Blue Swan Daily – Saturday 1st June 2019. Radisson Hotel Group has launched its new Radisson Meetings global meetings and events offering that has been designed to meet the ever-changing
Phocuswright: Destinations need to create extraordinary experiences for repeat business
Blue Swan Daily – Monday 27th May 2019. After travelling to visit family, friends and other obligations such as weddings, the actual trips where travellers actually get to choose their
Visitor arrivals to Macau up 16% in Apr-2019
Blue Swan Daily – Monday 27th May 2019. Macau‘s Statistics and Census Service reported (23-May-2019) total visitor arrivals to Macau for Apr-2019. Details include:
SIA: Challenges with 737 and 787 aircraft have ‘moderated’ capacity plans
Blue Swan Daily – Monday 27th May 2019. Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) senior VP of financing Stephen Barnes stated (17-May-2019) “We need to recognise that events relating to aircraft are
Ben Johnson WINS Director of Sales & Marketing Award
ETB Travel News – Monday May 27th 2019. Mr. Ben Johnson has been named ‘2018 Director of the Year – Sales and Marketing’ at the Outrigger Hospitality Group’s ‘The Outrigger
Air Service Agreement tops China agenda: Vanuatu PM
One PNG News Online – Monday 27th May 2019. Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai said that he expected to conclude an Air Service Agreement with China during this week’s visit.
National Minimum Wage Rate is for unskilled workers – Bala
Fiji Village – Monday 27th May 2019. Employment Minister, Parveen Bala has highlighted that people need to understand that the National Minimum Wage Rate is for unskilled workers. Bala also
Tourism traders converge on Denarau; 4000-plus meetings scheduled
The Fiji Times, 23 May 2019 – ABOUT 500 tourism stakeholders are participating the first day of the 2019 Fijian Tourism Expo at the Denarau Convention Centre at the Sheraton
Pacific research report predicts flat-lining of capital expenditure
The Fiji Times, 24 May 2019 – A NEW report released today predicts a flat-lining of capital expenditure over the next two years with a slowdown in private investment. ANZ
Fiji’s tourism industry well on track
The Fiji Times, 24 May 2019 – FIJI’S tourism industry is well on its way to reaching the $2.2 billion mark by 2021, says Tourism Minister Premila Kumar. Speaking to
Fiji Airways reaches $1bn mark
The Fiji Times, 24 May 2019 – NATIONAL airline Fiji Airways reached the $1 billion mark in sales and revenue in 2018 — a first for any local company. While
Aircraft grounding fails to hamper operations
The Fiji Times, 24 May 2019 – FIJI Airways was able to cater for passenger and route changes despite the grounding of the airline’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 earlier this
Tourism is paving the way for Fiji’s growth – Kumar
Fijivillage.com, 24 May 2019 – Our tourism industry is now worth $2 billion and Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Premila Kumar says Fiji is well on track to reach
FRCS has collected $4 million through Plastic Bag Levy – Das
Fijivillage.com, 23 May 2019 – Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has collected $4 million Plastic Bag Levy through the VAT Monitoring System since its inception in December 2017. This was
2.1 million people visited the Pacific in 2018
Fijivillage.com, 22 May 2019 – The South Pacific Tourism Organisation says 2.1 million people visited the Pacific last year ‑ a 2% increase compared to 2017. Radio NZ reports the
FCCC to undertake extensive national consultation regarding proposed electricity tariff increase by EFL
Fijivillage.com, 23 May 2019 – The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission says they will undertake an extensive national consultation regarding the proposed 17.27 percent electricity tariff increase by Energy Fiji
FRCS: Employment taxation incentive
The Fiji Times, 22 May 2019 – FIJI REVENUE AND CUSTOMS SERVICE: EMPLOYMENT Taxation Scheme (ETS) is an incentive made available to employer (s) who are required to pay income tax
FBoS Provisional Visitors Arrival – April 2019
FBoS Release No. 41, 2019 – 22nd May 2019 Key Facts: * Total visitor arrivals are up by 20.9% compared to the same period last year. * Up: Australia 22.5%,
Amazon enters flight bookings
The Blue Swan Daily, 21 May 2019 – For several years since the advent of the large data aggregators like Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, there has been speculation about
Total of 277 Chinese investment projects successfully implemented
Fijivillage.com, 21 May 2019 – Over the last five years, a total of 277 Chinese investment projects were successfully implemented worth approximately $2.36 billion. This was highlighted by Minister for