10-Year Plan For North
A 10-year partnership involving domestic airports is expected to improve chances of hosting a Fiji Tourism Expo in the North. “We know there is demand,” Tourism and Aviation minister, Viliame Gavoka...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles For Tourism
Tourism Fiji will replace its current fleet with electric vehicles (EV) this year. Tourism Fiji chief operations officer Leigh Howard said they were excited at the prospect of shifting their current...
View ArticleLet’s Go Local: Spartan Race Good For Businesses
Working out and building bonds are part and parcel of the inaugural Spartan Fiji Teams Challenge in the country. The event is presented by Fiji Airways and will span three days – November 9-12 – at the...
View ArticleCan Vanessa Hudson Restore Faith In Qantas Airline?
In January 1995 Tony Lucas joined Qantas as a junior pilot – crisscrossing the globe as second officer in the cockpit of the famous Boeing 747-400. As a graduate of flight school in Adelaide, winning a...
View ArticleAfter Bank Turmoil And Monetary Tightening, Fear Of Lurking Recession
The second fortnight of March witnessed four notable bank failures. Two of them were in USA with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) starting the scare a week earlier in regard to the falling paper of value of...
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Let’s Go Local: Tanoa Rakiraki’s Emerald Anniversary
The Tanoa Hotel Group reached another milestone as its Tanoa Rakiraki Hotel celebrated its 55th anniversary. Located along Suncoast, it was the group’s first registered hotel. It is owned and operated...
View ArticleTraining For Female Sugarcane Farmers
For the first time, Sugar Research Institute of Fiji (SRIF) will train women on best management practice of sugarcane. Sugar Research Institute of Fiji (SRIF) chief executive officer Professor...
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Let’s Go Local: Still So Much To Explore – Sonal Sharma:
There’s so much Fiji has to offer that despite growing up in Fiji, there’s still so much I would love to explore, starting from Taveuni. This was how Sonal Sharma described the places she’d love to...
View ArticleClub Gathers To Train Locals
A hotelier has formed a networking group to build on local talents for the tourism industry Raffe Group manager learning, capability and quality, Altaab Khan, founded a trainer networking club. The...
View ArticleDelivery Service Revamps Online Applications To Avoid Scams
An online food delivery business revamped its digital website and mobile app yesterday. The relaunch comes after the company was forced to pay more than $4000 after allegations of customer scams. Last...
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Let’s Go Local: Mamanuca’s Sand, Surf And Snorkel For Ditui Raika
Mixologist, Ditui Raika, makes a great brand ambassador for The Distillery Co Ltd. The sales and promoter for the Pacific Harbour-based liquor manufacturer, says the guiding principle in all production...
View ArticleGPH G & Tea Signature Cocktail
The Grand Pacific Hotel, in Suva, has introduced its very own signature cocktail, the GPH G and Tea, as a celebration of the hotel’s rich heritage. The GPH G and Tea is a carefully curated cocktail...
View ArticleStarlink By August
Residential customers of the next – and believed to be the best global – satellite internet service provider, will have to contend with VSAT installation, SunBiz has established. Starlink (TS2...
View ArticleCAAF Board Chosen
The Government has made its decision on the appointment of the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAF) board members, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Civil Aviation, Viliame Gavoka, confirmed...
View ArticleWhere Turtles Gather: Koroi
Aformer editor and public relations officer is the latest addition to the board of directors at Fijian Broadcasting Corporation. Seasoned journalist Mesake Koroi is a veteran of the mainstream print...
View ArticleFire Safety Concerns Behind Stop Order At WG Plaza
A 14-day stop order that stretched into four months has raised questions over the continued development of the country’s tallest building. WG Friendship Tower says internal resolutions were being...
View ArticleUS Dollar Movement This Week
The US dollar continues to weaken against our Fiji dollar basket from last week. The US shares and the greenback both fell after the US Federal Reserve raised official interest rates by 25 basis...
View ArticleImpact Of Traffic Congestion
Twenty years ago, Suva used to be a beautiful city with limited number of vehicles. Today, it has become a nightmare at times. It used to be a driving time of less than 30 minutes between Suva and...
View ArticleFiji’s Air Forces In $2b Pacific Expansion Plan
Australia’s Albanese government will plunge almost $2 billion (FJ$2.96 billion) into the Pacific, as it tries to expand diplomatic and economic links with island nations and entrench Australia’s...
View ArticleFour Hundred Thousand Investment
Garden & Water World, a retailer for garden products, water features and decoration items, has opened an outlet in Nadi from its recent $400,000 investment plan. The demand for property development...
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