2007 Vanuatu Travel News

Month by month index of 2007 Vanuatu newsletters

Vanuatu travel newsletter, The Travel Bug, was published every month in 2007. All news items have been indexed below, under their respective month.

Australia - New Caledonia's Top Holiday Destination
Samoa’s Coconuts Beach Club Resort Update - the advancement of two of its top managers
Fiji Beach Listed Among Sexiest - Forbes Traveler lists Natadola beach as one of the top 25 sexy beaches
Final Call for Japan Starter Pack - over 4 million Japanese visited Pacific in 2005
Brand South Pacific Going in the Right Direction
New Caledonia Seeks Unions Support to Build Tourism

Vanuatu Tourism TV - A World's First - internet based Vanuatu TV station
New Holiday Apartments in Port Vila - new Lagoon Beach Resort Apartments
2006 Record Year for World Tourism - 842 million arrivals and a 4.5% growth rate
Pacific Islands Institute Scholarship - a tuition-waiver scholarship awarded to Pacific islands' undergraduate students
South Pacific Tourism on Japan Mobile Phones - customers can download South Pacific images as screensavers
Air New Zealand Launches New Brand Campaign - 'Amazing Journeys. Every Day' campaign

Air Caledonie Considering Regional Flights - to Cook Islands and Vanuatu
Nomads and Global Gossip Sending 2 Lucky Winners to Vanuatu
South Pacific Tourism Organisation has New Identity - SPTO now known as south-pacific.travel
$2 Billion South Pacific Tourism Revenue by 2010 - south-pacific.travel's target revenue
Pacific Business Search Tool - pacificbizonline.com is a new ‘information gateaway’ to businesses and commercial contacts in the Pacific Islands
Cook Islands’ Aitutaki Island Amongst World’s Best - according to British publication The Travel Magazine

Vanuatu’s Paradise Pleasure Tours Explores South West Bay
Support for Solomon Islands after Earthquake
Vanuatu Institute of Technology Vacancies - at the new Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Training Centre
PNG Surfing Growth - as a sport and a niche tourism product for PNG
Samoa Converts Fishing Vessel into Floating Restaurant - the dining craft centerpiece for new Marina development
South Pacific Village Shines at Berlin 2007
Air New Zealand ‘grabaseat’ LA fares gone in 55 minutes

White Grass Ocean Resort, Tanna island - featuring Mt Yasur volcano tours
Solomon Islands at the Melbourne Travel Expo
New Zealand Tamaki Brothers Linking Pacific People - developing an indigenous South Pacific Trail
Tonga Whale Watching Guidelines - brochure on what to do and what not to do
Air New Zealand Code Sharing with Air Pacific
Tahiti Tourisme Opens Office in Sydney

Air China Comes to Port Vila Bauerfield Airport - the first time the airport accommodates a wide body aircraft
Pacific Islands Air Service Agreement - island countries open up skies to each other's airlines
Australia’s Tourism $81 Billion Industry - a $4 billion increase
Samoa 2007 XIII South Pacific Games
New Staff Uniform and Logo for Evergreen Tours in Vanuatu
Ocean Swim Comes to the Solomon Islands - the inaugural swim on 7. July

Vanuatu.tv Stories Travel Video Award Nomination - selected as one of the ten best travel videos of the month in the USA
Kokoda Trail Lures Aussie Travellers - war time Kokoda Track lures more Aussies
Pacific Islands at Shanghai World Expo 2010 - participation discussed with organisers
Air New Zealand Code Share with Shanghai Airlines
China 2008 Tourism Outlook - the industry projects further growth
The Hunt for Big Fish in PNG - the Niugini Bass
Investment Partnership Opportunity in Fiji - at Namuka Bay Lagoon Resort

Forum Trade Ministers Meet In Vanuatu - review of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER)
Vanuatu hotels site upgrades to new web site - no advertising on the site, which is not affiliated with any agent or tour operator
Single-Destination Tourism - South Pacific is fast becoming one-stop shop
Air Tahiti Nui wins Best Pacific Airline Award
south-pacific.travel membership update - Coral Motel Apartments and Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd become new members

SPF40 - The 3rd Annual South Pacific Fest - to be held in Long Beach, California
Pacific Blue Airline to Expand in Pacific - the Northern Marianas and Kiribati under consideration
Samoa Yoga Retreat at Coconuts Beach Club Resort - 5-day retreat featuring vinyasa flows, meditation, and other
Air New Zealand and US Airways Code Share - opens the US East Coat to Air New Zealand customers

Vanuatu's First Ever Barista Competition - two levels of coffee-making competition, for local and international competitors
New Hotel Eco-certification for the South Pacific Region - developed by Tour Pacific, one of Scandinavia's leading tour operators
Miss South Pacific Pageant 2007 - to be held in Apia, Samoa
Pacific Resort Aitutaki Voted the Best in Australasia - Cook Islands resort gets the top award at the 2007 World Travel Awards
Solomon Islands Accommodation Growth - a 56 per cent growth in the number of accommodation providers

Air Vanuatu Purchases its First ATR-72 Plane - the 70-seater turbo-prop ATR-72 to be delivered in 2009 from its French manufacturer
Air New Zealand Awarded Best Airline to the South Pacific in 2007 - by Business Traveler magazine
New Tahiti Travel Guide Launched - the 6th edition of Moon Tahiti, by author David Stanley
Preparing for Vanuatu and Espiritu Santo 2008 Ocean Swims
south-pacific.travel website goes Japanese - in addition to its English and Chinese versions
Women in Tourism International Meeting - held in Fiji