Business Articles Archives

November 20, 2017 by stuartinfiji

Making Tourism Sustainable for the Micro-Small-Medium Enterprise (MSME) in Fiji – FTT 2017

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism in collaboration with key tourism stakeholders, convened the inaugural Fijian Tourism Talanoa (FTT) event on Friday, 17 November 2017.

I was invited to be a presenter/panelist for Session 3: Making Tourism Sustainable. This session focused on renewable energy, forest and marine protection and sustainable tourism. Expected outcomes from this session were to garner greater support for addressing challenges to the sustainable development of the tourism sector. [Read more…]

November 25, 2014 by stuartinfiji

Siteminder: 5 travel trends every tourism operator should consider

Great article from Siteminder the Channel Manager Company, about the new trends in tech that we should all pay attention to…

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August 28, 2014 by stuartinfiji

Economic Valuation of Tourism and Fisheries in the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape

In mid 2014, Resort Support was contracted to develop a paper to complete an Economic Valuation of Tourism and Fisheries in the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji.

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April 6, 2012 by stuartinfiji

Buying a Scuba Dive Business in the Tropics: DUE DILIGENCE?

So what exactly is this “due diligence” we’ve all been twittering on about when we talk about buying a scuba diving business? Seems very uptight and accountant-speak to most of us and about as interesting as my Auntie Mildred’s boil on her…, yes well you get the idea…

Simply put, performing due diligence means taking an extremely good scrutinizing look at the business to see if it holds muster and actually IS what it claimed to be before you made the offer. The basic translation is:

“Has the Seller told the truth in regards to how big the business is and how much money they make, or have they told porkie-pies in the MoS or Financial Highlights” [Read more…]

March 6, 2012 by stuartinfiji

Buying a Scuba Dive Business in the Tropics: LEGALLY IT’S YOURS!

Okay, so you’ve now done your Due Diligence, and after your inspection of the dive centre and the gear, and your Accountant’s close inspection of the books is all deemed satisfactory.

You now decide that it is all hunky dory and the Buyer was overall relatively honest in their claims, it is now time to move to next step, Exchange of Contracts and Settlement and complete the Deal. [Read more…]