Protection of the environment will happen in earnest through a consolidated tourism industry.
World Environment Day 2015 is on the agenda of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP). ICTP Executive Board member and Minister of Tourism and Culture for the Seychelles, the Hon. Alain St.Ange, issued a joint statement with ICTP Chairman and eTN Publisher Juergen Thomas Steinmetz today, echoing ICTP President Geoffrey Lipman’s earlier address to the World Economic Forum in Capetown, South Africa.
“Protection of the environment will happen in earnest through a consolidated tourism industry. 2015 is a landmark year in the multi-decade journey for a sustainable future.”.
The eighth annual awards ceremony of the Tata DIPLOMAT magazine recognizes the outstanding work and achievements of London’s diplomatic community who are trying to better their nations’ well-being
The eighth annual awards ceremony of the Tata DIPLOMAT magazine recognizes the outstanding work and achievements of London’s diplomatic community who are trying to better their nations’ well-being, and H.E. Marie Pierre Lloyd of Seychelles was named the 2016 Diplomat of the Year from Africa.
Marie-Pierre Lloyd, the Seychelles High Commissioner accredited to the Court of St. James in London, was honored in the presence of ambassadors, high commissioners, and diplomats from over 100 countries who attended the Tata DIPLOMAT magazine 2016 annual Awards Ceremony in the ballroom at The Langham, London hotel, on Monday, April 11. Ten awards were presented to influential diplomats based in the United Kingdom.
MANILA, Philippines – HE Ramon R Jimenez Jr, the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines passed on his sincere thanks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Pacific Asia Travel Associat
MANILA, Philippines – HE Ramon R Jimenez Jr, the Secretary of Tourism of the Philippines passed on his sincere thanks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) members who extended help in the six months since Typhoon Yolanda “hit hard” 44 of the country’s 81 provinces.
Secretary Jimenez was congratulated in a key note speech at the World Economic Forum this afternoon at the Makati Shangri-La by President of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino for his outstanding delivery of the “More Fun in the Philippines” promotional campaign and the doubling of the year-on-year international visitor arrivals to 11.3%.
Kasia Yoko of The Bugle Regional Lifestyle Magazine of South Africa was recently in Seychelles for the 6th edition of the islands’ Carnaval International de Victoria.
Kasia Yoko of The Bugle Regional Lifestyle Magazine of South Africa was recently in Seychelles for the 6th edition of the islands’ Carnaval International de Victoria. Kasia wrote: It’s hard to imagine the sheer raw beauty of the islands of Seychelles. Its people, its landscapes and the fauna and flora are like nothing we have seen on our extensive travels. Once again, Alain St Ange, Minister of Tourism for Seychelles, invited The Bugle to Seychelles. We represented South Africa as one of just 125 journalists from all over the world, and once again the island welcomed us with open arms, showing us marvels that we would like to share with you, our readers.
Back in October 2014, Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, wrote to Serge Dassault, the President of Le Figaro Magazine, to establish that their published photo
Back in October 2014, Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, wrote to Serge Dassault, the President of Le Figaro Magazine, to establish that their published photo had firstly nothing to do with the Seychelles and to state that Le Figaro had acted in a malicious manner with the aim of destroying the Seychelles tourism industry.
It was on October 11, 2014 that Le Figaro Magazine published a photo of Trash Island of the Maldives (taken from a report, “Welcome to Trash Island or Thilafushi. An island landfill island landfill made entirely of waste”) on a double-page spread (Pages 18 & 19) and labeled it as Seychelles. The publishing of this photo labeled as Seychelles caused an outcry from the visitors who enjoy a Seychelles holiday and who took ex