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 By Alcina Charlie: Stepping ashore Erakor Island felt great since I last visited, which was two years and too long ago I must admit. Today the resort is tagged ‘new look, new feel, same tropical paradise’, and whilst on the island, it was crystal that the resort had gone through thorough revamp luring in the long gone ambience Erakor once had, but better this time. |
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Lire la suite... [Erakor Island trip bliss]
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 The Vanuatu Tourism Office would like to congratulate all finalists and winners of the Vanuatu Tourism Awards 2010. Winners for this years awards went to: Best Adventure/ Eco tour: The Edge Cascade Abseiling, Best scenic tour: Off road Adventure- Bush and Beach tour, Best tour Guide: Timothy Kaltakeira (Edge Abseiling), Best Front of House Employee: Kenneth Molwak (Warwick Le Lagon), Best Back of House employee: Maylin Roy (Chantillys), Best New Business: Lotus Day Spa, Best specialist Tourism Service: Event Logic, Best restaurant: La Tentation, Best Adventure/Bungalow accommodation: Tam Tam Bungalows- Malekula, Best Budget accommodation: Coconut palms Resort, Best self contained accommodation: Island Magic Resort, Best Boutique accommodation: Eratap resort, Best hotel: Chantillys on the Bay, Best resort: Eratap resort, Outstanding Contribution to tourism by an individual: David Miles. Special award to Air Vanuatu for 23 years of contribution to tourism development. |
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Lire la suite... [Congratulations to all Vanuatu Tourism Awards winners!]
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 Click here to download your complimentary What To Do in Vanuatu newsletter issue 23, for November to December 2010, and plan for a festival holiday with so much to discover, experience and enjoy amongst our beautiful islands! The What To Do in Vanuatu newspaper is Vanuatu Tourism Office's official newspaper, published by the Vanuatu Daily Post.
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 Two supersite billboards that show Vanuatu’s new brand imagery and a tagline are up at Sydney Airport, Australia! Measured at 12.66m x 3.35m, the billboard are designed to impact affluent business travelers waiting for taxis, and a driving audience coming from the Virgin and Jetstar pick up zones. The supersite billboards are impacting all drivers on approach to Sydney International Airport passenger drop off zones, and raising much interest and awareness on beautiful Vanuatu.
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 Every year, few weeks before Saint Andrew's day at the end of November, all the villagers on Rah island, an island in the far northern province of Vanuatu called Torba, join to make a 400meter fishing net with coconut leaves and the net is taken out to sea. Early in the morning on high tide, the villagers form a large semi circle out in the lagoon and pull the fish net together forming a loop. Following the tide, as it drops, villagers move in towards the center reducing the size of their loop until all the fish are trapped then caught at the lowest tide. This is one of Vanuatu's most fascinating community festival to watch and experience! The festival runs from 26th November to early December. Email Wrecks to Rainforest on
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 Release by Moon Communications Group in Campaign Brief, Tuesday 16, November 2010: The Vanuatu Tourism Office will this week debut its first ever destination marketing campaign, aiming to significantly increase the number of Australian and New Zealand travellers visiting its largely unexplored tropical islands. Developed by Moon Communications Group, Sydney (part of STW Group) after winning the competitive pitch earlier this year, the brand campaign will use the new tagline 'Discover What Matters' along with stunning emotive concepts to communicate the island's distinct offering.
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Lire la suite... [Moon unveils first Vanuatu Tourism campaign this week - includes new logo and brand identity]
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 Earthquake update - August 11, 2010 – 11.00am: Vanuatu Tourism Office reports that no significant damage resulted from the earthquake in Vanuatu yesterday afternoon and normal tourism operations have returned. The Bauerfield Airport in Port Vila on Vanuatu’s main island of Efate closed temporarily yesterday afternoon as a precautionary measures to check for structural damage but has since opened and all flights are operating as normal. Annie Niatu Vanuatu Tourism Office general manager said all public places are open today and no major damage resulted from the earthquake. “Guests at the major resorts in Port Vila followed tsunami warning safety protocols and moved to higher ground however they were able to return to their accommodation shortly after and are again enjoying the warm hospitality of the locals in Vanuatu,” Annie said. |
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 Source www.tropicpost.com: Lonely Planet released its latest travel guide list of the world’s happiest places. Topping the list is the 80 tropical island archipelago of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific island, while Montreal in Quebec holds second place. Lonely Planet said it was not surprised that Vanuatu emerged as the happiest place, because the general idea of a happy life, has images of a hammock in a white-sand beach. Vanuatu is known for its blue waters teeming with life, lush vegetation and scenic environment. This and more is reflected in the happy smiles of the local Ni-Vanuatu people. Lonely Planet’s travel guide pointed out Montreal is considered a happy city because it hosts Just for Laughs, which is one of the world’s biggest comedy festivals during summer. |
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 Vanuatu Tourism Office’s 2nd issue What to Do in Vanuatu newspaper for July and August, published by the Vanuatu Daily Post is now available in PDF, featuring a special address delivered by Vanuatu founding father, late
Father Walter Lini to the nation on 30th July 1980, to celebrate
Vanuatu’s 30 years of Independence. In this issue tells the story of
Diana Tam Art Gallery, Efate and Santo maps, a splash on Best Of Diving
sites, shopping guides, travel tips, plus Vanuatu’s ever exciting range
of tours and activities visitors can choose to make a holiday to
remember. Click on front cover thumbnail (left) to download your copy.
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 On 2nd and 3rd June, VTO staff members came together at The Melanesian for a 2 days workshop to discuss a 3 years planning for VTO including, new vision, current and new activities, corporate culture featuring qualities of a good team and workplace discussing personal qualities, physical environment, learning environment, VTO work plan, leadership qualities & career opportunities, reviewed job descriptions, and Individual Development Plan. Though the workshop only ran for 2 days under the direction of Annie Niatu and Alison Allcock, all staff members agreed that it has been an overwhelmingly satisfying end result, and they are all looking forward to adapting into the new creative and electronic developments that are fast approaching inline with the new branding.
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 All pacific islands put on their best dress to showcase their destinations at the 15th Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange from 19th to 21st May in Fiji, and in the end, Vanuatu was the hot favourite for the Booth Award! Positive comments filled the air from delegates who met with Vanuatu sellers, applauding the group on the destination’s well signposted booths that stood out with a beautiful array of flags and rich colours lining the area in front of each booth, as well as the back walls. Booths sneak peaked three of Vanuatu Tourism’s new creative brand shots, complimented by the white Vanuatu islands logo on red background on either side of the banners. The colours projected the destination stunningly, and the result, Vanuatu winning Best Booth Award. |
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 Media release 19th May, 2010: Last night at the Tim Cahill Gala dinner for the Cancer Council, the Vanuatu Tourism Office and The Havannah Resort, Port Vila spent the night with Australia’s leading sporting and artistic talent and donated a hotly contested live auction item, raising more than $4000 for the Cancer Council. Hosted by Tim Cahill to raise funds for The Tim Cahill Cancer Fund for Children the evening included performances from the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Australia 2010, Robbie Kmetoni, as well as singers Angel Tupai and Mahalia Barnes. The evening was MCed by Alan Jones AO with Tim Cahill and Ian Thorp as special guests. |
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 Vanuatu Tourism Office’s first What to Do newspaper is now available in PDF, featuring the legend of the Land Diving, plus VTO news updates, around Efate and Santo maps, dining and shopping guides, and a Vanuatu tour guide. Email Alcina Charlie on website@vanuatu.travel and request your copy.
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 By Alcina Charlie: A day later and I am still elevated, locked in the memory of my massage bliss, and floating on the “waves” that are still rippling across my entire backside, and shoulders. My pressure points are now non existent and are just tingling sensations after my first Aromatherapy Back Massage at the Oasis Spa, at Warwick Le Lagon Resort. This type of massage concentrates on relieving tight and stressed muscles on the neck, shoulder, and backside, and oh am I relieved alright! I remember as I walk along the deck towards the newly opened Oasis Spa, taking photos as I go, I am surrounded by a deliciously lush, undulating landscape which provides a breathtaking experience offering the purest of privacy. My masseuse is Julia, gentle but firm, and very well trained and talented, relaxing tense muscles, soothing aches, and smoothening tight knots along my spine, shoulders, and backside, even right down to the hull of my palms and ankles. |
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 Quite recently, Maina Lukai, VTO’s famils officer went on a half day, mixed bliss and adventure, tour called Blue Lagoon & Whitesands run by the South Pacific Tours. The group drove towards Teoma Ville and Rentapao area, passing Tamanu on the Beach, and 5 minutes later arrived at the stunning inland Blue Lagoon which features a crystal blue lagoon surrounded by lush trees and vegetation where guests can enjoy swimming, snorkelling, even a special ‘tarzan rope plunge’ and kayaking, see photo. |
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 By Alcina Charlie, Website Officer: I was picked up by Melissa and staff of Events Vanuatu on Tuesday this week, and we drove off to a an area near the airport so I could find what the sizzling excitement was all about when I got the invitation from Sarah Sands of Events Vanuatu. When I arrived, my oh my what a surprise! Impressed, we pulled up to a huge marquee topping the size chart to 50m x 11m, the largest I have ever seen, here in Vila! I asked Melissa how it all happened and she briefed me that it was around a year ago, when a kiwi couple got married by Sarah and after the wedding, the groom who runs a company that designs and builds marquees, was overwhelmed by how Events Vanuatu had put together a fantastic wedding for him and his bride that arched the beginning of relationship which resulted to this hottest arrival. |
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 Story by Brenda Andre, VTO Senior Information Officer: My recent trip to Malekula was an enjoyable and interesting one. I accompanied a French journalist Marie Le Moel from Le Monde Magazine, based in Sydney Australia, from Saturday 10th April returning on Tuesday 13th April 2010. We were transferred to airport by Atmosphere Transfer to the Bauerfield domestic airport. Our flight time to Espiritu Santo was at 10.30am, arriving at 11.30am where we connected flight again to Norsup on Malekula arriving at 1.10pm We were met at the airport by Mrs Oreli, manageress for Nambelchel Bungalow who was guide and host. |
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 The Marketing Manager, Mr Sebastien Bador, proudly represented the Vanuatu tourism in the prestigious Queen’s Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games. The Queens Baton arrived over the weekend on Saturday 24th April, 2010 and relayed around Port Vila, up to the Pentecost land diving tower on the following day, and ended with a farewell relay of the Baton from Grand Hotel and Casino to the international Bauerfield airport on Tuesday 27th April. The baton then flew to the Solomon Islands.
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 The Vanuatu Tourism Office has kick started translating the website from English to French as of last week. Odile is translating the website and has successfully completed the homepage, menus, listing introductions, and is working on a page at a time. The Vanuatu Tourism Office would like to acknowledge the French Government, through the French Embassy, for the support in funding this project. Merci beaucoup! Industry members who wish to have their webpage translated to French can contact Odile on
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