by Richard Butler | 16 Sep 2017 | Play
Richard Butler | Daily Post | Sept 16 2017
FEATURE Airports Vanuatu Ltd has just announced plans to upgrade the existing Bauerfield airport terminal, with the intention of having it ready in time for the influx of athletes and officials attending the Pacific Mini Games in September.
This work doesn’t conflict with plans for an entirely new terminal, AVL representatives say. They maintain that a bigger, more intuitive space for domestic operations will still benefit everyone.The upgrade includes Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 31 Aug 2017 | Play
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A video by Megan Singleton (top NZ Blogger) produced by Media Mash to celebrate the newly upgraded Port Vila Seafront Walkway and Parkland stretching from Chantillys and Moorings Hotel to the Port Vila Market house, which will launch this afternoon Friday 1st September 2017.
The development is part of the New Zealand Aid Program to Vanuatu, which not only provides a wonderful space for both visitors and locals, but also secures the Port Vila waterfront Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 28 Jun 2017 | Play
Richard Butler | Daily Post | June 28th 2017
For P&O Cruise Liner, Pacific Explorer, this is its maiden voyage to Port Vila under its new name even though it had visited in the past as Dawn Princess.
Not only that but it also has 54 ni-Vanuatu young men and women working onboard. Some of them came on the balcony to join the guests to cheer the Vanuatu Mobile Force Brass Band perform and a group of cultural custom dancers as they danced to wooden drum beats of Pentecost.
When one of the Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 05 Jun 2017 | Play
Richard Butler | June 5th 2017
Pacific Haven Resort Limited, a Vanuatu investment promotion authority approved company, has now released waterfront bungalows for sale, selling off plan and complimented by the first scuba divers academy within a Vanuatu resort site, all proposed to be located on the shores of Teouma bay just 13 minutes from the capital Port Vila in The Republic of Vanuatu.
Pacific Haven Resort will be a luxury waterfront tropical resort that will appeal to sun seekers and to scuba Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 12 Mar 2017 | Play
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 the launching of Collar the Dog (Vanuatu’s first bike trail), makes it Vanuatu’s festival and event hotspot.
They said it is time to book a Malekula adventure and experience the 2017 festivities.
They Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 01 Jan 2017 | Play
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 year, said the Director of Tourism (DoT), George Borugu.
Mystery Island [Aneityum Island in Tafea Province] is now the second most popular port of call in terms of call numbers after Port Vila, he conveyed.
According to the director, 109 cruise Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 16 Dec 2016 | Play
Post by Richard Butler | 16 December 2016 |
The Costa Atlantica, currently sailing China's first 46-day cruise to the South Pacific, has become the first large cruise to visit Vanuatu from China as it berthed in Port Villa earlier in the week with over 2,000 Chinese guests onboard.
The ship and passengers were greeted by Salwai Charlot, Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Joe Natuman, Deputy Prime Minister, Liu Quan, Chinese Ambassador to Vanuatu, Parliament representatives, other Vanuatu government Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 01 Nov 2016 | News, Play
Richard Butler | Vanuatu Digest | Nov 1st 2016
Citizens of Vanuatu and Russia no longer require a visa to enter each other’s countries, as a new visa waiver agreement between the two countries has now come into effect.
The Governments of Vanuatu and Russia signed an agreement in New York in September this year on the mutual abolition of visa requirements for the citizens of both countries. According to the agreement, citizens of either Vanuatu or Russia may transit or enter the Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 12 Oct 2016 | Play
Post by Richard Butler from an article by Suzy Strutner | 12 October 2016 |
Ask any traveler to run down their bucket list of islands to visit, and you’ll almost certainly recognize the lineup. Hawaii, Fiji, Bali, and Bora Bora are all stunning spots, to be sure.
One name you probably won’t hear, however, is Vanuatu. And maybe that’s a good thing, because once word gets out, this small nation in the South Pacific could easily become the world’s most talked-about islands escape.
Most Read more [...]
by Richard Butler | 06 Jun 2016 | Live & Work, Play
Post By Richard Butler | 6th June 2016 |
"Masters in Paradise" is the title of the annual regatta held on Port Vial's Second Lagoon.
If you are expecting state of the art rowing sculls, you will certainly see them - but not surprisingly for Vanuatu, alongside will be outrigger canoes.
International rowers from Australia and New Zealand will be competing with local rowers in races for singles, doubles and quads, for this event incorporates the Corporate Rowing Regatta.
Not all the trophies Read more [...]
