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Vanuatu PM Salwai gets a new Office Building
By Richard Butler | 18th May 2016 | Within just three months, apart from a Convention Centre Prime Minister Charlot Salwai (and his successors) also were handed a new office building concept last Saturday with the unveiling of an artist impression of the project. With...
Convention Centre to bring profits to Tourism operators
Post By Richard Butler | 14th May 2016 | With the new National Convention Centre now built in the Capital of Port Vila and handed over to Vanuatuan control, the small Pacific nation of Vanuatu has been provided with a venue that will attract many inbound travellers....
World Bank: Runway OK! And here’s $59 million to make it better!
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 21 April 2016 | A representative of the world bank has given the repairs to the Port Vila airport runway the OK for safety. He advises that the $59 million loan will require intense work within a 12 month period to design and put...
Could Vanuatu Be the Best Value Choice For a Second Passport?
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 20 April 2016 The prestigious online news service "Huffington Post" has come out with an article highlighting the value of a Vanuatu passport. In an article entitled "Could Vanuatu Be the Best Value Choice For a Second Passport?"...
Vanuatu tourism launching major marketing push
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 18 April 2016 Vanuatu Tourism Office will be launching a major marketing push in New Zealand and Australia to coincide with today's completion of emergency repairs to the country's international airport....
VTO Ramps Up Promotion of Vanuatu Tourism
By staff writer Adrian Hunter The Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO) has released a new video that is designed to attract the interest of potential tourist visitors to Vanuatu. It will be used to reawaken the Australian and New Zealand market to the wonders of this...
Land Diving, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
The Straits Times | March 27, 2016 Every year, the Sa tribe on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu spend five weeks building a 30m-tall tower out of vines and jungle wood. Then, every Saturday between April and June, the men of the tribe jump off the top - one by one - in a...
Vanuatu P.M. wants direct flights from China
Vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Prime Minister Charlot Salwai wants to see direct flights from China and Chinese tourists coming to Vanuatu. Prime minister Salwai conveyed this to the Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Communist...
Caretaker PM visits Convention Centre
By Glenda Willie | Vanuatu Daily Post - February 10, 2016 Caretaker Prime Minister, Sato Kilman and the Director General of the PM’s Office, Johnson Naviti, paid a visit to the Convention Centre yesterday morning on the invitation from the Chinese...
New Boeing 737 to be smarter, more efficient: Air Vanuatu
Vanuatu Daily Post December 25, 2015 Air Vanuatu’s new Boeing NGB737-800 will deliver superior reliability, fuel efficiency with lower maintenance and operating costs and offer an improved passenger service. “These high value returns are required in today’s...
New and longest wharf in Vanuatu is ahead of time on Santo island Shanghai construction advises
By Len Garae | Source Daily Post Group took 80 days to complete the piling on the Luganville Wharf Project on November 12, one month ahead of schedule. The company’s Marketing Manager, Wayne Huang says the piling comprised of 175 steel pipes of one metre in diameter...
Sport: Rio on the mind for Vanuatu volleyballers
By RadioNZ The Vanuatu Beach Volleyball duo of Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu have finished competition for the year but are already thinking about how to seal Olympic qualification. The pair are ranked 19th in the world and need to get inside the top-16 by June to...
Vanuatu welcomes tourists back 200 days after Cyclone Pam
BY ANNA FRANCES PEARSON Source: Stuff.co.nz It's early evening in Port Vila, Vanuatu, as Frank Aru, a round-faced man with straight white teeth, farewells a dozen tourists outside Mangoes Resort with the same singsong voice and sweaty-templed enthusiasm he'd started...
Why Vanuatu is a must-visit for every foodie
By Annie Dang, Travel writer, Source: Dailylife.com.au Vanuatu's largest city and capital may be known for its beautiful deserted beaches, waterfall abseiling and cultural villages, but what about food? Port Vila's growing culinary scene is made up of a mix of Asian,...
A taste of Turkey for Vanuatu chefs
(Source: Vanuatu Tourism Industry News 01 October 2015) On Wednesday 30th September, a delegation of Government Ministries and Departments in Tourism, including the Department of Tourism (DOT), Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO), Ministry of Education, Vanuatu Investment...
Vanuatu bounces forward
This article was compiled from recent issues of Vanuatu Daily Post, and we also thank them for many of the images used. Five months ago, a devastating cyclone ripped through the southern half of the Happiest country in the world. However, the people of this nation...
Rising Superstar: Ronaldo finding his feet
Source: August 3, 2015 Daily Post, Compiled by Raymond Nasse This young football star trained at the soccer academy behind Pacific Haven Resort The Phoenix Academy would like to welcome Vanuatu young superstar, Ronaldo Wilkins to Wellington, New Zealand....
Pacific tourism to nearly double to US$4 billion by 2019
By Thompson Marango, Nadi Fiji Tourism in the Pacific Island countries grew about 3.5 per cent per year between 2008 and 2012. The total value of Pacific tourism is forecast to nearly double to US$4 billion by 2019. The above statement is taken from a joint press...
More local contents on hotel plates, more income and employment
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am Vanuatu Daily Post, Thompson Marango, Nadi Fiji “More local content on plates and more local agrifood products on offer for visitors, tourists and the hotel industry means more income and employment opportunities for our...
NZ announces Cyclone Pam tourism recovery package
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am The New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has announced a $26 million package, aimed at helping the tourism sector in Vanuatu recover following Cyclone Pam. “Tourism accounts for 20 per cent of the Vanuatu economy and...
Vanuatu signs US$59.5 million aviation agreement with World Bank
The FINANCIAL -- The Vanuatu Government on June 3 signed a US$59.5 million credit agreement with the World Bank to improve the safety and efficiency of its aviation sector – a critical pillar in Vanuatu’s continued social and economic development, and a key part of...
