AS many as 75 Pure Fiji stockists from Australia and New Zealand were on a training visit to Fiji to familiarise themselves with the manufacturing plant in Vatuwaqa yesterday.
Pure Fiji director Gaetane Austin said the tour was to show the stockists what Fiji was really like.
During the visit, guests were accorded a traditional welcome with the rendition of Bula maleya kei Viti talega sung by staff members with dances and a welcome drink.
Ms Austin said this protocol would also be showcased at a forthcoming trade show in Las Vegas, US which would be attended by five Pure Fiji staff members.
“Putting a smile on their faces is the most important thing to do when they are visiting Fiji.
“We have this every second day. They get to visit a fully operational factoring plant and we are the only manufacturers of cosmetics in the whole of the South Pacific.
“As it is here in Fiji, we are very proud of that. They could see the ingredients used in our products. They could visit the garden and also see our girls at work on the products.”
With the entertainment, she said guests “think they are in heaven”.
Served with traditional food, the guests also experienced the massage rituals and spa treatments, which Pure Fiji had developed.
The luncheon was served in the expanding Pure Fiji art gallery which featured a large painting of Ratu Seru Cakobau by renowned artist Mary Edwell-Burke.
