Airtel CEO in Seychelles leaves for a bigger posting

The Seychelles Ministry of Tourism and Culture rallied together to bid farewell to Mr. Vikram Sinha, the outgoing CEO of Airtel Seychelles.

The Seychelles Ministry of Tourism and Culture rallied together to bid farewell to Mr. Vikram Sinha, the outgoing CEO of Airtel Seychelles. “This is not a usual practice, but you have been such a good friend and supporter of tourism and of culture that we felt we owed it to you to rally together to say goodbye and to thank you for all your efforts and support for the islandsโ€™ tourism industry and for helping us in the development of culture in Seychelles,” Minister Alain St.Ange, the Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, said at a lunch at Asian Fusion Restaurant at Au Cap.

Joining the Minister at the lunch were Anne Lafortune, the PS for Tourism; Benjamine Rose, the PS for Culture; and Sherin Naiken, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board; as well as Jimmy Savy, the CEO of the National Arts Council. Mr. Ramu Pillay, the Head of the Pillay โ€“ R Group of companies, and owner of the Asian Fusion Restaurant also joined the tourism and culture officials at the farewell lunch.

During the discussions at the lunch, the visibility of the Airtel brand was discussed, and all agreed that since the company’s association with the Ministry of Tourism and Culture that Airtelโ€™s red logo has been more seen and recognized. “We have benefited by our association with tourism and culture, and our balance sheet speaks for itself,” said Mr. Vikram.

Airtel even today appears on the Carnaval International de Victoria’s official brochure and poster. Minister St.Ange said as he presented a Seychelles book to Mr. Vikram that he hoped the replacement CEO of Airtel due in the country by mid-April would be as supportive to culture and tourism as was Mr. Vikram.

Seychelles is a founding member of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) .

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