FOCUS ON FIJI SUMMER 2018 WATERWORLD CHALLENGE - Fiji spearheads world fight Airline & hotel reviews - we test and report ‘I thought I knew Chinese food’ - then came a visit to Taiwan Summer road warriors - fast & fabulous cars & bikes THE LUXURY CORPORATE TRAVEL MAGAZINE COLENSO0486 Escape to happiness. With crystal clear water, white sand beaches, lush rainforests and tropical islands, it’s easy to see why Fiji is home to the happiest people on Earth. Take a private island getaway and let happiness find you. Go to www.fiji.travel to find out more. www.fiji.travel A PLACE TO www.raiwasa.com TRULY RELAX RECONNECT WITH YOUR LOVED ONES, BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, INDULGE IN HUMAN PLEASURES, BE IN THE MOMENT. WITH HAPPINESS ALL AROUND “One word: Perfection. My Raiwasa experience is unforgettable. This place is more than a very high level of luxury resort. Raiwasa has a soul. It’s authentic, and out of time and space. Everything is anticipated, every wish is provided... It’s like living the dream from the beginning to the end…” Mathilde.M “We’ve been to several 7 star hotels and Raiwasa’s service SCAN THIS BAR CODE and experiences goes way beyond them. We really got to TO MEET THE OWNER and discover a special off er reserved live the saying of “your wish is our command”. We’ve WIN NER 2017 to Corporate traveler readers. traveled to so many different places but this is the first time that we felt such sadness leaving a place. It was L uxury I ntimacy P rivacy Culture Whisperer and owner indeed our home away from home.“ Rawdha.B SAN FRANCISCO TOKYO ruSh Hour LOS ANGELES HONG KONG That’s a little more Fiji HONOLULU TARAWA KIRITIMATI SINGAPORE FUNAFUTI HONIARA APIA PORT VILA NADI SUVA VAVA’U NUKU’ALOFA BRISBANE SYDNEY ADELAIDE AUCKLAND MELBOURNE WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH AUSTRALIAN CODESHARE FIJI DESTINATIONS DARWIN ROTUMA LABASA CAIRNS TOWNSVILLE SAVUSAVU ROUTE KEY ROCKHAMPTON TAVEUNI BRISBANE VANUABALAVU Fiji Airways Routes KORO NADI PERTH SUVA CICIA SYDNEY Codeshare Routes ADELAIDE CANBERRA LAKEBA Interline Routes KADAVU HOBART Fiji Link Routes With a route network that spans 23 destinations in 13 countries our airline provides unequalled access to the Pacific through our hubs in Nadi and Suva, Fiji to destinations in the USA, Pacific Islands, Singapore and Hong Kong. Travellers from Australia will find convenient flights departing to Fiji and beyond from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with up to 25 flights per week using Airbus A330 aircraft and Boeing 737 aircraft, offering world class service in both Business and Economy class. Our airline is also a partner in the Qantas Frequent Flyer programme and members can earn and redeem points as well as credit those points towards their tier status. Within Fiji, Fiji Link offers services that are reliable, comfortable and competitively priced, with a comprehensive range of schedules to connect. FIJIAIRWAYS.COM CONTENTS Corporate Traveller, Summer 2018 NEWS 14. News Roundup What’s new in the business of travel 24. Hotel News Spotlight on the new and unique COVER STORY 26. Hotel Reports Report on Pullman and Novotel Fiji spearheads world fight 42 against climate change 34. Airline News What’s new on our flightpath 36. Flight Report We fly & report on Virgin in Australia COVER STORY 42. Fiji spearheads world fight against climate change 52. On safari in Fiji - travel for business & pleasure LUXURY ESCAPES 58. Raiwasa’s magic menu for recapturing our mojo 58 64. InterContinental – a beckon LUXURY ESCAPES for business and pleasure Raiwasa’s magic menu 70. Volivoli inspires action for recapturing our mojo - from diving to cocktails 76. Grand Pacific Hotel - icon of the South Pacific WORLD FOCUS 82. Niue - tall & alone in the Pacific an enigma waiting to be explored 88. An art collector’s haven Rowena Bahl at Hotel Tugu Advertising Contact Trudy Parsons-Smith [email protected] +64 21 688 820 Editorial Contact 70 Bruce Laybourn [email protected] LUXURY ESCAPES + 64 21 950 288 Volivoli inspires action - from diving to cocktails corporatetravellermagazine.com 8 CORPORATE TRAVELLER AUTUMN 2017 CONTENTS Corporate Traveller, Summer 2018 WINE 92. The summer threesome – rosé prosecco and big bottles MOTORING MOTORING 96. News – Aston DB11 declared Porsche’s Panamera 4S most beautiful car 2017 98 a 911 with four doors 98. Porsche’s Panamera 4S - a 911 with four doors 100. The artwork called Arteon - VW’s golden egg 102. Katana-like Lexus - at the cutting edge MOTORCYCLING 104. The Ducati Panigale V4 - when a bullet is too slow 106. KTM’s 1290GT re-ignites sports/touring debate 108. Yamaha YZF-R1M - superbike unleashed 106 110. BMW’s new G310GS - the legend continues MOTORCYCLING KTM’s 1290GT re-ignites 112. The Indian Bobber sports/touring debate - stripped down for action 114. Vespa’s origins honoured - but with extra muscle GOLF 116. Global golf tourism now worth $32 billion CRUISING 120. Virgin building first ship - to board adults-only 122. Cruising PNG & Solomons aboard the Pacific Eden CUISINE 124. ‘I thought I knew Chinese food 122 - then came a visit to Taiwan’ CRUISING Cruising PNG & Solomons aboard the Pacific Eden 10 CORPORATE TRAVELLER AUTUMN 2017 FCS N FII SER OUR WORD PUBLISHER Bruce Laybourn Fiji the perfect barometer [email protected] for world climate change BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Trudy Parsons-Smith [email protected] EDITOR AT LARGE Rob Prince [email protected] ART DIRECTOR Tijen Kizildere – NOK Design MOTORING EDITOR Andrew Beacham [email protected] As the new president of the United Nation’s Climate GOLFING EDITOR Change Conference, Fiji is surely the perfect barometer for Kelsen Butler [email protected] the damage earth’s inhabitants are inflicting on their planet. Even before assuming the UN role in November, Fiji had CUISINE EDITOR Quintin Quider begun making room for its Kiribati neighbours, displaced by [email protected] rising oceans. Fiji is also counting the human and economic cost of increasingly extreme weather events. WINE EDITOR Liz Wheadon In February, 2016, Cyclone Winston claimed 44 lives and [email protected] cost Fiji the equivalent of one third of its GDP. PHOTOGRAPHY “We certainly place great importance on highlighting the Rob Trathen impacts of climate change on all vulnerable nations, and [email protected] especially those of us in the Pacific, where in some instances, PROOFING we face a threat to our very existence,” said Fiji Prime Minister, Ilana Kizildere Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in an interview with Corporate Traveller. CORRESPONDENTS Antonella Kann (South America) He hopes for a “change of heart” by United States’ president, Gerard Hindmarsh (Asia-Pacific) Donald Trump, who initiated an American withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the international accord intended to DISTRIBUTION combat greenhouse gas emissions. International Magzter/Newspaper Direct/isubscribe “Unless we tackle the root cause of these events - global warming - we all face an unpredictable and terrifying future, New Zealand and Australia Premium airline lounges, New Zealand’s top 500 CEOs, not only in the vulnerable nations but in every part of the Australia’s leading convention centres and event world.” planners, airlines as well as hospitality executives, hotels, On a brighter note, this “Focus on Fiji” edition throws the cafes, corporate headquarters, Corporate Cabs, Premier spotlight onto the country’s burgeoning hospitality industry, Jet Charters and executive car purchasers. with highlights for both business and leisure travellers. CORPORATE TRAVELLER MAGAZINE LTD From our correspondents from around the world we Corporate Traveller publishes four times each year. The serve up a healthy summer read. Liz Wheadon discusses contents are copyright and cannot be reproduced without the written consent of the Publisher. Most articles are the big summer wine trends – prosecco, big bottles and the commissioned, but quality contributions may be considered. continuing reign of rosé. Corporate Traveller’s acceptance of all contributed material Graham Simmons takes us on a tour of Taiwanese cuisine - words, images and illustrations - is on the basis that these while Rob Prince takes us cruising aboard the Pacific Eden. will be used internationally in all forms of the magazine’s distribution and marketing, be that print, digital or social Meanwhile Andy Beacham introduces us to more motoring networking. All articles, images and illustrations submitted exotica. will remain open for reading, reference or retrieval without time limit through all forms of distribution. Bruce Laybourn All material is accepted on this basis only. Publisher COVER: Islands of the South Pacific are the perfect barometer for rising sea levels corporatetravellermagazine.com Cover Photo: Rorro Gomez Bolbaran 12 CORPORATE TRAVELLER SUMMER 2018 NEWS VEGAS DEALT VERY BAD HAND BY MASS MURDERER typically promote restaurants, markets to measure the shooting’s concerts, a topless pool and potential impact. The report said other entertainment were instead not all markets are alike, but the showing a dedicated phone line effects on tourism of events such for victims and their families, along as the Orlando, Florida, nightclub with words of appreciation for first attack have gradually become less responders and casino employees. pronounced and shorter. #VegasStrong is the message Las In the days after the shooting, Vegas marketing officials used to get visitors found marked police SUVs tourists flowing to the city after the parked outside their hotels along attack. the Strip. 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