Lifestyle

Qantas’ alliance with Emirates

Qantas is on the verge of finalising a new major alliance with Emirates. What does that mean for its customers? Qantas proposed new alliance with Emirates is not expected to affect its Papua New Guinea services (including its code-share services with Air Niugini from Brisbane and Qantaslink services from Cairns), nor its domestic services in Australia. However, for […]
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Ebooks: a quick guide

With books so hard to come by in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, more and more people across the region are getting into ebooks: digital versions of the printed book. There are now millions of ebooks available. Comparatively cheap, easy to find and fast to download from the web (if you have a reliable […]
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Madang Resort Hotel

It’s no surprise to discover that the Madang Resort Hotel is Papua New Guinea’s oldest because that explains how it came to secure such a spectacular location. The 15-acre site, replete with orchid gardens and indigenous wildlife, has absolute water frontage onto Dallman Passage, beautiful Madang Harbour and Yamilon Lagoon. Guests in the executive suites […]
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Island life: Loloata Island Resort

Business Advantage visited Loloata Island Resort, a small diving resort outside Port Moresby and asked owner Richard Knight about the challenges of running a tourism operation in Papua New Guinea. ‘When we decided to set up a resort [in 1977], the idea was to set up a diving resort. PNG has the reputation for being […]
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