Marriott International Fiji has confirmed a FJ$75 million injection for the refurbishment of The Westin Denarau Island Resort & Spa. The enhancement will cover all 255 guestrooms, restaurant and public areas and is expected to be completed by Q1 2023.

Tourism Fiji has suspended a number of Care Fiji Commitment (CFC) approved travel partners who failed to meet requirements of the program.

Scenic has confirmed plans to deploy the second of its Discovery Yachts, Scenic Eclipse II, to Australia and the South Pacific in 2024.

Virgin Australia recommenced international flights on Thursday [16 December 2021], operating the first of the airline’s daily Fiji services since being relaunched 12 months ago.

Small ship expedition cruise operator Captain Cook Cruises Fiji is emerging from the pandemic pause with renewed energy, new experiences, activities and a seven-night voyage.

Participation at the Fijian Tourism Expo (FTE) is expected to be a sell-out by trade partners next year. Just as Fiji’s reopening this month to international tourists creates a groundswell in demand for hotel rooms over the summer months, hosted buyers are forecast to be lining up in their droves to attend FTE 2022.

Turtle Island, a privately owned luxury island in the Yasawa Group, Fiji, re-opened to guests late last week after almost two years of closure to international travel, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Tourism Fiji’s ‘Open for Happiness’ campaign led by Rebel Wilson nears 230,000 views on YouTube, 13,000 likes on Instagram and 2,000 thumbs-up on Facebook, the tourism bureau’s chief Brent Hill says there’s plenty more in the strategy tank to come.

Fiji’s ultra-luxurious Laucala Island – the destination of choice for talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey – has joined the COMO Hotels and Resorts stable of properties around the world.

Tourism has bounced back with “Happiness” in Fiji, with the island nation relishing the return of international visitors from Australia and the United States this week.

Aussie actress and comedian Rebel Wilson fronts a new campaign for Tourism Fiji as the country opened for quarantine-free travel for fully-vaccinated Australians, New Zealanders, Brits and Americans earlier this week – from 1 December 2021.

Fiji Airways is finally able to breathe again, this week coming up for air, having survived a 20-month self-imposed international tourism ban due to the global pandemic.