Tourism Fiji seeks new leader

TOURISM Fiji has announced the upcoming departure of its CEO Matt Stoeckel, who is leaving the organisation for personal reasons when his contract concludes at the end of 2020.

Stoeckel joined Tourism Fiji in Jun 2016 after his previous role with Destination NSW, with Chairman Andre Viljoen, CEO of Fiji Airways, paying tribute to Stoeckel’s tenure.

“Hitting the ground running is an understatement as Matt led Tourism Fiji to achieve year-onyear record results in visitor arrivals...during this time the organisation grew from strength to strength as it expanded its operations into Singapore, China and Japan and delivered awardwinning campaigns across its other international markets,” Viljoen said.

Stoeckel said it was time for his family to return to Australia, and “for me to support them in the same way they have supported me over the last four years”.

He finishes up on 21 Dec, with Tourism Fiji having now commenced a recruitment process for Stoeckel’s replacement - more industry moves on

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