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Author: Richard Butler

Besides Co-Editor here, Richard is Co-Editor at EscapeArtist.com/vanuatu and has written a popular book on Vanuatu, How the WTO Will Change Vanuatu and How You Can Escape to this South Pacific Island Paradise available on Amazon.com. Richard is a Resort and residential property developer, marketer, and project construction manager who fell in love with the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu and for 3 years 2012 to May 2015 has been a successful Trade Commissioner for the Republic of Vanuatu. So successful that the government reappointed him in April 2017 for a further 3-year term!

Vanuatu Real Estate & Vanuatu Residency

Vanuatu Real Estate & Vanuatu Residency This article about buying Vanuatu real estate was written by Richard Butler, current special economic commerce envoy and former trade commissioner from 2012 to 2015 and reappointed in April 2017 for a further 2-year term. Mr Butler has been a real estate…

Vanuatu & China Celebrate 35 years of friendship

Vanuatu PM Charlot Salwai handshakes with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Post by Richard Butler | 19 March 2017 | 35 years of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Vanuatu and China, were celebrated at the new national convention centre with the Prime Minister and the Chinese Vanuatu Embassy Ambassador Liu Quan. The Ambassador in his speech reminded us…

Be part of Malekula’s adventure

Striking masks worn by performers in the Nalawan Festival at South West Bay, Malekula.

Post by Richard Butler | 12 March 2017 | MALEKULA island is the second biggest island in Vanuatu and it is famous for its unusual festivals. Malampa Travel, local tour specialists, says if you’re keen on an outer-island cultural extravaganza then Malekula, with its line-up of festivals and…

Vanuatu Government and World Bank to strengthen partnership

Post by Richard Butler extracted from Loop Pacific| 20th February 2017 | The government of Vanuatu and the World Bank have committed to strengthening their partnership, with the Bank set to establish a more significant presence in Port Vila. It will also boost its financial support for the…

Vanuatu’s Torba province to ban Western junk food

Vanuatu’s Torba province (not pictured) is getting tough on foreign junk food. Picture: iStock

Post by Richard Butler extracted from news.com.au| 7th February 2017 | THE next time you holiday in Vanuatu, don’t expect to see any M&Ms or Mars Bars in every hotel minibar. The Pacific nation’s northern Torba province is set to ban foreign junk food from bungalows and hotels.…

Breaking news: Tanna nominated for Academy Award for best foreign language film

Post by Richard Butler | 25 January 2017 | In a first for film in Vanuatu and the Pacific islands region, The film Tanna, shot on location in Vanuatu using a local, untrained cast of actors, has been officially nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film…

Vanuatu province of Torba first to be declared organic

Post by Richard Butler | 24 January 2017 | TORBA Province – often described as the ‘forgotten province’ – is now the first to be declared ‘Organic Province’ by its provincial tourism council. The chairman of the TORBA Tourism Council, the former Head of State, Father Luc Dini,…

When in Port Vila… get out of town

Post by Richard Butler | 15 January 2017 | GET out of Port Vila and experience a tour that highlights the true untouched spirit of Vanuatu in the new Turtle Reef glass bottom boat cruise. That is the credo from the owner of Turtle Reef cruises, Chrissy Boland,…

French chocolatier buys Vanuatu cocoa plantation

Post by Richard Butler | 2 January 2017 | A French chocolate company in New Caledonia has taken over a Vanuatu cocoa plantation to produce organic chocolate. The company Biscochoc will take over management of the 500 hectare (5 square kilometers) plantation in January next year. Its CEO,…

Mystery Island to welcome 120 Cruise Ship visits next year

Post by Richard Butler | 1 January 2017 | Mystery Island will be setting a new record in 2017, for the highest number of cruise ship calls in a year. 120 cruise ships are expected to visit the tiny islet and port of call off Tafea province this…

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Author: Richard Butler

Vanuatu Real Estate & Vanuatu Residency

Vanuatu & China Celebrate 35 years of friendship

Be part of Malekula’s adventure

Vanuatu Government and World Bank to strengthen partnership

Vanuatu’s Torba province to ban Western junk food

Breaking news: Tanna nominated for Academy Award for best foreign language film

Vanuatu province of Torba first to be declared organic

When in Port Vila… get out of town

French chocolatier buys Vanuatu cocoa plantation

Mystery Island to welcome 120 Cruise Ship visits next year

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