Manea Spa Opens at Bora Bora Pearl Resort, Launches New Product Line
At a roomy 6,460 square feet, the new Manea Spa at the Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort is currently the largest spa in all of Bora Bora. Opening at the end of last month, the facility includes eight treatment rooms, an open-air Vichy shower, a beauty salon, two steam rooms, two saunas, a relaxation pavilion, and a fitness room. And there’s the Royale Pomare Suite, a treatment room tailored for honeymooners where 3-hour 20-minute couples sessions are available. The spa has also unveiled a new line of products, including body scrubs, moisturizers, and monoi oils, called “Manea.” The products will be available at all five Manea Spa locations and on the Internet.

Bora Bora Cruises Adds More Luxury
Bora Bora Cruises has further enhanced their luxury “nomade yachting” experience with new additions and changes to the itinerary. The Tu Moana and the Ti’a Moana returned to the water in late March after a two-and-a-half month dry dock. The ships now offer butler service and have added an excursion to the sacred marae site of Taputapuatea on Raiatea, with a visit to a vanilla plantation.

Star Flyer to Cruise Tahiti Waters
A new cruise ship is coming into port in Tahiti. Monaco-based Star Clippers will send the 360-foot Star Flyer to Tahiti to begin cruising in December 2007. The ship has a capacity of 170 passengers, and should provide a nice lift to the Tahiti cruise industry in the wake of the Wind Star’s departure last year.

Hotel Kia Ora Adds Internet Station
Leave the laptops at home on your next visit to Rangiroa’s Hotel Kia Ora. The property recently installed an Internet kiosk in the game room that can be operated using a traditional phone card, available at the hotel’s boutique.

Hotel Bora Bora Welcomes New Global Sales Manager
Hotel Bora Bora’s new global sales manager is no stranger to Tahiti. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Bianca Henry grew up in Tahiti before attending university in Montpellier, France to study art. A position in reception at the Club Med Moorea provided her entrée into the travel industry, after which she worked as a production assistant on Survivor: Marquesas. She most recently served as Business Development Manager for The Ascott Metropolis Auckland. Bianca is now based in Bora Bora and is responsible for global sales.

Week 2 and 3 Recap:
TTNA continued its Spring Workshop Series with stops in 10 more cities in the U.S. and Canada. At each workshop, TTNA gave a 90-minute presentation on Tahiti, followed by three-minute speeches from each of the attending Partner Representatives on their respective products. Attending travel agents also had the chance to meet with the Partners during a mini-tradeshow. The attendance and participation from all the workshops thus far is recapped below; next week we’ll report on the fourth and final week of workshops, held in Mexico.

May 2, St. Louis, Missouri: 46 Attendees
May 2, Irvine, California: 110 Attendees
May 3, Chicago, Illinois: 54 Attendees
May 3, Pleasanton, California: 90 Attendees
May 4, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 54 Attendees
May 4, Seattle, Washington: 42 Attendees
May 9, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: 35 Attendees
May 9, Houston, Texas: 52 Attendees
May 10, Phoenix, Arizona: 57 Attendees
May 10, Detroit, Michigan: 67 Attendees
May 11, New York, New York: 116 Attendees
May 11, Bridgeport, Connecticut: 22 Attendees
May 11, San Diego, California: 68 Attendees
May 16, Montreal, Canada: 48 Attendees
May 17, Toronto, Canada: 77 Attendees
May 18: Vancouver, Canada: 71 Attendees

Participating Partners:
-Accor Hotels and Resorts French Polynesia
-Air France (U.S. only)
-Air New Zealand
-Air Tahiti Nui
-Boomerang Tours (Canada only)
-Bora Bora Lagoon Resort (Canada only)
-Brendan Worldwide Vacations (U.S. only)
-Classic Vacations (U.S. only)
-Club Med (U.S. only)
-Happy Vacations (U.S. only)
-Hotel Bora Bora
-Hotel Kia Ora (U.S. only)
-InterContinental French Polynesia
-Island Escapes by Goway
-Islands in the Sun (U.S. only)
-Jetabout Island Vacations (U.S. only)
-Pearl Resorts
-Pleasant Holidays (U.S. only)
-Sunspots International (U.S. only)
-Tahiti Legends (U.S. only)
-Te Tiare Beach, an Outrigger Resort
-Tours Chanteclerc (Canada only)
-Travel Impressions (U.S. only)
-Voyages Cassis (Canada)

Participating Partners at the Montreal Workshop (credit: magazine ExpressVoyage.ca)


TTNA's Maureen Furedi addresses the crowd at the San Diego Workshop


Travel agents attending the New York Workshop