Archive Press Releases November 2011

• Tailor-made travels to Chile [Destinations]
• Société du Palais de la Méditerranée in Nice, France, maintains its sustainability pledge with Green Globe Certification [Accommodation]
• Seychelles Ambassador Nourrice accredited as the new High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique [Travel Related]
• Sankhara Luxury Private Beach Villas – the vision of an explorer and entrepreneur of the modern world [Accommodation]
• Puerto Rico posts strong tourism gains, unveils new marketing campaign to continue momentum [Destinations]
• HiTA announces appointment of new Ambassador from Nepal [Travel Related]
• A sustainable future for the tourism industry: Cape Town Tourism attends COP17 [Travel Related]
• HiSo Online joins Brandsfever Group [Travel Related]
• Helicopter Seychelles is back [Travel Related]
• The 2011 Freedom to Create Exhibition donation will continue to inspire Cape Town [Travel Related]
• New General Manager for Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg in Russia [Accommodation]
• Centara’s new Spa Cenvaree at Pattaya features Dead Sea salt and mud treatments [Accommodation]
• Seychelles islands latest e-newsletter as informative as ever [Destinations]
• Seychelles moves to make their special and unique tourist island of La Digue eco-friendly [Travel Related]
• “The Gulf Today” takes up the opening of the new Seychelles Embassy in the UAE [Travel Related]
• Mövenpick Hotel and Resort Beirut Certified Green Globe [Accommodation]
• Seychelles will set a new visitor arrival record in 2011 [Travel Related]
• Seychelles and UAE bolster cooperation for tourism partnerships [Airline Industry]
• Travel advertising: a gold award for Seychelles in China [Travel Related]
• Blue Panorama Airlines considering direct flights between Italy and Seychelles [Airline Industry]
• Seychelles makes the front cover on "The National" newspaper of Abu Dhabi [Destinations]
• De Jong joins STB, Student Travel Bureau [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President says that the future is in renewables [Travel Related]
• Travel advertising: a gold award for Seychelles in China [Travel Related]
• Sri Lanka tourism achieves record-breaking 750,000 arrivals in 2011 [Destinations]
• Tourism a priority for Azerbaijan says President Ilham Aliyev, joins UNWTO-WTTC campaign [Travel Related]
• A world of opportunities for tourism and investment unveiled [Travel Related]
• Testimonials and photographs from Signature’s Sales Meeting and Trade Show [Events]
• Reed Travel Exhibitions launches World Travel Market Latin America [Events]
• Pattaya’s new Nova Hotel and Spa offers intimate-scale luxury [Accommodation]
• HotelTravel.com adds Thai for second new language in November [Accommodation]
• Seychelles proposes a new energy bill to revolutionize electricity provision [Travel Related]
• Driving force in sustainable development named as first recipient of World Green Tourism Award [Events]
• Andreas Korf appointed General Manager of Centara Grand West Sands Resort and Villa Phuket [Accommodation]
• EIBTM delivers first full show event app [Events]
• EIBTM 2011 official catalog carries a full Seychelles promotion on its outside back cover [Travel Related]
• Mexico to host WTTC’s first Regional Summit [Events]
• Three international airlines offer to recruit Air Seychelles staff [Airline Industry]
• EIBTM sustainability driving business for attendees [Events]
• Seychelles Secretary of State and La Reunion Director of Tourism address Seychelles meeting [Travel Related]
• University of Seychelles confirms that students achieved outstanding grades [Travel Related]
• Make the most of new business opportunities in the Future Events Experience [Events]
• European tourism defies the euro crisis [Travel Related]
• Diversifying the Seychelles tourism markets and regional cooperation in tourism in key [Destinations]
• Signature enhances professional development programs for front-line travel consultants [Travel Related]
• Seychelles joint tourism marketing meeting with La Reunion Island opens [Destinations]
• Abu Dhabi to host WTTC’s Global Summit in 2013 [Events]
• Small island issues given prominence in Morocco conference [Travel Related]
• Didier Robert of La Reunion and Alain St.Ange of Seychelles discuss regional tourism cooperation [Destinations]
• Signature expands its hotels and resorts program [Accommodation]
• Seychelles Tourism Academy management students start degree at Shannon College in Ireland [Travel Related]
• Didier Robert and the La Reunion island delegation arrive in Seychelles for their joint Tourism Marketing Meeting [Travel Related]
• Seychelles well received at the Kenya Getaway Fair [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President urges banks to modernize [Travel Related]
• WTTC appoints Helen Marano as Director of Government and Industry Affairs [Travel Related]
• Signature unveils first-to-market technology at Annual Sales Meeting [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association appoints Raymond St.Ange as their new Executive Director [Travel Related]
• Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket welcomes TAT and Travelbag press trip from the UK [Accommodation]
• WTM 2011 experiences 5 percent increase in visitors [Events]
• Seychelles Tourism Board to hold its annual marketing meeting next week [Travel Related]
• Signature reveals 38 percent increase in sales at Annual Sales Meeting [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President appoints country's Investment Board [Travel Related]
• China’s industry leaders gather at EIBTM to discuss the global impact the country is having on the meetings sector [Events]
• Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket celebrates its 1st anniversary [Accommodation]
• Experts to debate role of tourism in fostering regional integration and social inclusion in the Americas [Events]
• Seychelles Tourism Board and Emirates Airline sign cooperation agreement [Travel Related]
• A US$699 Rome and Sicily package is the answer to winter blues [Travel Related]
• ITB Berlin Convention 2012: the compass of the international travel industry [Events]
• Registrations for Routes Asia 2012 now being taken [Events]
• Seychelles delegation at the Dubai Air Show holds important trade meetings [Travel Related]
• HotelTravel.com adds Russian for peak season travel [Accommodation]
• Route Exchange selected by start-up carrier Scoot [Travel Related]
• Floodwaters have ceased in Bangkok [Crisis Update]
• Green Globe members score at South Africa's Imvelo awards [Travel Related]
• Cape Town Partnership AGM - Cape Town, on the map and on the move [Destinations]
• Gold in the green age: World Orchid Conference 2014 for Joburg [Events]
• Seychelles unanimously re-admitted to IOR-ARC [Travel Related]
• Award-winning Relief Riders to return to Turkey [Travel Related]
• IMEX in Frankfurt announces new Power of 10 research study as part of 10th anniversary celebration plans in 2012 [Events]
• EIBTM Hosted Buyers gear up for major business in Barcelona [Events]
• North America’s largest travel agent-only trade association [Business Travel]
• Seychelles' Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort and Casino upgrades [Accommodation]
• New Nova Pattaya offers introductory rates [Accommodation]
• Middle East and North African tourism to return stronger than before [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President creates new trust fund for the tourism island of La Digue [Destinations]
• Seychelles edition of the popular Thomas Cook Traveller Guides hits the news stands [Destinations]
• Seychelles benefits from its geographical position [Destinations]
• Alain St.Ange continues to push the Seychelles’ 2012 Carnival [Events]
• Seychelles President is staying connected with La Digue island, the tourism industry’s jewel of the Seychelles [Travel Related]
• Seychelles and Mauritius Tourism Departments meet in Dubai and La Reunion Tourism Department heading for Seychelles for joint marketing meeting [Destinations]
• Conde Nast Traveller magazine does Seychelles proud [Destinations]
• The beauty of the Seychelles brought out on Plus FM Reunion [Destinations]
• Seychelles moves to new windfarm set to generate electricty for Mahe before end of year [Destinations]
• Table Mountain is one of the New7Wonders of Nature [Destinations]
• US travelers set to return to Europe – new UNWTO-ETC report [Travel Related]
• Centara Hotels and Resorts opens a new luxury and indulgence Spa Cenvaree in Krabi [Accommodation]
• New General Manager for Corinthia Hotel St. George's Bay in Malta [Accommodation]
• Seychelles artists interpret 100 years of their country’s State House [Travel Related]
• UN Human Development Report: a better future for Seychelles [Travel Related]
• Commissioning of new Seychelles Coast Guard Base [Travel Related]
• Seychelles postal services launch State House commemorative stamp [Travel Related]
• Seychelles government commits to implement OECD rules but asks for fairness in international taxation rules [Travel Related]
• WTM 2011 sees Seychelles and Mauritius sign MOU for cooperation [Travel Related]
• Agoda.com partners with Cultuzz Digital Media [Accommodation]
• Seychelles Tourism Board meets with Ethiopian Airlines at WTM in London [Airline Industry]
• Olivier Petit appointed General Manager for Chen Sea Resort and Spa Phu Quoc, Centara Boutique Collection [Accommodation]
• Seychelles addressed the WTM conference by IIPT on challenges of climate change [Travel Related]
• World Travel Market 2011: eight key trends in global travel [Events]
• Seychelles and Australia: a deepening friendship [Destinations]
• ICTP partners with World Green Tourism Award to be presented in Abu Dhabi [Travel Related]
• EIBTM: what’s in it for you this year? [Events]
• Cape Town takes part in World Travel Market 2011 World Responsible Tourism Day [Travel Related]
• New UNWTO and ATM Forum to support highly-successful UNWTO and WTM Ministers’ Summit [Events]
• Centara opens Boutique Collection resort in Pattaya [Accommodation]
• British Airways, Jonathan M. Tisch, and National Geographic Traveler receive 2011 World Tourism Awards at World Travel Market, London [Travel Related]
• WTM Vision series expands to Russia and China [Events]
• Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts reaches 20 Green Globe certifications regionally [Accommodation]
• The International Council of Tourism Partners destination alliance launches at World Travel Market [Destinations]
• Founder of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism presented with award from ICTP [Travel Related]
• WTTC downgrades global travel and tourism growth estimates for 2011 and 2012 - maintains long-term confidence [Travel Related]
• European tourism grows above expectations [Travel Related]
• Cape Town Tourism launches international marketing campaign at London’s World Travel Market 2011 [Destinations]
• TourCrafters presents a 5-day, 4-night Barcelona culinary package for only USD450 [Destinations]
• WTM 2011 first day visitors up 14 percent [Events]
• SUBIOS, the Seychelles Festival of the Sea 2011, declared a rousing success [Events]
• The Retreat Cup – a charity football tournament for Tanzanian children in the spirit of conservation and community development [Accommodation]
• Reed Travel Exhibitions’ global portfolio of meeting events undertakes first worldwide industry research [MICE]
• Highlights of opening day at World Travel Market [Events]
• Budapest to host Routes Europe 2013 [Events]
• Tourism an engine for development says President of Colombia - Global Leaders for Tourism Campaign [Events]
• Centara Grand West Sands Resorts and Villas Phuket completes additional 96 rooms [Accommodation]
• Seychelles at WTM tourism trade fair in London with full force [Events]
• HotelTravel.com and Worldhotels sign distribution agreement [Accommodation]
• North Shore Oahu, Hawaii, joins ICTP destination alliance as a founding member [Destinations]
• Hotel Martinez Cannes, France, continues its commitment to sustainability with Green Globe Certification [Accommodation]
• Seychelles 2011 Festival of the Sea launched with a bang [Events]
• London set to suffer 95 percent leisure tourism slump during Olympic Games [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President presented with limited edition Dievas divers watch from Germany [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Constance Lemuria Resort organizes “Fete de Gastronomie” for Seychelles Tourism Academy apprentices on Praslin [Travel Related]
• Düsseldorf International Airport and Etihad Airways take the spirit of Rhenish Carnival to the Seychelles [Events]
• 183 new exhibitors for WTM 2011 [Events]
• SUBIOS, the Seychelles Festival of the Sea, and the Seychelles Roundtable Regatta officially launched at Beau Vallon [Events]
• RDB to launch new tourism product: the Congo Nile Trail [Destinations]
• Seychelles President Michel welcomes Etihad Airways launch [Airline Industry]
• Seychellois artist participates in Africa-China art exhibition [Travel Related]
• Global industry leaders combine forces to present world-class industry research at EIBTM [Events]
• Poland brings its 2012 Football FanCamp to WTM 2011 [Events]
• Seychelles Festival of the Sea, SUBIOS, and the Seychelles Roundtable Regatta sees the arrival of their massive floating stage in place at Beau Vallon Bay on Mahe [Events]
• Agoda.com spotlight on Jakarta: hotels from USD22 per night [Accommodation]
• Etihad Airways touches down in the Seychelles [Airline Industry]
• Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain recognized for its sustainable management [Accommodation]
• Seychelles sees Etihad Airways hosting celebratory lunch to mark their Seychelles islands operation [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Founding President meets with His Highness the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi General Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE [Travel Related]
• Qatar to host World Travel Awards 2011 Grand Final [Events]
• Preferred Residences adds Kittitian Hill to its exclusive network [Accommodation]
• Holidays to the Seychelles “not just about luxury” says The Co-operative Travel of the UK [Destinations]
• Etihad Airways press delegation on its inaugural flight meets with tourism board over Creole dinner [Airline Industry]
• Kittitian Hill... a re-imagined Eden [Accommodation]
• Etihad Airways starts flights to Seychelles [Airline Industry]
• A holiday in the Seychelles is in reach [Destinations]
• A meeting of great minds to reflect on global events of our future [Events]
• Noel Cameron is the new GM of the exclusive North Island of the Seychelles [Accommodation]
• Seychelles remains more optimistic with the South American market following ABAV Tourism Expo in Brazil [Travel Related]
• Russia's MICE business continues to grow [MICE]
• ICTP reveals new logo showing strength in collaboration of destinations [Travel Related]
• EIBTM Association Program strategically aligned to address key industry issues [Events]
• UNWTO activities at the World Travel Market [Events]
• Popular Seychelles radio personality Cindy Andre puts SUBIOS – the Seychelles Festival of the Sea – on Listener’s Choice program [Events]
• Routes Americas 2012 officially launched [Events]
• Seychelles address at 19th session of UNWTO General Assembly recorded [Travel Related]