Travel in Polynesia

Tikiphone, French Polynesia’s sole mobile service provider, will soon launch the region’s first HSPA network after signing a contract with Alcatel-Lucent.  

This week, I've found an amazing deal that makes a trip to French Polynesia much more affordable.  

Chinese mainland travel groups will be allowed to visit Israel and French Polynesia starting on Sept.  

French Polynesia issued a set of three stamps to commemorate HEIVA 2008. 'Heiva' is the Tahitian word for festival. During the festival, cultural groups congregate in Tahiti from all over the five widely dispersed archipelagos of French Polynesia: the other Society Islands, along with groups...  

French Polynesian government officials are trying to get France to change its mind about reducing its military presence in the territory.  

Silversea Cruises announced its 2009 schedule of expeditions for the Prince Albert II, calling for the ship's deployment in Papeete from mid-March to late October 2009.  

There is renewed debate in French Polynesia over legalizing gambling after a member of the former royal family, Joinville Pomare, proposed setting up a casino run by the indigenous people, Radio New Zealand ...  

(G)uests will enjoy spacious, ocean-view accommodations (many with French balconies or large private verandas), sumptuous gourmet cuisine, warm hospitality ...  

Joinville Pomare, a self-proclaimed Polynesian "Royal Family" descendant, has called on France to authorize gambling casinos. As he sees it, this would be a ...  

The news follows the French State Secretary for Overseas Territories, Yves Jégo denying suggestions that France plans to pull out of French Polynesia. ...  

If a vacation in Hawaii is not in your immediate future, make plans to attend a luau being held by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.  

Four of French Polynesia's five major labor unions have announced plans for a general strike Monday to protest their claims about the high cost of living ...  

... balance of the year, the 132-guest luxury expedition ship will offer a series of Antarctic explorations with roundtrip departures from Ushuaia, Argentina.  

Bora Bora, French Polynesia Its beauty is almost mythical and you have a front-row seat.  

Geography is something of a lost science. With air transportation a fact of life, however miserable, there's no destination on earth that's not accessible with a day or two of travel. I think that's taken the urgency out of geography: Why bother to ...