Fiji

(Dive Travel Business - January 31, 2012) -- Diving is meant to be shared. To encourage positive Buddy relationships the Dancer Fleet is continuing its “Dive Buddy Week” promotions in 2012 on select Dancer Fleet departures. When one diver is booked on a dive buddy week at regular price, his or her dive buddy travels for ½ off the regular cruise price. Single divers booked during Dive Buddy Week receive a 25% per person discount.

The Dive Buddy Week Schedule for 2012 includes Komodo Island, Cocos Island, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Fiji, Bahamas and Belize.  Yachts and cruise start dates are as follows:

Komodo Dancer (Komodo): 12-MAR-2012, 05-JUN-2012
Wind Dancer (Cocos Island): 31-MAR-2012,  08-Dec-2012
Star Dancer ((Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea): 19-JUN-2012, 28-AUG-2012
Tropic Dancer (Palau):  08-JULY-2012, 23-SEPT-2012
Island Dancer (Fiji): 11-AUG-2012, 06-OCT-2012
Carib Dancer (Bahamas): 18-AUG-2012, 03-NOV-2012
Sun Dancer II (Belize): 08-SEPT-2012, 13-OCT-2012   read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - December 20, 2010) -- Air Pacific, Fiji's International Airline, the world’s friendliest airline, has been voted by the readers of Global Traveler magazine as the “Best Airline in the South Pacific” in the seventh annual award survey for 2010.  This is the third year in a row Air Pacific has been awarded this prestigious award by Global Traveler readers.

Global Traveler, a premier luxury travel magazine, is dedicated to the executive traveler.  The annual survey was created to tap into this readership of experienced travelers with prominent opinions of the business and luxury travel market resulting in an exclusive listing of the best in a variety of travel related categories. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - Nov 11, 2010) -- Koro Sun Resort & Rainforest Spa on the unspoiled Fiji  island of Vanua Levu is offering a 7-night dive package (including 10 dives, accommodations and 3 meals per day) for US$1895 pp/d.o. with a group policy of 2 free on 10 paying guests.  The package rate, available now until Nov 20, 2010 includes:

* 7 nights in an Ocean view bure
* 5 days of 2 tank dives
* 3 gourmet meals per day (beverages other than coffee & tea are additional)
* Complimentary resort transfers to the airport & all non-motorized activities
* 30 min massage in our Rainforest Spa
Pricing is per person/double occupancy, VAT and HTT taxes included. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - June 30, 2010) -- Air Pacific, Fiji's International Airline, the world’s friendliest airline, is offering a "Kids Fly Free*" fare, allowing parents to take the whole family to fabulous Fiji.

The offer is for flights to Fiji from Los Angeles August 1 – February 28 (Dec 15 – Jan 15 is blacked out).  The offer is good for one child or infant ticket with each adult round trip ticket purchased — round trip fares start at $1200 or so for 2 people (not too shabby).  Add-ons are available from other departure cities and, bonus, the child fare does not have to pay the add on.  To book, you must call the airline at 800-227-4446 before August 15th.

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(Dive Travel Business News - May 4, 2010) -- Fiji’s Bureau of Statistics’ latest report showed that a total of 4,199 U.S. passport holders visited Fiji in March, an 18.6 percent increase compared to March 2009's 3,539 total. Regional Director Ili Matatolu stated that this result showed cause for optimism for the U.S. market as it builds up its recovery from last year's challenges. She added that results for the first quarter of 2010 compared to last year also showed a 5.1 percent increase, but the real goal is to get back to 2008 levels in terms of its recovery marketing benchmarking. North America is Fiji’s third-largest market. For more information, visit Fiji Tourism website. 

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(Dive Travel Business News - May 4, 2010) -- Fiji’s Dive Tropex Tokoriki was awarded an Asia Pacific Environmental Achievement Award for operating in an environmentally responsible manner and demonstrating a commitment to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action by the Project AWARE Foundation. The organization honors dive operators around the world who display commitment and excellence in their efforts to protect underwater environments within business operations and their community.

It is the third year in a row that Dive Tropex has been recognized for their commitment to conserving the environment having collected a Project AWARE Environmental Achievement Award in 2007 and 2008. Their work in regenerating the Giant Clam population around Tokoriki, participating in Project AWARE Dive into Earth clean ups on a yearly basis and various other environmental projects contributing to their recognition as a leading environmental crusader in Fiji. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News. - April 23, 2010) -- Tourism Fiji has launched a new video-based website: www.fijime.tv. The site features five channels of themed TV shows each running three and one half minutes in-length, plus a 30 second "pre-roll commercial" promoting a wholesaler offer for the participating resort in each channel episode.

The FijiMe TV channels include: Romance & Honeymoon; Luxury, Golf & Spa; Adventure & Dive; Family—Ultimate Fiji; and, Culture & Eco-tourism. Each show will run for 15 weeks, with new shows premiering beginning April 11, July 25th and November 7th. For more information, visit FijiMe.

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(Dive Travel Business News - March 17, 2010) -- Tourists on Australia's  Heron Island and Lady Elliot islands in the Great Barrier Reef were told to evacuate Wednesday March 17 as Tropical Cyclone Ului, makes its way toward Australia's Queensland coast. Ului is expected to make Australian landfall between Rockhampton and Townsville on March 20 as a Category 4, bringing estimated 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 138 km/h (86 mph). Wind gusts in the area may be considerably higher.

Cyclone Uli storm is currently moving westward over an area of high sea surface temperatures with sustained winds of up to 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour) and gusts up to 162 miles per hour (260 kilometers per hour), Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said.  read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 17, 2010) -- A popular dive destination, the South Pacific island nation of Fiji has suffered damage from a powerful cyclone that made landfall Friday March 12, 2010.  The country's northern regions bore the brunt of Cyclone Tomas for more than three days. The country's military leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarara, has appealed for international assistance, and the governments of New Zealand, France and Australia are determining how best to help. read more »

(DiveTravelBusinessNews.com -- January 18, 2010) -- Fiji is back in business after another quiet coup last year.  Known as the "Soft Coral Capital of the World", Fiji is known for its exceptional reef diving. Travel writer Gary Winter took readers shark diving off Pacific Harbour located on the island of Viti Levu in this recent travel article from The New York Times.  Read more and you'll also find links to a shark slide show, and the Fiji Travel Guide.

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