Founders of the travel agency Cheap Tickets Canada.com and Brigham Young University alumni who live near Victoria, British Columbia are on a yearlong adventure to the South Pacific for the entire year 2013! The best thing about it is that Samoa is on their list of destinations.
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The Renowned Water Hole – To Sua Trench
Located on the Southeast Coast of Upolu Island, Lotofaga is one of the villages that make up the Lotofaga Electoral Consistency together with Vavau’ and Matatufu who are all included in the political district of Atua. Having a population of 1,089 people it is the setting for Fuipisia and Sopoaga waterfalls and the To Sua Trench.
Warrior Queen of the Oceans of Samoa is challenged by the Commodore of Destroyer Squadron THREE ONE
More excitement is in the air for our wonderful and committed team here at the Polynesian Xplorer. Why? Our very own Managing Director and co-founder, Vaimasenu’u Zita Martel, who wears many hats besides the one mentioned above, has been challenged towith her Digicel Segavao crew by the USS Pearl Harbor team on Saturday 8th of June, 2013 at 3 pm. She will be skipper of their longboat while the Commodore of Destroyer Squadron THREE ONE Wallace Lovely will be captain of theirs.
Vaimasenu’u Zita Martel awarded top French honour
Vaimasenu’u Zita Martel, the Honorary Consul of France in Samoa, who is also co-founder and Managing Director of Polynesian Xplorer and the General Manager of Virgin Cove Resort ,was awarded and decorated with the high ranking President of the Republic of France award “Ordre national du Me`rite (National Ordre of Merit), for distinguished services to France. This making her one of the the 30,000 officer of the order.
The special ceremony was held at the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum on Thursday, 30th of May, 2013 and blessed by Archbishop Alapati Mataeliga. The prestigious President of France Award, was presented by His Excellency Francis Etienne, Ambassador of France to Samoa. Continue reading
Making friends and lifelong connections with the Drews
We were honoured to have new clients, Joe & Laura Drew here with us on island recently. They enjoyed the hospitality our people showed and thought comfortable being around them; surprisingly with this being their first visit to the country. After Laura took a dizzy turn before taking one of our tours, Polynesian Xplorer staff leapt into action, rushing her to our local hospital, Tupua Tamasese Meaole in Motootua to be seen by the A&E clinic. There was no problem with Laura in the end (other than perhaps the heat and a little over excitement!) however this turn of events left Joe & our tour guide, Mulifusi, lots of time to chat. Continue reading
Polynesian Xplorer aids Hutt International Boys’ School (HIBS) in their 2013 visit to Samoa
Polynesian Xplorer is at your service again! Our cheerful and amazing team greeted a school group of 15 students and 3 teachers from the Hutt International Boys’ School in Wellington, the city of “The Hurricanes” on the 20th of April. Every year, HIBS sends a service team of 12-15 students overseas to aid less fortunate communities in foreign countries. They fundraise, seek sponsorship and collect goods to take to a community less fortunate than their own. This year, 2013, with the aid of event managers, Polynesian Xplorer, they are visiting Samoa with an intention to carry out some community work and assist with reconstruction and development work.
Samoa’s Polynesian Xplorer makes event management look easy at the EU conferences 2013
Our ever dedicated and attentive Polynesian Xplorer events management team were the local event coordinator for two European Union funded conferences successively. Stunning tropical sunny weather welcomed the 50 delegates of the EU to Samoa for the first series of meetings. It was – wait for it as it’s rather long – the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) National Programming Consultative Seminar for the Pacific Region. Following on the heels of that one, tropical showers greeted the second lot of 60 delegates for the ACP Connect Study for the Pacific Region. One of our flagship hotels in Apia, Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, was the venue.
Samoa’s New Fautasi Champions!
The following post is reproduced – with permission – from the June 6th edition of the national newspaper, Samoa Observer. The quotes of Vaimasenu’u have been edited to more accurately reflect the words spoken in the interview.
Virgin Samoa unveils Tapu’itea
In an event arranged by Polynesian Xplorer, the new Virgin Samoa’s aircraft named Tapu’itea landed in Samoa and was welcomed home after its inaugural flight on Friday. The Polynesian Xplorer team welcomed media and VIP guests with traditional Samoan lei’s and Aana #1 Secondary School students danced and sang on the tarmac to welcome the new craft.
Sons of Samoa do it again…
Victorious cheers could be heard all through Apia Township yesterday after an unforgettable finish in the HSBC Sevens World Series in Los Angeles yesterday. Samoa went head to head with NZ in a final that had us all on the edge of our seats!