- Less expensive
- More convenient
- Easier to install and maintain
- Infrastructure needs are usually minimal
- Smaller carbon footprint – i.e. more environmentally friendly
Dec 27, 2011
Renewable Energy Developing in Fiji | Peachy Green
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Dec 12, 2011
Great Place - TripAdvisor
Last month I spent 10 day at Matava;the staff was a lot of fun,the food was great,diving was the best,hugh mantas,lots of sharks, I didnt want to leave,hope I can go back again.Fred A
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Dec 11, 2011
Dawn over the Great Astrolabe Barrier Reef
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Dec 1, 2011
Asia Pacific's first PADI Green Star Award awarded to Matava, Fiji
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
eco-conscious environmental activities and business practices.
The program helps PADI Dive Centers and Resorts identify practical
actions they can take to protect and preserve the environment.
Because they choose which conservation actions they would like to
implement, PADI Dive Centers and Resorts can completely customize the
program for their businesses.
“There’s more to going green than simply jumping on the eco
bandwagon,” says Bob Coleman, Vice President of Sales, Retailer and
Resort Association, PADI Americas, Latin America and Canada.
“Well-organized conservation initiatives can reduce costs while
strengthening your brand, especially when you strategically introduce
them into your overall business plan. Earning the PADI Green Star
Award shows customers that you care about the environment and are
taking action to protect it. With today’s environmentally-conscious
divers, going green can be an important competitive advantage.”
Richard Akhtar of Matava and Mike Holme of PADI Asia Pacific |
“We hope other dive operations and tourism providers in the Asia Pacific region follow our example and help to protect their local environment and achieve sustainable business practises in a green and clean manner!” said Mr Stuart Gow, one of Matava's Directors.
"We are extremely proud to win this award. We have been lucky to win overseas and global awards for our environmental policy in the past year, but it is especially gratifying to be recognised at home by our colleagues in Fiji." he continued .
Richard Akhtar, Managing Director of Matava - Fiji's Premier Eco Adventure Resort said "At Matava, we are of course both happy and proud to receive this prestigious award. We find it even more important that the industry, by rewarding environmental efforts, choose to take a stand for the environment we depend on. We also see it as an important continuing signal to the community which at the same time can serve to inspire the numerous individuals and companies who have been doing so much, and continue to do even more in the field of environmental enlightenment and conservation. This award has highlighted Fiji's leading role and efforts in this regard especially."
"At Matava, we are of course both happy and proud to receive this prestigious global award. We find it even more important that the industry, by rewarding similar efforts, choose to take a stand for the environment we depend on. We also see it as an important continuing signal to the community which at the same time can serve to inspire the numerous individuals and companies who have been doing so much, and continue to do even more in the field of environmental enlightenment and conservation. This award has highlighted Fiji's leading role and efforts in this regard especially in our our region of the South Pacific."
Mr Akhtar finished by saying "Matava - Fiji's Premier Eco-Adventure Resort has again proved that it is indeed among the leaders in environmentally sensitive resorts worldwide, and this latest award solidifies our position as an example of how resorts can operate AND help maintain and improve the surrounding environment"
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PADI Green Star Award presented to Stuart Gow of Matava by Drew Richardson, President of PADI at DEMA 2012 (Danny Dwyer, Drew Richardson, Stuart Gow, Hendrick Nimb, Mike Holme) |
Matava - Fiji's Premier Eco Adventure Resort, is an eco adventure getaway offering you a fun and unique blend of cultural experiences and adventure activities in the environmentally pristine and remote island of Kadavu in the Fiji Islands. Matava - Fiji Premier Eco Adventure Resort is a PADI Dive Resort as well as a Project AWARE GoEco Operator. With more than 12 years experience in the Fiji Islands, Matava is recognized as a leading educational dive centre. Matava offers accommodation for up to 22 guests in lush tropical surroundings in traditional thatched Fijian 'bures' with hardwood polished floors, louvre windows and private decks offering privacy, comfort and superb ocean views.


About PADI Green Star Awards:
PADI Dive Centers and Resorts have a powerful new tool to help organize and implement environmental conservation programs - and be recognized for their efforts - with the PADI Green Star Award. The program helps PADI Dive Centers and Resorts identify practical actions they can take to protect and preserve the environment. Because they choose which conservation actions they would like to implement, PADI Dive Centers and Resorts can completely customize the program for their businesses. For additional information, contact Roger Josselyn at 800 729 7234 (US and Canada) or +1 949 858 7234 ext. 2519.
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Take a Friend to Fiji for 50% off Matava package: 2nd Person Half Price on Land and Air! | Matava - Fijis Premier Eco Adventure Resort
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 – 28th February 2012
- valid for double / twin share
- ANY Matava Dive, Romance or Adventure Package
- 5 nights stay or longer
- All meals and airport transfers included
- Complimentary Snorkelling on Critter Junction
- Waterfall hike and village afternoon
- Lovo feast and kava ceremony
Additions:
Extra night – 2nd person half price (based on double occupancy)
- Extra days diving – 2nd person half price
- Single Supplement – Waived
- Based on published package and add on rates
- Excludes gamefishing and kayaking packages
- Travel through 28th February 2011 subject to availability
- Blackout period: travel Between 23rd December 2011 and 29th December 2011 excluded