Tourism Fiji 29 April 2022 – Tourism Fiji will replace plastic water bottles with water dispensers at this year’s Fijian Tourism Expo (FTE) as part of a broader shift towards ‘greening’ operations and promoting more sustainable tourism industry.
This is possible thanks to the Expos latest sponsor, Pleass Global, who will be providing water dispensers to serve close to 200 international and local delegates at the annual expo next month. The dispensers will be situated at key locations during the event to ensure they are accessible to delegates and help reduce the event’s reliance on single-use plastic water bottles.
Pleass Global Limited Marketing Director Cate Pleass said, “Pleass Global Limited, through its market-leading brand AquaSafe®, is delighted to support Fiji Tourism Expo by providing sustainable solutions in line with the events’ aspirations. Tourism is so vital to Fiji, and we are very happy to provide support for FTE by providing “Fiji’s Favourite Water, AquaSafe®” to the many delegates attending both from the domestic market and of course international delegates.”
Water stations will also include 100% biodegradable, environmentally friendly cups and Tourism Fiji will be supplying all FTE delegates with reusable water bottles for this year’s event.
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill said, “This is a wonderful initiative and continues our drive to introduce sustainable practices across all our events and marketing. Choosing to replace single-use plastic bottles with water dispensers and cardboard water packs is a small but important step and the first of many we’re making as an organisation towards operating more sustainably. We warmly welcome Pleass Global as a sponsor for this year’s expo and thank them for this important contribution.”
The Fijian Tourism Expo 2022 will be held at the Denarau Island Conference Centre at the Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort from 11 – 13 May.
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