285 articles tagged "tourism"
Fantasha Lockington has been reappointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association. This comes after her reappointment by the Board of Directors. Her term is effective from April
Any person from any country in the world who is fully vaccinated, tests negative and has travel insurance can come to Fiji from today. Tourism Fiji CEO Brent Hill says the main thing that has been changed from tod
Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay has celebrated its 5th year anniversary. Resort General Manager, Silvano Dressino says one of Marriott’s core values is to celebrate cultural diversity and inclusion and he has witne
The Sheraton Fiji Golf and Beach Resort which opened after more than 2 years today following renovations works will employ 450 new and old workers. The total cost for the renovation was $73 million. The resort
The Consul at the New Zealand High Commission, Jennifer Du Toit says it is great to see Kiwi tourists return to Fiji and provide much needed economic injection to the tourism industry following the announcement that New
Tourism Fiji CEO Brent Hill says their website has recorded a 55% increase in traffic in the 24 hours following the easing of New Zealand’s home isolation requirements, signalling that Kiwis are interested to explore
For the first time in two years, fully vaccinated people will be allowed access to farewell their loved ones departing Nadi International Airport from tomorrow. Fiji Airports Chairman, Geoffrey Shaw says COVID-19 p
A new beach themed bar named “The Wreck†which is owned by Aquarius On The Beach opened at Wailoaloa Beach last night. The bar is built around a 35 foot fibreglass boat with mahogany bar counters, a full select
28-year-old, Ravuama Sego who is the Sales and Marketing Coordinator of Crusoe’s Retreat in the Coral Coast will be returning to work after close to two years as the resort will reopen on the 10th of next month after
Fiji expects to receive around 447,000 visitors this year. This was highlighted by the Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya in parliament while answering a question by FijiFirst MP Rohit Sharma if Koya could update Pa
The latest Westpac Wave edition on Fiji’s Economic Update says there is now indication that around 50 percent of Fijians in the tourism sector have gone back to work as hotels and resorts are reopening. Westpac s
Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya says the number of tourists who have tested positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival in Fiji would be very minimal. He highlighted this when questioned how many tourists have tested
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill says the announcement by Australia of a change to rapid antigen test for pre-departure from PCR test, and a change in the isolation policy to 7 days instead of 14 days for positive cases is
Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya says in December alone, Fiji welcomed about 36,000 visitors from Travel Partner Countries. He says most of these tourists were either from Australia or the United States.
Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airports have dismissed claims that tourists were stranded at the Nadi International Airport yesterday. The CEO of Tourism Fiji Brent Hill says there was no one stuck and there was a Tourist
The Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Fiji are yet to respond to claims made by an Australian tourist that COVID-safe protocols are not being followed in a Nadi based resort. Sapphire Loebler of New South Wales says
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill says it has been difficult for hotels and resorts as there are guests who are testing positive for COVID-19 and have to be isolated, but having around 30,000 guests so far is an incredible a
Koro Sun Resort and Rainforest Spa in Savusavu has welcomed back majority of their staff and say they are fully booked until the end of next month. General Manager Wayne Annan says the immediate surge of bookings w
Savusavu based five-star Namale Resort and Spa has opened their doors after being closed for about 20 months and have re-employed their 200 staff. Resort Manager, Bill Keefe says they had to scale back and were a
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill is urging businesses to ensure that all their staff are adhering to the COVID safe measures such as doing VAX Check and the QR check-in. Hill says he has received reports that places ar
