Category: Tourism Talanoa

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 16 April 2026 – Last week, I wrote about the daily rhythms we have come to accept as a developing Pacific Island Country, located where

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 09 April 2026 – The rain came first, as it always does, interspersed with gusts of warm winds. Sheets of it, relentless and familiar, driven

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 02 April 2026 – One of the clearest lessons from recent years is that no tourism industry can afford to face global shocks alone. When

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 26 March 2026 – I have always believed that if tourism is to endure in the Pacific, then we must move beyond simply using the

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 19 March 2026 – As Fiji prepares to host the eighth Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival in 2026, we reflect on how naturally culture and

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 5 March 2026 – Digitalised bureaucracy is still bureaucracy. There are times in an industry’s life when you have to step back and ask whether

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 26 February 2026 – When the Fiji Meteorological Service raises a Coral Bleaching Alert Level 2, it is not just a scientific update buried in

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 12 February 2026 – I have always supported sensible reform—especially when it strengthenstransparency and trust. Tax compliance matters. Fairness matters. Modernisation matters. But as the

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 11 December 2025 – A year in the industry that never sleeps often feels like dog years. Everything moves faster than you expect; the highs

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 04 December 2025 – I have always believed that the strength of Fiji’s tourism industry rests not only on the beauty of our reefs or

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 27 November 2025 – Every so often, I am reminded that Fiji’s tourism industry does not operate in a bubble. We are part of a

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 20 November 2025 – The Employment Relations (Amendments) Bill No. 27 recently underwent public consultations through the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economic Affairs. According to

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 13 November 2025 – There’s a kind of magic in tourism that goes beyond palm trees and sunsets. It’s in the people who greet you

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 30 October 2025 – When we first heard about the VAT Monitoring System (VMS), there was concern for how it would be applied. The idea

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 23 October 2025 – There has been much debate recently around labour mobility, unemployment, and workforce productivity in Fiji. As FHTA CEO, I see daily

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 16 October 2025 – It’s a curious thing, isn’t it? A law that was designed to protect workers is now potentially hindering the very industries

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 10 October 2025 – I often comment that being a small team might actually be our superpower: adaptability, agility, and the ability to be everywhere

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 2 October 2025 – Over the past two years, Fiji’s tourism sector has done what many thought impossible. In 2024 we welcomed more than one

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 25 September 2025 – Change is a constant in everything we do, including tourism, and while ensuring continuity drives our success, it is embracing change

Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, 18 September 2025 – When the Cabinet recently endorsed Fiji’s Women’s Economic Empowerment National Action Plan (WEE NAP), many women are rightly hoping it was