Qamea Resort & Spa has taken delivery of a purpose built pontoon style dive boat, The Qamea Diver. The boat was shipped to Qamea from New Zealand along with the master boat builder, Shane Clark of Hurricane Boats New Zealand, for final assembly and fine tuning in the resort's workshop. Unlike other dive boats in Fiji, The Qamea Diver has air filled aluminium pontoons on both sides. Not only does this make The Qamea Diver more seaworthy, it also affords enhanced stability and comfort. Another unique feature of The Qamea Diver is that the bow opens up into a staircase, for easy boarding directly from the beach onto boat. The Qamea Diver is 8 metres (24 feet) in length, and will be suitable for up to six divers. The will continue to use the larger Seastorm for diving as well, particularly for their charter dives to the White Wall and Rainbow Reef in the Somosomo Strait.

The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Freelance Council has donated FJD1100 to the Sigatoka village school, Sigatoka School for the Blind in the Sigatoka Hospital Children’s Ward.

The cash donation was recently presented to Tourism Fiji by Second Vice Chairperson Carole Terwillinger Meyers at a ‘farewell to Fiji’ evening hosted by Tourism Fiji at the Naviti Resort, the culmination of a highly successful visit to Fiji by 60 SATW members, the largest group of travel writers to visit Fiji at any one time in the tourist board’s history.

THE Tanoa Plaza Hotel in Fiji's capital city of Suva has received a 4-star rating from AAA Tourism Australia. This makes the Tanoa the only four-star rated hotel in Suva. The Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi as well as the Tanoa Waterfront Hotel in Lautoka also have 4-star ratings, providing assurance of quality service to guests wishing to stay at the various Tanoa group properties in Fiji Islands.

Fiji Visitors Bureau, Shangri-La's Fijian Resort & Spa, Mana Island Resort, Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa and Sonaisali Island Resort have come together in an effort to target the China market through a media campaign with GZL International Travel Service Ltd. The campaign launched this month, targets travel for the October holidays and will be undertaken in Guangzhou.

Outrigger on the Lagoon Resort on the Coral Coast of Fiji, has been awarded the "best service hotel award in the Pacific". It came up against 300 other hotels from the South Pacific region including Australia and New Zealand. The award was announced in September at the HotelClub.com annual awards night. View information about the Outrigger Resort as well as its latest specials and holiday packages. The Warwick is one of a number of Coral Coast resorts in Fiji.

Maravu Plantation Beach Resort & Spa now boast a 4.5 star AAA rating. Last year, Maravu just missed that rating, and achieved a 4-star. However, as a result of continued work at improving amenities and facilities, Maravu was able to gain the improved rating after stringent reassessment.

Maravu is a luxury vacation resort on the island of Taveuni in Fiji's popular northern islands region. With 90 acres and a variety of accommodation options, it appeals to many kinds of guest, especially honeymooners and wedding couples.

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Yasawa Island Resort & Spa is an internationally recognised luxury resort in the Yasawa Island Group of Fiji. In the recent 14th World Travel Awards, the resort was voted as 'Fiji’s Leading Spa Resort'. These prestigious awards are compared with the Oscars of the movie industry.

Yasawa Island Resort received two other recognitions in 2007 - with Forbes Traveler listing its beach in its world's top ten beaches, and Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report naming the resort as one of its two 'Best Hideaways' in Fiji.

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