Tag: Fiji

Tourism Fiji, Fiji Airways and Trip.com Group, a leading global travel service provider, have signed a three-year strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote Fiji as a destination in the Greater China market. The three parties will collaborate on travel marketing initiatives, products, and data, and fully optimise travel experience for tourists in Fiji. Fiji […]

Fiji Airways is set to begin direct flights between Canberra and Nadi, Fiji, with the option for capital city flyers to head onwards to Los Angeles, San Francisco and even Vancouver. The national airline will join officials from Canberra Airport and the ACT and Fiji governments on Friday April 14 to formally launch the flights, […]

Celebration was in the air this weekend as Fiji welcomed the first group of travellers from Hong Kong after a hiatus of almost three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Coinciding with the Hong Kong 7’s, which is Fiji’s ‘home ground away from home’, the national carrier set off for Hong Kong and brought back […]

Twenty-two dedicated businesses and individuals were acknowledged at the 2023 ANZ Excellence in Tourism Awards last weekend. “When you consider that just over a year ago that despite healthy optimism, there was also so much uncertainty and pressure on the industry to deliver the best that it could once it reopened; it is a remarkable […]

In recognition of International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD), IHG Hotels and Resorts in Fiji have donated a total of F$3000 to support ongoing efforts for children with cancer in Fiji. IHG Fiji made the donation to WOWS Kids Fiji, a non-profit charity foundation for children with cancer. “This is a great opportunity for us to […]

By Ariela Zibiah Jason Chute’s collection of #realpacific: Photographs from Oceania pays homage to the Pacific region’s heterogeneity, a storytellers’ treasure trove. Chute captures warmth in his sunsets and seduction in the milky way which rises out of a Red Breach. The stillness of dawn in a dew-covered countryside, the abundance of our ocean, the […]

By Ariela Zibiah A political cartoon published in 1977 in Fiji has taken on a rather poignant meaning, as it could’ve been speaking to today’s political impasse. The cartoon depicts Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, whose party had just experienced its first loss after two elections, leaving on a boat (Leadership) and Siddiq Koya, the then […]

Writer: Anendra Singh Mother Earth speaks volumes when it comes to defining life, but the Reverend James Shri Bhagwan believes a more universal dialect does that better. In trying to put global existence on its axis from a Pacific Island perspective, Reverend Bhagwan goes deeper to elevate Mother Ocean’s role as the planet’s life source. […]

A significant number of superyachts will visit the South Pacific over the next two years, says Cynthia Rasch, director of Port Denarau, Fiji’s award-winning marina. Port Denarau Marina and Tourism Fiji attended the world’s premier Yacht Show in Monaco late September which drew around 35,000 guests featuring more than 450 top luxury yacht brands and […]

Passport services have been made easier for Fijian passport holders in the United States of America.  The Fijian Government through the Department of Immigration will install e-passport biometric equipment at the Fijian Trade Commission in San Francisco in two weeks time.  Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama assured the Fijian diaspora that services to Fijians will commence […]

After a vigorous shortlisting process, 10 finalists have been chosen by the Domo Vou Talei music competition panel of judges and will now receive ten weeks of coaching from industry experts. Over 130 eclectic entries were received from all over Fiji in the new competition for original music. The Domo Vou Talei judges said the […]

What started as a small interaction over a cup of coffee in 2006 has today turned out to be the biggest cancer fundraising event in Fiji. As Motibhai Group executive director Bhupendra Patel recalls, it was a mere coincidence that he happened to meet a group of Australian ladies at the Suva Central complex on one fine morning 17 […]