Business Melanesia

GROWTH IN COMMERCE SPURS MELANESIA BUSINESS COUNCIL MOVE

The non-Fiji-based High Commissioner of Vanuatu Romanu Tikotikoca says that projects to set up the Fiji-Vanuatu Business Councils are under way. "The creation of the Business Board is a good sign of Melanesian Spearhead Group's (MSG) commitment to promoting commerce in the region," said Tikotikoca. Tikotikoca says that trading should continue to expand after the Fiji-PNG Business Board was established.

Contains web addresses to regional exhibition agencies and papers, professional journals, radio/TV/cable information.

Contains web addresses to regional exhibition agencies and papers, professional journals, radio/TV/cable information. Advertisement and handicrafts are important instruments of Fijii. Food and consumables in particular should be strongly advertised via a wide variety of mainstream channels. It has three free to air channels (Fiji TV, Mai TV and FBC TV) and a payment service providers (Sky Pacific) where businesses can market their goods and service.

Communications Fiji and Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, the two most important radios, run a combined of eleven radios which broadcast in both the other two principal Fiji tongues, the native tongues of iTaukei and Hindi. The Fiji Times" and "The Fiji Sun" are two large English-language papers aimed mainly at an inner-city population.

Nai Lalakai" and "Volasiga" can be used for the iTaukei market and the Indo-Fijian Shanti Dut paper. Fiji also uses the three months' business journals "Pacific Business", "Islands Business" and "Business Melanesia" for its advert. Specific promotions are often carried out in regional malls.

Every year, two large fairs take place at which you can promote products: "Showcase ", a Suva based exhibition organised by Communication Fiji's Total Event Company, and the HOTEC Hotel and Resort Hospitals Show organised by the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association. May TV Fiji Ltd- Email: feedback@tv.com.fj Ready by our US Ambassadors Abroad.

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