After four years at the helm of Tourism Fiji, CEO Brent Hill will step down to return to Australia with his family.

Record occupancies at Fiji’s luxury resorts are highlighting the destination’s resurgence as a high-end travel destination.

Australians can’t get enough of Fiji, with the number of Aussies heading to destination hitting a new all-time record in September.

Many hotels around Fiji are adopting a new farm-to-plate experience, creating on-site vegetable and herb gardens, for a more sustainable approach to F&B, hospitality and service for their guests. Being an archipelago of 333 islands, importing produce to Fiji can be expensive and time-consuming, but with so much lush tropical landscape in abundance, hotels are now capitalising on what Fiji naturally offers.

The standard airport arrival is no more for luxury travellers. Following the likes of Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island and COMO Hotels and Resorts in the Maldives, Kokomo Private Island in Fiji has opened the first private aviation hangar at Nadi International Airport.

Fiji continues to grow in stature on the luxury travel scene as multiple resorts place an emphasis on their conservation and sustainability strategies. New authentic, cultural experiences to showcase the island group’s diversity are increasingly drawing Australian travellers to Fiji’s lesser-known outer islands.

Ahura Resorts, the operator of Fiji’s Likuliku Lagoon Resort and Malolo Island Fiji, is now offering a range of experiences on an uninhabited private island.

After arriving into Fiji, visitors soon discover that culture and community is very important to the Fijian people. Passing down traditional stories and sharing cultural experiences is part of daily life and something they are proud to share with visitors.

Savasi Island – located on Fiji’s second largest island, Vanua Levu – has opened three new one-bedroom villas.

Six Senses Fiji opened to guests on 14 April 2018 on tropical Malolo Island in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands. LATTE chats with General Manager Frans Westraadt about the up-market property’s current source markets, potential growth markets, wellness offering, sustainability initiatives and more, plus Frans explains his decision to relocate to Fiji.

Following a recent full-resort renovation, Wakaya Club and Spa in Fiji’s Lomaiviti Group is open with a fresh new look in each of its 10 bures. Earlier this year, Wakaya Club and Spa debuted a stunning full renovation makeover which followed a change in management.