by Richard Butler | 04 Aug 2015 | Invest
Source: Flight Centre
A cyclone may have struck a few months ago, but a boost to tourism is well and truly back on the agenda in Vanuatu.
Head of Flight Centre Australia Tom Walley says now is a great time to head to Vanuatu with all but five of its contracted hotels back up and running.
“Vanuatu is back in business! Recovery efforts are moving very quickly with 85 per cent of hotels and resorts open and welcoming guests, and more than 90 per cent of the tours and activities operating Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 30 Jul 2015 | Invest
LOS ANGELES, CA - Air Lease Corporation announced a long term lease agreement with Air Vanuatu, an international airline based in Port Vila, Vanuatu, for one new Boeing 737-800. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Boeing and will deliver in January 2016.
“ALC is very pleased to announce this strategic new 737-800 lease placement with Air Vanuatu, a new customer for ALC in the South Pacific region. We look forward to a long-term relationship with the airline as they grow and modernize Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 03 Jul 2015 | Invest
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am
By Thompson Marango, Nadi, Fiji
Agriculture and Tourism are two of Vanuatu’s biggest sectors but the whole new concept of Agritourism is almost non-existent.
While regional and international partner organisations are pushing forward the new concept, and encouraging Pacific Island Countries to adopt, Vanuatu’s Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Howard Aru, said he is excited and convinced that Vanuatu can and will make it happen.
Mr Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 24 Jun 2015 | Invest
Posted by PNG Today on Monday, June 22, 2015.
Papua New Guinea's National Flag Carrier, Air Niugini is set to make its maiden commercial flight into Vanuatu capital Port Vila, this Wednesday 24th June.
This comes as Air Niugini seeks to open up new routes in the Pacific Region and other overseas destinations.
The new flight is been made possible under the tripartite code share arrangement between Air Vanuatu and Air Solomon Islands.
Air Niugini will use its Fokker 70 series to expand this Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 07 Jun 2015 | Invest
By Nick Butler
Cyrille Mainguy has been re-elected secretary general of the Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) during the body's Annual General Meeting in Port Vila, while it was also confirmed the Pacific nation will host next year's Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assembly.
Mainguy, first elected to the post in 2011, is a former Oceania Davis Cup tennis player who is currently head of Vanuatu Tennis and vice-president of Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 06 May 2015 | Invest
Radio New Zealand International
Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Ham Lini, says trade and investment is vital for the country in the wake of Cyclone Pam.
He has welcomed delegates for the PACER Plus trade negotiations in Port Vila, saying that in the critical aftermath of Cyclone Pam Vanuatu needs the presence of its closest friends.
Mr Lini says to rebuild Vanuatu, the country will be largely dependent on trade and investment.
He says it is important to ensure Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 17 Feb 2015 | Invest
Out of the Box Thinking! Escape Plan interview...
Recently, famous author and accountant Diane Kennedy was interviewed on Lifestyles and Real Estate of the South Pacific heard on the Overseas Radio Network, by co-hosts Richard Butler and Brian Thomas. Our own Randy Mitchell was there. Here for your enjoyment and education is a transcript of that two-part "Plan B" interview:
Part 1
Brian: We have the real number-cruncher joining us on the program today, along with a book that she's just Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 16 Feb 2015 | Invest
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries, and Biochemistry (MALFFB) and the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding opening the way for CAAMS to assist MALFFB to promote Vanuatu's rural productive sector.
The agreement was signed at the Harbourview Chinese Restaurant in Port Vila Thursday evening by the visiting President of CAAMS, Li Shujun, and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biodiversity, Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 16 Feb 2015 | Invest
Vanuatu Daily Post
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UDBP, China Huashi Enterprise Limited and China South West Architectural Design Limited for the companies to be responsible for the construction project.
Commencement of the building is expected to start in the middle of this year to be completed in two years.
The UDBP President said on completion, the building is going to become the Headquarters of the Bank worldwide.
“This is the commitment of the UDBP Committee to Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 11 Dec 2014 | Invest, Retire
Have you experienced yet those Winter Blues when the temperatures plunge and the first snow appears?
This is when you retreat to the computer's search button as your winter companion, and you enter one of the most searched words on the internet in a personal search for an escape from the oncoming weeks and months of winter.
"Paradise" followed by the question "where is it?"
"As a trade commissioner for the Republic of Vanuatu and a project manager for several property developers Read more [...]
