Pacific Island Paradises

P A R A D I S E ISLAND PACIFIC S Meet the team ADDRESS 136 Cathedral Street Woolloomooloo 2011 Australia Tel: +61 2 9369 2177 Fax: +61 2 9369 2677 Email: info@paradises.com.au Website: www.paradisesonline.com CORRESPONDENCE PO Box 2408 Bondi Junction 1355 NSW Australia Pacific Island PARADISES Published by Paradises Ink. (PIP Publications Pty Limited) ABN 21054987174 ISSN 1320-2812 Printed by PMG Media Pty Ltd Distributed in Australia by Network Services $14.95 (inc GST) Australian RRP only Pacific Island Paradises is published annually and distributed internationally. Peter Bloomfield Jackie Lesko Monique Galluzzo Publisher & CEO Group ediTOR Pacific Island Paradises magazine gratefully acknowledges all material – both text and images – received from tourist offices and individuals and has endeavoured to credit everyone who has contributed. However in such a large publication it is possible that a credit may have been overlooked and we apologise for any omission. Deputy ediTOR All material copyright ©2014 PIP Publications Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine can be reproduced without the permission of Paradises Ink. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the Publisher. Publisher reserves the right to edit/ change guide content for consistent coverage purposes. Photos supplied to the Publisher are supplied on good faith and the onus is on the supplier to guarantee publishing rights and to provide photo credits. The publisher cannot guarantee credits will appear on published photos. All prices and conditions quoted are based on the latest information received and subject to change. The Publisher cannot be held responsible for any inconvenience or expense resulting from a subsequent alteration to price or conditions. Stacey Bowden Geoff Bartlett Lourdes Aguon-Schulte Graphic Designer ADVERTISING & Marketing Editorial CONTRIBUTOR ADVERTISING & MARKETING (MIRCONESIA) Pearly Ong Kelly Tang Jackie Chan Director of sales Director of marketing FINANCIAl CONTROLLER 2  www.paradisesonline.com Pacific Island Paradises is grateful to the following people and organisations for supplying research material and/or photographs for use in this publication: Gregoire Le Bacon (Sofitel French Polynesia) • Cook Islands Vistors Bureau • Chuuk Visitors Bureau • David Kirkland • Kieran Scott • Fiji Visitors Bureau • FSM Visitors Board • Guam Visitors Bureau • Hawaii Tourism Ron Garnett and Tor Johnson • Hawaii's Big Island Visitors Bureau (BIVB) • Kosrae Visitors Bureau • New Caledonia Tourism • Nuie Tourism Authority • McLennan • Marianas Visitors Authority • Marshall Islands Visitors Authority • Palau Visitors Authority • Pohnpei Surf Club/Swilly • PNG Tourism Promotion Authority • Pohnpei Visitors Bureau • Samoa Tourism Authority • Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau • Surfing Association of PNG - Jason Pini • Tahiti Tourisme • tim-mckenna • Marcelo Krause (Walindi Plantation) • Yap Visitors Bureau • Vanuatu Tourist Office Cover: David Kirkland Photography www.kirklandphotos.com/ All material is © copyright to the respective providers and may not be used without their permission.

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