Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji – NEWSFLASH
24 October 2017
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24 October 2017
Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa celebrated its 50th anniversary.
The resort is located on Yanuca Island, which is connected via a short causeway to Viti Levu.
It is proud of the success of it’s Yanuca Marine Protected Area, a co-operative project which was chosen as a model site for coral reef development by the United Nations Environmental Programme.
Some recent awards won by the resort include the AON Excellence in Tourism Awards, Sustainability Award in 2014 and Holidays with Kids Readers Choice Awards Best Resort for Families Fiji in 2013.
The Resort has grown from 108 rooms to 442.
– It is home to five restaurants, a spa, three pools and most recent addition – Fiji’s largest inflatable water park – all combined, these facilities makes the resort, the largest single hotel in Fiji.
History
On June, 25, 1966 the formal laying of a foundation stone for the first 36 of the 108 lagoon wing rooms was officiated by Sir Derek Jakeway, the last Governor of Fiji before Independence.
A year later on October 22, 1967 the resort was officially opened by Ratu George Cakobau, the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy. Yesterday the resort celebrated its 50th Birthday as the Golden Lady in the Fijian tourism industry.
(Source: The Fiji Times ONLINE News 21 October 2017)
