A rising tide will lift all boats
By Richard Butler | 22nd May, 2016 | What a great statement this is, that was made this week in Vanuatu in a story in our local paper. It has ushered in a new sense of hope and promise. It was used in a release of the concept plan that was included in the request...
Vanuatu Rower Luigi Teilemb sets his sights on Rio Olympics
Post by Richard Butler | 22 May 2016 | After his outstanding performance in consecutive three World Championships finally Luigi Teilemb's next dream has come true. The 24 year old having missed out on automatic qualification 13th out of 20 at last months Asia/Oceania...
Asia-Pacific Luxury Travel Market surges past Europe
Post by Richard Butler | 21 May 2016 | European observers have been surprised to see the great leap in the travel market in the Asia-Pacific region within the last few years. They will see a much greater increase in its growth in the coming years too, as revealed in...
New Resort Marks Entry of Heavy Investment Hitters
By Randy Mitchell | 20th May 2016 | This AU$30M development is expected to open in September 2016. You will find it five minutes from the heart of Port Vila and just a 10-minute drive from Bauerfield International Airport. When finished, the four-star resort will...
Good news for locals, investors, retirees and relocators
By Adrian Hunter | 18th May 2016 | The new Government within these short 3 months of their taking power has been able to put forward a new vision for the Pacific Islands of Vanuatu. The island nation has already made a remarkable appearance under the world's...
Vanuatu models itself on success
By Adrian Hunter | 18th May 2016 | With even major western countries faltering, it is good to see that the tiny island nation of Vanuatu is not blindly following their lead. At the opening of the ICT Days 2016 conference held at the new Conference Centre in Port...
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....
Disaster-resistant housing good for investment
Post by Richard Butler | 4th May, 2016 | Not only Expat buildings are being constructed in Vanuatu to exacting cyclone-proof and earthquake-proof standards. Here is a great story from the southern island of Tanna, Vanuatu, which shows how the locals are also...
Land of 1000 Dancers
Post by Richard Butler | 26th April 2016 | An article by Anita Roberts with the above title has appeared in the Vanuatu Daily Post. (See extract below) This is excellent news for those wanting to move to, invest in, or do business in Vanuatu. It augers well for future...
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...
Malekula Island flagged for progress
Staff writer Adrian Hunter | 21st April 2016 | On a visit to Lakatoro, Malekula Island, Prime Minister Charlot Salwai reiterated government’s responsibility to support the residents of the island by providing road, shipping, telecoms and aviation services to enable...
Meet the Vanuatu duo taking on the world
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 20 April 2016 Every four years there’s an Olympic story which captures the heart of the world and this summer Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu are dreaming that it’s them making waves on the Copacabana. Four years ago the smiley...
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...
Runway Repairs Almost Complete
Travel Weekly, Destinations | April 08 2016 VANUATU’S BAUERFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S REPAIRS ARE 95% COMPLETE, WITH THE FINAL WORKS FOR PHASE ONE SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED IN THE COMING WEEKS After slight delays with the shipping of materials from Fiji, the...
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...
Russian Star found on the bottom of Port Vila harbour in 35 metres.
Source: Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Website Unbelievable history of the Star of Russia lying silent on the seabed of Port Vila harbour - just one of many Vanuatu wreck dive sites waiting for international divers to explore. The Star was large vessel, almost 83...
First Power Purchase agreement signed
Vanuatu Daily Post January 15, 2016 Tuesday this week witnessed a major development in the country’s energy sector as authorities put pens to paper to formalize a power purchasing agreement for the first Grid Connected Solar System in Port Vila. This project refers to...
Scuba Operators Association President holds great future for tourism in Vanuatu
Vanuatu Daily Post Jan 12th 2016 The President of Vanuatu Scuba Operators Association (VSOA), Mike Crawford, says Vanuatu has the potential to be the best tourist related country in the whole South Pacific. Crawford gave his view while discussing the future of scuba...
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...
One hundred new citizens receive their citizenship certificate
By Jonas Cullwick | Daily Post One hundred new citizens of Vanuatu were awarded their citizenship certificates in a ceremony at Au Fare restaurant at Melcoffee in Port Vila Thursday. All of them recently received their citizenship after the Government’s Citizenship...
