December 2011
16 posts
Top Ten Scuba Destinations →
#2 Scuba Dive Fiji Islands, South Pacific
Fiji offers an incredible scuba diving experience. It is the “Soft Coral Capital of the World”, the home of the “Great White Wall”, the “Yellow Tunnel”…
Merry Christmas →
Merry Christmas from all of us at Paradise. Hope you enjoy time with family and friends. We’d like to leave you with a video our family recorded while taking a helicopter…
Catching the Fijian Fever | Official Website of 10... →
One of the reasons why people travel to Fiji year in and year out are the magnificent scuba dive sites located all over the islands. Even if you’ve never taken one breath underwater, there has never…
Google+ Tweets | Tourism Currents Twitter →
We help tourism professionals make sense of social media. Co-founders Becky McCray (@BeckyMcCray) and Sheila Scarborough (@SheilaS) tweet here.
Google+ Tweets | Tourism Currents Twitter
Returning Soon - Review of Matava - Fiji's Premier... →
We have been to several places on Kadavu and find Matava the best. We would return just for the food but when you add the reef, the wonderful staff, diving, snorkeling, fishing, and the very nice…
Two new species of freshwater fishes discovered in... →
Two new scientific papers have been published in the last several months highlighting the discovery of two new species of freshwater fishes unique to Fiji and only known from two river systems in…
Hippichthys albomaculosus, a new species of... →
Hippichthys albomaculosus, a new species of freshwater pipefish
(Pisces: Syngnathidae) from Fiji
Aaron P. Jenkins and Kinikoto Mailautoka Wetlands International-Oceania, Fiji Office, …
Visit your Owners’ Center →
Visit your Owners’ Center to get a free interactive map, which is customized to your city and business.
This is a great new marketing tool which shows the places TripAdvisor travelers love most….
Good fishing, diving and Mantas! →
Activities have been running above and below the water showing the guests all the best Fiji has on offer.. Fishing trips were super successful, once the birds were found the rods started to provide…
Explorer - Shark Dives in Fiji - NYTimes.com →
In Fiji, Dancing With Sharks
Martywolff.com
Divers like to see big fish. At 50 feet below the South Pacific in Fiji, a dive leader feeds a piece of tuna to a white tip shark.
Old School Gamefishing →
Before…..
(Those were the days !)
After…..
Damn I forgot my bow tie….
“Bite Me”
Matava Resort
Kadavu
Fiji Islands
www.matava.com
Social Media, how to do it... →
Great article about how to mange social media in reality…
It goes without saying these days that a social media presence for your business or service is a must. As with everything there is a…
Non rebreather masks available in Fiji →
This disposable mask provides oxygen for breathing persons who cannot tolerate demand-valve oxygen regulators or when two divers need emergency oxygen.
Adult Nonrebreathing Mask (also called…
Asia Pacific’s first PADI Green Star Award awarded... →
We’re pleased to announce that Matava – Fijis Premier Eco Adventure Resort has received the first PADI Green Star award in the Asia Pacific region in November 2011 for our sustainable and…
Fame Anybody ? →
We are arranging an opportunity for World renown photographer Jon Schwartz to visit us and photograph GT Poping aboard Tease Me this summer. We need a couple of GT anglers willing to model ! You…
Take a Friend to Fiji for 50% off Matava package:... →
Matava Summer Special2nd Person 50% offEscape to Fiji to Matava – Fiji’s Premier Eco Adventure Resort and the Second Person stays Half Price !Valid for travel between 1st December 2011 – 29th…
November 2011
16 posts
The Sun Is Back! →
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Take a Friend to Fiji for 50% off Matava package:... →
Matava Summer Special
2nd Person 50% off
Escape to Fiji to Matava – Fiji’s Premier Eco Adventure Resort and the Second Person stays Half Price !
Valid for travel between 1st December 2011…
Save our sharks, Miss Fiji to tell pageant →
Please support Fiji’s Miss Hibiscus at the South Pacific pageant. She is championing the Fiji Shark Campaign as part of her bid to become Miss South Pacific. This is a great way for us to get the…
Save our sharks, Miss Fiji to tell pageant →
Please support Fiji’s Miss Hibiscus at the South Pacific pageant. She is championing the Fiji Shark Campaign as part of her bid to become Miss South Pacific. This is a great way for us to get the…
Save our sharks, Miss Fiji to tell pageant →
Please support Fiji’s Miss Hibiscus at the South Pacific pageant. She is championing the Fiji Shark Campaign as part of her bid to become Miss South Pacific. This is a great way for us to get the…
Lavena Coastal walk →
Wonderful coastal walk today in Lavena. Beautiful scenery and amazing waterfalls. So much to see during the trip. Enjoyed it very much.
Sea Save Foundation - Auction Home Page -... →
The Sea Save Foundation Holiday Auction is now open! The proceeds will go to Sea Save Foundation in order to support ocean conservation.Auction items range from exotic diving vacation getaways,…
Sea Save Foundation - Auction Home Page -... →
The Sea Save Foundation Holiday Auction is now open!
The proceeds will go to Sea Save Foundation in order to support ocean conservation.
Auction items range from exotic diving…
Sea Save Foundation - Auction Home Page -... →
The Sea Save Foundation Holiday Auction is now open!
The proceeds will go to Sea Save Foundation in order to support ocean conservation.
Auction items range from exotic diving…
What Hotel Marketers Should Consider When Using... →
You may have read the announcements last week that Google finally launched their highly anticipated Business Platform for Google+. Google Business Pages allow businesses and brands to own a…
Wind down and enjoy - Review of Matava - Fiji's... →
My wife I have just returned from Matava. What a great bunch of people. They have such a huge amount of knowledge of the land and marine environment around them lends for a great experience on…
The Underwater Realm →
After two weeks of diving and snorkelling in Taveuni and we still cant get enough. Divers have been really impressed by the divesite ‘the stairs’. Its main attractions are the two swim throughs. The…
Threatened gentle giants: both species of manta... →
Manta rays are true gentle giants; though they can grow more than 20 feet wide from wingtip to wingtip, they eat only plankton. Swimming with these animals is a rare thrill for SCUBA divers, and…
Prime Slot opens up for Anglers →
Summer Dolphinfish are numerous
Matava Eco-Adventure Resort was totally fully booked with divers for early January however it has just had a cancellation from the 1st to the 10th…
New faces @ Paradise!! →
Welcome to our 1st blog as the new Dive Instructors at Paradise and Taveuni Dive. Our names are Kim and CJ. We are from South Africa and have travelled extensively before arriving here in Fiji. Our…
Google+ Pages Now Open For Businesses, Brands,... →
Great article by Danny Sullivan on Google + Pages:
“Finally, Google is now allowing businesses, brands and any non-human entity to participate in its Google+ social network, through new…
October 2011
4 posts
Ultra Light IGFA Wahoo World Record Hunting →
Graeme and Owen fron South Australia spent a week with us at Matava Lodge with the intention of going after the M-03 Wahoo IGFA World Record. Owen makes a range of ultra-light custom…
Fiji Winter Season Saltwater Fishing Summary →
From the beginning of 2011, the South Pacific experienced strong La Nina weather patterns. Warmer than normal water gathered towards the Western side of the Pacific leading to unusual…
Yellowfin Sashimi for Hong Kong →
With the new direct flights between Hong Kong and Fiji operated by Air Pacific, we have been delighted to welcome more and more guests from that part of the world. Manny and Cherry stayed…
Mad Fish Dive Centeron iDivein.com →
If You are dreaming of diving in the kingdom of soft corals You should visit Fiji.There are just a few places in the world as colorful as the underwater reefs of Fiji. During each dive, you can find…
September 2011
2 posts
Google+ Strategy: 5 Tips to Help Marketers Get... →
With 10 million confirmed users of Google+, and comScore reporting there were 20 million visitors to Google’s new social platform during its first 21 weeks of existence, it’s safe to say…
Bluewater Magazine, Issue 87 now available →
FEATURES Clarion island – where the wild things roam Capt Josh Temple takes us aboard an 80-foot custom gameboat for an adventurous journey to the realm of the biggest yellowfin…
August 2011
2 posts
Shark Hope Teaser video by CORAL, Pew and Shark... →
Bite Me Takes Fiji Sailfish Record →
The Eyre rods and Avet SXs - Our ultra-light tackle Record hunting gear
Australian anglers Steve, Peter and Paul came to Matava Eco-Adventure Resort recently to fish light…
July 2011
10 posts
10 Things CMOs Need To Know About Google+ →
By Chris Brogan
First off, if you’re immediately thinking, “The LAST thing I need is to figure out yet another social network,” you’re totally right….
BlueWater Magazine issue 86 now on sale →
FISHING
FEATURES
winning
strategies for blue granders
Part
2 – The first 5 minutes
In
the second instalment of this series, Capt Peter…
Drop Zone: Fiji Powers Up More Than 100,000 Fuel... →
Exciting dive and surf documentary turns viewers on to diving and the underwater world
Released on: 7/27/2011
More than 100,000 households tuned in to Drop Zone:…
My new favorite place on the planet! - TripAdvisor →
My husband and I spent a week at Matava and were immediately working on ways to stay longer or at least return next year. This is definitely a place to get away from it all and enjoy the real Fiji….
Fiji feels like paradise - The Boston Globe →
To travel 7,500 miles for a five-star, air-conditioned villa on the beach would have been to miss the heart of Fiji. That was not what I had in mind as I traveled with a 50-pound suitcase of medical…
New spa being built on Kadavu →
Earth is broken and building has started on The Bamboo Spa at Matava Eco Resort on Kadavu.
International underwater photography grand prix,... →
World ShootOut Registration, Participation and Submission throughout the whole month of August, 2011! Due to an increasing demand for flexibility in World ShootOut dates, we are happy to announce…
FREE Wedding →
Say ‘I Do’ in Paradise!
Stefan & Natalie from Germany celebrated their love with a Fiji Wedding Ceremony in Paradise Taveuni.
Traveling together from Germany to the…
Link →
Paradise Taveuni recently received a write up in Time Magazine, featuring the legendary Rainbow Reef….“Consistently rated as one of the world’s best dive sites, the wall is reached via a tubular…
LAST MINUTE DIVE SPECIAL →
Love to dive? Well, you are going to love the LAST MINUTE DIVE SPECIAL in Paradise! 5 nights in Paradise in a Tropical Bure with outdoor shower and Jacuzzi All meals 10 boat dives + 1 night dive +…