Lane initiative picking up slowly but

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Tourism Fiji Launches New Local Event Fund

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Tourism Fiji Launches New Local Event Fund

Tourism Fiji 13 October 2020  Tourism Fiji has launched a new domestic tourism initiative called the “Local Event Fund.” The initiative is available for any Fiji-based tourism business that would like to further

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Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort employing 195 workers due to local tourism

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Glen Vavaitamana News
Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort employing 195 workers due to local tourism

Fiji Times 12 October 2020 – 195 staff of the Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort are currently employed due to local tourism with most of them working for five days a

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Warwick Fiji Reopens its Doors

October 12, 2020October 11, 2025 Glen Vavaitamana News
Warwick Fiji Reopens its Doors

WHR 9 October 2020 On Friday 9 October, Warwick Fiji reopened its doors to domestic guests. In attendance was their chief guest was the Minister of Tourism as well as

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Tourism Talanoa: Happy Fiji Day!

October 9, 2020February 22, 2021 Glen Vavaitamana Letter from CEO, News, Resources
Tourism Talanoa: Happy Fiji Day!

FHTA, 9 October 2020 On the eve of Fiji’s 50th anniversary as an independent sovereign nation, we take the time to acknowledge all those that have shaped our country’s path.

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