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.
January 2007 - The Travel Bug
23
- 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
February 2007 - The Travel
Bug 24
- 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
March 2007 - The Travel Bug
25
- 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
April 2007 - The Travel Bug
26
- 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
May 2007 - The Travel Bug
27
- 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
June 2007 - The Travel Bug
28
- 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
July 2007 - The Travel Bug
29
- 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
August 2007 - The Travel Bug
30
- 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
September 2007 - The Travel
Bug 31
- 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
October 2007 - The Travel Bug
32
- Vanuatu TV's New
Video - available online in Mandarin
Chinese
- Vanuatu TV Live on Top US
Show - weekly one-hour culture show,
Torrent
- Successful South Pacific Fest
40 - the third annual fest
- Earthquake no problem to South
Pacific - near New Zealand
- Pacific Blue Airline to fly to Solomon
Islands
November 2007 - The Travel
Bug 33
- 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
December 2007 - The Travel
Bug 34
- 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
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