Nadi, July 12, 2021 – TOURISM Fiji has today announced the appointment of experienced tourism marketing senior executive, Brent Hill as Chief Executive Officer. Hill, who most recently was the
Unravelling the mystery of Word-of-Mouth
eHotelier 8 July 2021 – Historically Word-of-Mouth (WOM) has been important for tourism and hospitality, because we know that customers very rarely make decisions in isolation. Customers select sources of
Tourism Support for Government’s ‘No Jab No Job’ Requirement
The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) is buoyed and supportive of Government’s recent announcement on the vaccination requirement. The announcement supports the tourism industry’s reasoning that with vaccinated staff
Tourism Talanoa: We All Know What To Do
FHTA, 8 July 2021 – As we move into another week of this second wave of high volumes of COVID-19 infections, Suva City has introduced an innovative drive-through vaccination option
Radisson Blu Resort Fiji delivered $10,000 worth of Staff Assistance
Since the second wave of Covid-19 in April, with lockdowns and travel restrictions, life has not come easy to anyone in Fiji, especially in the Tourism Industry. Radisson Blu Resort
Tourism Looks Forward to Industry Support from 2021/2022 National Budget to Survive and Recover
FHTA 30 June 2021 – The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) appreciated the recent opportunity to consult with the Ministry of Economy to discuss the National Budget expectations, sharing
Tourism Talanoa: Stemming the Flow
FHTA, 1 July 2021 – Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. The ability to sit back and analyse and dissect past events or instances is a joy that most, especially critics,
COVID-19 made deep-sea mining more tempting for some Pacific islands
The Conversation 15 June 2021 – While most Pacific islands have escaped the worst of COVID-19, a cornerstone of their economies, tourism, has taken a big hit. By June 2020,
How hospitality is adapting to a contactless world
eHotelier 25 June 2021 – The pandemic led to an increase in contactless technology and experiences in the hospitality industry, and even as we return to a new normal, many
Hotel brands have lost more than a third of their worth
CTC 24 June 2021 – The world’s top 50 most hotel brands have lost more than a third of their worth as nearly USD23 billion is wiped from their value.
Staff and guests at Radisson Blu fully vaccinated
All staff and guests staying in-house at the Radisson Blu Resort have been fully vaccinated. General Manager Charles Homsy says considering the current COVID-19 situation – the resort has tightened
Tourism Talanoa: It’s Worth Your Consideration
FHTA, 24 June 2021 – As Fiji crossed the 2,000 mark this week in total COVID positive cases, one thing has become glaringly clear in these past few months of
Tourism Support for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association (FHTA) fully supports the Fijian government’s current nationwide vaccination campaign. This was endorsed by the FHTA Executive Committee during its meeting on Friday 18th June
Making sense of your competitive landscape today
Competition comes in many forms. A hotelier may think the two international branded properties on their street are their biggest threats, but in reality, anything from a resort in a
Tips to outsmart the competition in the post-COVID hotel market
eHotelier 18 June 2021 – As travel slowly begins to recover, a renewed hospitality market is emerging. Most notably, travellers’ behaviour has been drastically affected by the pandemic, which is
How Do We Know the COVID-19 Vaccine Won’t Have Long-Term Side Effects?
MU Health Care 12 June 2021 – One of the reasons some people haven’t signed up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is that they’re worried there might be unknown side
The Delta Variant Could Soon Become the Dominant COVID-19 Strain
TIME 16 June 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly becoming an arms race among the emerging variants of the virus, and at the moment, there’s no question which one
Tourism Talanoa: Are You Vaccinated?
FHTA, 17 June 2021 – This is has become the start of many conversations around Fiji whether catching up on a Zoom meeting, on Viber message groups and family catch-ups
Tourism Roars Back in Hawaii But It Looks Very Different As New Challenges Surface
Skift 9 June 2021 – Experts say Hawaii’s tourism officials are making a genuine effort to build back better, but this is where the rubber meets the road: Who will
A Blueprint for Preventing Another Pandemic
Time Magazine 9 June 2021 – In hindsight, we could have prepared more seriously, reacted more quickly, communicated more effectively, protected one another more actively and so on. But the