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FIJI TURNS THE CORNER – NOW THE CLEAN-UP BEGINS

FIJI TURNS THE CORNER – NOW THE CLEAN-UP BEGINS

Pic: ABC News – Kerri Ritchie After two days of sunshine and with hotels and resorts across the destination reporting a return to “near normalcy”, Tourism Fiji CEO Josefa Tuamoto has said it appears Fiji “has finally turned the corner.” Speaking from the organisation’s Nadi offices Mr Tuamoto said flood waters had now receded and […]

FIJI TURNS THE CORNER – NOW THE CLEAN-UP BEGINS

FIJI TURNS THE CORNER – NOW THE CLEAN-UP BEGINS

Pic: ABC News – Kerri Ritchie After two days of sunshine and with hotels and resorts across the destination reporting a return to “near normalcy”, Tourism Fiji CEO Josefa Tuamoto has said it appears Fiji “has finally turned the corner.” Speaking from the organisation’s Nadi offices Mr Tuamoto said flood waters had now receded and […]

FIJI TURNS THE CORNER – NOW THE CLEAN-UP BEGINS

Pic: ABC News – Kerri RitchieAfter two days of sunshine and with hotels and resorts across the destination reporting a return to “near normalcy”, Tourism Fiji CEO Josefa Tuamoto has said it appears Fiji “has finally turned the corner.”Speaking from the organisation’s Nadi offices Mr Tuamoto said flood waters had now receded and all main […]

Michael Palin: To Travel or Not to Travel

Michael Palin: To Travel or Not to Travel

Times are hard, but we must resist the temptation to stay at home, pull up the drawbridge and look after number one. The economic crisis, this time around, is global. And to understand it we need, more than ever, to keep in touch with the rest of the world, to see how others are coping […]

DRY IDEA SLAKES FOODIES’ THIRSTS

DRY IDEA SLAKES FOODIES’ THIRSTS

Wc19Jan09 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning January 19 2009 david ellis FEWER than 250 people live in the little village of Watervale in South Australia, but their vignerons and winemakers create Rieslings there that are the envy of some of the biggest – and greatest – makers in the world. Jim Barry Wines […]

DRY IDEA SLAKES FOODIES’ THIRSTS

DRY IDEA SLAKES FOODIES’ THIRSTS

Wc19Jan09 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning January 19 2009 david ellis FEWER than 250 people live in the little village of Watervale in South Australia, but their vignerons and winemakers create Rieslings there that are the envy of some of the biggest – and greatest – makers in the world. Jim Barry Wines […]

Multimillion dollar renovation complete at Pullman Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns

Multimillion dollar renovation complete at Pullman Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns

Two year refurbishment project follows hotel rebrand The renovation project follows the Reef Hotel Casino’s rebranding from a Sofitel to a Pullman hotel in December 2008, providing the 13-year old property with a fresh new identity to kick start 2009. The internal upgrade at the Reef Hotel Casino Complex – which houses the 128-room five […]

Multimillion dollar renovation complete at Pullman Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns

Multimillion dollar renovation complete at Pullman Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns

Two year refurbishment project follows hotel rebrand The renovation project follows the Reef Hotel Casino’s rebranding from a Sofitel to a Pullman hotel in December 2008, providing the 13-year old property with a fresh new identity to kick start 2009. The internal upgrade at the Reef Hotel Casino Complex – which houses the 128-room five […]

Ski New Zealand cheaper

Ski New Zealand cheaper

Travel briefs for w/c Jan 19 2008. TRAVEL BRIEFS By John CrookA wild food fight Spain’s township of Bunol runs red with rivers of tomato juice, on the last Wednesday in August, when 20,000 revellers pelt big squashy tomatoes at each other. There’s an eight-day tour which includes the tomato fights, along with Barcelona and […]

Ski New Zealand cheaper

Ski New Zealand cheaper

Travel briefs for w/c Jan 19 2008. TRAVEL BRIEFS By John CrookA wild food fight Spain’s township of Bunol runs red with rivers of tomato juice, on the last Wednesday in August, when 20,000 revellers pelt big squashy tomatoes at each other. There’s an eight-day tour which includes the tomato fights, along with Barcelona and […]