Archive Press Releases September 2011

• New Mauritius Minister for Tourism and Seychelles Tourism's Chief Executive Officer meet [Travel Related]
• GEM11 grows with new attendees [Events]
• Olympics Minister to open World Travel Market 2011 [Events]
• Global tourism leaders discuss importance of collaboration to ensure success of Africa's tourism industry [Events]
• Walter Dias of Unique Choice in Doha to be new HiTA Tourism Ambassador [Travel Related]
• Green Globe announces Green Growth as Preferred Partner for Portugal and Spain [Travel Related]
• Asia's leading brands win big at World Travel Awards [Events]
• Announcing the 2011 Global Youth Travel Award winners [Travel Related]
• Seychelles State House launches Tourist Day [Travel Related]
• ITB Asia Stickman trots the world to raise funds for charity [Events]
• Seychelles Tourism Board adopts Global Code of Ethics [Travel Related]
• Visit Jordan announces Treasure Hunt campaign [Destinations]
• Miss Seychelles 2012 banner and logo goes public [Events]
• Seychelles treats visitors to special welcome upon arrival on World Tourism Day 2011 [Travel Related]
• French Minister meets CEO of Seychelles Tourism Board during Top Resa 2011 [Destinations]
• Marking World Tourism Day, think tank calls for engaging local communities in tourism development [Events]
• Daryl Joubert wins Seychelles Tourism Board’s first annual photography competition [Travel Related]
• World Tourism Day celebrated through diversity [Destinations]
• Seychelles Ball is there to stay as the 2011 edition dazzles the islands with a glamorous evening for Tourism Day [Travel Related]
• World Tourism Day: travel and tourism a driver of world economic revival [Travel Related]
• Message from President James A. Michel and the Seychelles Minister for Tourism on the occasion of World Tourism Day, September 27, 2011 [Travel Related]
• Mövenpick Hotel and Resort Al Bida’a Kuwait certified Green Globe [Accommodation]
• Seychelles Tourism Academy marks tourism week 2011 with premiere show of advertising film of advanced diploma in hospitality management course [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Constance Lemuria Resort scores hat trick at World Travel Awards [Accommodation]
• World Tourism Day: a global celebration [Travel Related]
• Seychelles will be on American TV in from October 3 to 9 [Destinations]
• WTM announces high-profile speakers for airline program [Events]
• Seychelles Leisure and Business Guide 2012 launched at Top Resa 2011 [Travel Related]
• Air France renews its partnership agreement with Seychelles Tourism Board [Travel Related]
• Bentota Beach Hotel, Sri Lanka, certified Green Globe [Accommodation]
• Tourism week in Seychelles launched with reopening of spectacular Cap Lazare Restaurant [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Hospitality and Tourism Association meet for visioning exercise [Travel Related]
• STAY WYSE publishes annual Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Survey [Accommodation]
• Countdown to World Tourism Day [Events]
• Travel industry heavyweights to gather at ITB Asia 2011 to inaugurate four new conferences [Events]
• Expanded WTM Technology and Online Travel program revealed [Events]
• The Lodge at Chaa Creek, Belize, recertified Green Globe [Accommodation]
• Seychelles happy with French travel fair - Top Resa 2011 - in Paris [Events]
• Tourism Council of Bhutan delivers statement on earthquake [Destinations]
• Cape Town crowned best destination in Africa at World Tourism Awards 2011 [Destinations]
• WTTC condemns new 25 billion dollar US raid on air travel [Travel Related]
• Seychelles and La Reunion sign partnership agreement [Destinations]
• Skål and PATA unite to promote Phuket tourism [Travel Related]
• Tour Hebdo, the French magazine for tourism professionals, issues a Seychelles special for Top Resa [Travel Related]
• Centara Udon Thani to reopen after complete upgrade [Accommodation]
• Vanilla Islands heads of tourism address press conference in Paris [Travel Related]
• HotelTravel.com chooses RateGain's Channel Management connectivity [Travel Related]
• Top Resa, the international French travel market, opens in Paris [Events]
• Three Thai hotels to be rebranded as Centara-Sofitel agreement ends [Accommodation]
• South African Tourism to sponsor Meridian Club [Travel Related]
• Air Seychelles moves to reposition itself – new livery and new logo [Airline Industry]
• Fourth E-Tourism Africa Summit – social media now playing a bigger role in tourism [Events]
• Leading businesses commit to Global Code of Ethics for Tourism [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Tourism Board and Air Seychelles join Hilton Seychelles Resort and Spa for press conference in Paris [Travel Related]
• Green Globe to profile International Sustainability Standard [Events]
• The Retreat has teamed up with Baraza Resort & Spa, Zanzibar [Accommodation]
• International guests appreciate the high living comfort in serviced apartments [Accommodation]
• Offsetting your travel carbon footprint [Travel Related]
• Hawaii Tourism Association appoints tourism Ambassador in India [Travel Related]
• Climate change brings about challenges in many areas says Seychelles tourism professionals [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President appoints new Air Seychelles Board of Directors [Airline Industry]
• Egypt’s finest travel brands come good [Destinations]
• Success of Seychelles can be said is because of their close association with the press [Travel Related]
• Seychelles says regional stability key to development [Travel Related]
• WTTC urges UK government to scrap APD to safeguard Caribbean economy [Travel Related]
• Bram Steller appointed new CEO of Air Seychelles [Airline Industry]
• Hannover Congress Centrum re-certified Green Globe [Travel Related]
• WTTC to cohost inaugural Travel Association Summit at The PhoCusWright Conference [Events]
• Agoda.com offers last-minute deals for the Singapore F1 night race [Accommodation]
• COMESA commends Seychelles leadership in regional integration [Travel Related]
• Congress on Ethics and Tourism opens with calls to place ethics at the core of tourism development [Events]
• New BA CEO to make his most high-profile appearance at WTM [Events]
• Seychelles Tourism Board and Seychelles Round Table to co-host 2011 Regatta and SUBIOS, The Festival of the Sea in November [Events]
• Agoda.com partners with channel manager HotelNetSolutions [Accommodation]
• Seychelles delegation to attend key trade fairs in France and Italy [Travel Related]
• Cape Town Tourism responds to National Minimum Standard for Responsible Tourism [Destinations]
• Centara Hotels and Resorts wins eight Top Asia awards [Accommodation]
• Seychelles Tourism Board receives first-ever Creole-Italian bilingual dictionary [Travel Related]
• HotelTravel.com promotes Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco [Accommodation]
• Visa exemptions for Seychellois traveling to Turkey [Destinations]
• "Temporary apartments" – the different living concept far off the hotel mainstream [Accommodation]
• Apartments in Bochum (Germany) [Accommodation]
• Xiengthong Palace announces soft opening on October 12, 2011 [Accommodation]
• Green Globe Certification launches Green Globe Solution Center [Travel Related]
• Agoda.com celebrates Oktoberfest with great Munich hotel deals [Accommodation]
• Introductory rates offered at new Centara Krabi resort [Accommodation]
• UNWTO conference forges closer relationship between tourism and the media [Travel Related]
• Celebrate Thanksgiving with a golfing vacation on Spain’s Costa del Sol [Travel Related]
• PATA to organize Bhutan’s first travel trade event [Events]
• Christian community embraces first ever Faith Travel Conference and Expo [Events]
• Seychelles Tourism Board meets Etihad Airways Business Development Manager for Seychelles operation [Travel Related]
• Senior aviation buyers discuss main concerns at WTM Meridian Club Think Tank [Travel Related]
• Germany confirms participation in the 2012 Seychelles Carnaval International de Victoria [Events]
• Seychelles and Spain to collaborate on defense [Travel Related]
• Seychelles all set for its General Elections - 51 candidates set to fight the 25 electoral seats [Travel Related]
• Private apartments – A really clever alternative for business travellers? [Accommodation]
• Grieving Cape Town-based tourism personality surrounded by industry professionals to bid farewell to his mother [Travel Related]
• 9/11 anniversary an occasion to reflect says Seychelles President [Travel Related]
• Seychelles’ Carnival of Carnivals continues to attract international coverage [Travel Related]
• Seychelles President appoints seven young professionals, of whom six are women, to key management posts in the country [Travel Related]
• Seychelles applauds Hawaii in its move to appoint tourism ambassadors [Travel Related]
• 9/11 anniversary: WTTC urges governments to promote freedom to travel [Travel Related]
• Seychelles makes its mark at NATAS 2011 in Singapore [Events]
• New research from ETOA highlights how visa situation is damaging tourism [Travel Related]
• Seychelles hosts Horn of Africa Fundraising at Piracy Conference Dinner and launches book by Capt. Roucou, a former hostage of Somali pirates [Events]
• Seychelles launches their 2011 National Culinary Competition [Events]
• Tripatini.com co-sponsors and emcees ASTA's 2nd annual TravelBloggerShow in Las Vegas [Events]
• Seychelles announces willingness to host Maritime Analysis and Operation Center at closing of global piracy conference [Travel Related]
• PATA announces name of new CEO as of October 31, 2011 [Travel Related]
• Hawaii appoints tourism ambassadors in Colombia [Destinations]
• Seychelles Tourism Ambassadors – the country’s foot soldiers right across the world are kept in the loop [Destinations]
• Leading fair trade campaigner to open WTM World Responsible Tourism Day 2011 [Events]
• Centara opens new hotel in Manila [Accommodation]
• Seychelles' MAIA Luxury Resort and Spa celebrates its fifth anniversary [Accommodation]
• Agoda.com offers Early Bird Deals for the 110th Canton Fair [Accommodation]
• Anantara Seminyak Resort and Spa Bali wins Green Globe Highest Achievement Award: Asia 2011 [Accommodation]
• Seychelles in solidarity with Russia following tragic plane crash [Crisis Update]
• Healthy growth of international tourism in first half of 2011 [Travel Related]
• Caribbean travel brands lead economic revival [Destinations]
• ETOA meets Venice City Council [Travel Related]
• Seychelles joins UNWTO to celebrate World Tourism Day 2011 [Events]
• Corinthia Palace Hotel and Spa voted Malta's Leading Hotel for 3rd year running [Accommodation]
• Agoda.com launches Android app for easy mobile hotel booking [Accommodation]
• Ethiopian Airlines to start flights to tropical islands of Seychelles [Airline Industry]
• Passport Day provides special Saturday application hours, other options still available for busy citizens [Travel Related]
• High-profile speakers confirmed for Congress on Ethics and Tourism [Events]
• Find the autumn sun with a Greek cruise [Cruise Industry]
• Seychelles President says: We must claim back our oceans [Travel Related]
• HotelTravel.com offers hot deals in Italy for Italian Grand Prix [Accommodation]
• Green Globe Certification launches Green Globe App for Apple mobile devices [Travel Related]
• Chandler pirate kidnapping: Seychelles states the facts [Travel Related]
• Serviced or holiday apartment? – (Not) a difficult question for business travellers [Accommodation]
• Seychelles Tourism Board attends bridal expo in Uganda [Events]
• Joining UNWTO/WTTC global campaign, China reaffirms commitment to tourism [Destinations]
• Seychelles to recognize transitional National Council of Libya [Travel Related]
• International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) adds Saipan as a destination [Destinations]
• Seychelles invited to address World Routes Development Strategy Summit in Berlin on October 2 [Events]
• Popular travel journalist Varun Sharma votes Denis Private Island in the Seychelles as his favorite dive [Destinations]
• WTTC launches 2012 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards [Travel Related]
• Dr. Satyabhooshun Gupt Domah reappointed as Seychelles Justice of Appeal [Travel Related]
• Amazing 10 Days in Thailand Contest ends, winners announced [Travel Related]
• Spoilt for choice – The right place to stay is not always easy to find [Accommodation]
• Lord and Lady Hodgson of Astley Abbotts joined tourism officials at opening of new Praslin restaurant in Seychelles [Travel Related]
• Europe's travel Oscars revealed [Travel Related]
• Seychelles Tourism Board e-newsletter shares its latest destination news [Destinations]
• Germany's PRIME Magazine looks at the Seychelles [Destinations]
• Join DELSEY for the My Planet Travel Awards [Events]
• My Cape Town campaign launches a celebration of the Mother City on Spring Day [Destinations]
• Top 10 finalists announced for WYSTC’s first annual App Yap Contest [Travel Related]
• Make summer last longer with Aeolian Island cruise [Cruise Industry]
• Climate Smart Cape Town Campaign calls on Capetonians to reduce carbon emissions [Destinations]
• Centara reaches 53 properties and posts record results [Accommodation]
• Agoda.com presents great Australian getaways [Accommodation]
• Seychelles destination hits the pages of China Flights magazine [Destinations]
• As comfortable as at home – more living space for long term travellers [Accommodation]
• Come and explore a kingdom of unexpected treasures [Destinations]