This year marks the 38th year that Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia has been working with Pacific Island countries to facilitate commercial outcomes for Pacific Island businesses.

A 30% savings is being extended to South Pacific resort properties wanting to update their promotional photo libraries in the remainder of 2017. The End-of-Financial-Year package is being offered by David Kirkland, one of the most widely published tourism and resort photographers in the region (www.kirklandphotos.com).

After three years at the helm of Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF), Laulu Mac Leauanae has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP). State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes officially announced Mac’s three-year appointment recently, and warmly welcomes Mac to the Public Service.

Airport retailing is the largest market in the broader international travel retail market. It includes all retail operations in airports (in departures and arrivals, airside and landside).

Chef Robert Oliver and one of the masterminds behind the Pacific-inspired Kai Pasifika restaurant in Auckland has been named in the 2017 Kea World Class New Zealand Award recipients, ahead of the Gala Dinner on June 22.

The Chief Executive Officer of the South Pacific Tourism Organisation, Chris Cocker recently returned from attending the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) in Helsinki, Finland, inspired with the possibilities that a circular economy could bring to the tourism sector in the Pacific.