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Blue Swan Daily – 16th January 2020
Tourism New Zealand revealed (16-Jan-2020) the following highlights from ‘The Mood of the Nation’ research, conducted by Kantar TNS on behalf of Tourism New Zealand and Tourism Industry Aotearoa:
Media Release – 15th January 2020
At midday today, tropical disturbance TD04F was located near 13.1 south latitude, 170.4 east longitude or about 725km west of Rotuma. Close to its centre TD04F is expected to have average winds of up to 40km/hr with momentary gusts to 60km/hr.
TD04F is expected to gradually intensify into a tropical depression by this evening and expected to further intensify into a category 1 cyclone by tomorrow evening.
TD04F is currently moving eastwards at about 19km/hrs. On this track the centre is expected to be located about 580km west of Rotuma at 12am tomorrow and about 374km west of Rotuma at 12pm tomorrow.
Read the full release here.
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FBoS Release No. 01 – 15th January 2020.
Compared to Quarter 3, 2018:
The number of Rooms Available increased by 6.0%.
The number of Rooms Sold increased by 8.4%.
The Room Occupancy Rate increased by 1.3 percentage points to 62.1%.
The number of Beds Available increased by 2.0%.
The number of Beds Sold increased by 6.5%.
The Bed Occupancy Rate increased by 2.4 percentage points to 57.8%.
Takings from Accommodation, Sales of Food, Liquor, Telephone and Other
Miscellaneous Charges totaled $371.4 million, an increase of 6.8%.
Paid Employment in the Hotel Sector increased by 3.2%.
Media Release – 14th January 2020
Fijians are being urged to store drinking water by the Water Authority of Fiji (WAF) in light of another tropical depression which is expected to turn into a cyclone, bringing adverse weather to the Fiji group.
WAF CEO, Mr Barry Omundson urged Fijians to boil and store drinking water for consumption as adverse weather may affect WAF’s services in some areas.
“Our teams will once again work around the clock to maintain good water supply throughout Fiji, however, we ask that all Fijian families be prepared and take every precaution,” Said Mr Omundson. Read more…
Domain – 14th January 2020
Last week the US updated its travel advice for Australia, telling citizens to exercise “increased caution” due to the bushfires, which have destroyed more than 2000 homes and claimed 27 lives across the country.
Affected areas in Victoria included East Gippsland and the high country, where accommodation providers surveyed by the Victoria Tourism Industry Council reported a 100 per cent cancellation rate for the month of January.
But the survey, sent to members last week, found operators in towns outside fire-affected areas also reported between a 10 and 60 per cent cancellation rate, chief executive Felicia Mariani said. Read more…
Fiji Times – 14th January 2019.
Melania Lavekau is a pampering connoisseur.
That means that if you ever get the chance of visiting Koro Sun Resort and Rainforest Spa, in Savusavu, your health and comfort would be her top priority.
The mother of two is in charge of the resort’s prestigious spa, whose products include the world-famous banana leaf body wrap.
Melania’s interest in spa began in the village when as a young girl she used to watch her grandmother heal sick people through traditional massage treatment. Read more..
Media Release – 13th January 2020
Malamala Beach Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Winston Fong as the new Executive Chef. Winston replaces Lance Seeto who was part of the pre-opening team and the Executive Chef ever since. Winston brings a wealth of knowledge having most recently been Chef de Cuisine at the five star Kokomo Private Island Fiji.
After growing up in Fiji, Winston spent the next 10 years in Australia and Asia learning his craft from some of the top chefs in the region.
After extensive travel and work throughout Europe and South East Asia Winston then made the call to move back ‘home’ to Fiji in 2017.
Winston has a passion for developing and enhancing local cookery with western methods as well as bringing his own twist and technique to local chefs with a view to further develop the skill set of the kitchen team at Malamala Beach Club.
With Winston’s proven passion in both local produce and fresh seafood watch out for Winston’s influence across the Malamala Beach Club menu in the coming months.
Feel free to drop Winston an email at winston@ssc.com.fj
Vinaka,
The team at Malamala Beach Club
Media Release – 13th January 2020
At midday today, tropical disturbance TD04F was analyzed approximately 1670 kilometers to the far northwest of Fiji or 760 kilometers west-northwest of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu.
TD04F is slow-moving and is anticipated to make a southeast movement. The potential for this system to develop into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 to 48 hours is low to moderate, becoming high thereafter.
TD04F is expected to continue intensifying and become a Tropical Cyclone on Wednesday afternoon. Once named, it will be called Tropical Cyclone TINO. Read more…
Fiji Sun – 13th January 2020
Fiji Sun – 12th January 2020
The Fijian Government’s Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards is now open!
The Awards will recognise and acknowledge contributions made by young Fijians in various fields of development. The Awards will be conferred to deserving young Fijians, who satisfy the relevant Award category criteria.
Fijians are encouraged to apply, provided they meet the following eligibility:
To nominate or learn more, visit www.youthawards.gov.fj
Nominations close: 31 March 2020
For any enquiry, contact us on support@youthawards.gov.fj or 3305411.
Fiji Sun – 9th January 2020
Port Denarau Marina Press Release – Monday 6th January, 2020
The Chairman and Directors of Port Denarau Marina Limited are very pleased to announce that our current General Manager, Cynthia Rasch has been appointed Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the company, effective immediately.
A citizen of Fiji, Cynthia has been the General Manager of the Marina since 2018 and is a Certified Marina Manager (CMM). Currently, she is
studying for her MBA with the University of Fiji.Advancing through a series of promotions at Digicel Fiji, Cynthia was headhunted for a management position at PDML and joined in 2011.
She has led many strategic initiatives that have had positive impact on multiple business areas driving down costs, increasing revenue, and improving the overall performance of various business areas.
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Port Denarau Marina Press Release dated 3rd January 2020.
Leadership Fiji has today signed up Port Denarau Marina, Fiji’s premier marina facility as its first partner from the tourism industry in the Silver category.
This new partnership has come at an opportune time, as Leadership Fiji winds up its 2020 activities, and prepares to take its programs to another level.
Port Denarau Marina’s Chief Executive Officer, Cynthia Rasch said “We are delighted to be associated with Leadership Fiji’s program since the past few years. This sponsorship is a commitment of our ongoing support to the valuable education that their program provides. We believe in Leadership Fiji’s mission to building a better nation through the development of progressive leadership and strategic foresight capacity and look forward to growing our partnership further.”
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Press Release – Port Denarau Marina is Leaders hip Fiji’s First Tourism Industry Partner
Media Release from the Fiji Roads Authority as at 8am, Monday 30th December 2019
This situation report is to advise of the status of FRA’s assets due to the effect of TC Sarai
Keep up-to-date with the latest situation by following #FRAupdate on Facebook: Fiji Roads Authority and Twitter: @FijiRoads or visit our website: www.fijiroads.org
Members of the public can also contact the FRA on toll free number 5720 or email info@fijiroads.org
The full list of affected roads can be viewed here.
7:30pm – 29 December 2019
CASUALITY
WEATHER UPDATE
EVACUATION CENTER UPDATE
EFL
WAF
MSAF
FRA
FIJI AIRWAYS
OPERATIONAL FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Media Release from the Fiji Roads Authority as at 1pm, Saturday 28th December 2019
This situation report is to advise of the status of FRA’s assets due to the effect of TC Sarai
Keep up-to-date with the latest situation by following #FRAupdate on Facebook: Fiji Roads Authority and Twitter: @FijiRoads or visit our website: www.fijiroads.org
Members of the public can also contact the FRA on toll free number 5720 or email info@fijiroads.org
The full list of affected roads can be viewed here.
TO attract more tourists into Lautoka, we must promote sporting groups since we have facilities such as Churchill Park to cater for the demand.
This was the view of Tanoa Hotel Group area general manager Narend Kumar.
Mr Kumar, who has been with the group for the past 11 years, explained the room numbers continued to increase because of the growing public demand.
“Tanoa Waterfront Hotel currently has 92 rooms which is just enough to cater for the current demand … we have also renovated all rooms and extended the gym to attract sports teams.”
The Lautoka man believed there needed to be more investment on inventory if developments continued to extend in Lautoka. He stated that while Lautoka may not have much tourist attractions the Waterfront mostly banked its services on the three growing segments which are corporate, sports and conference.
He stated the visiting friends and families market was also growing but usually sky rocketed when Lautoka played host to a major public event.
Read the full article here.
