The Seychelles delegation at ITB 2012 said they are happy with the ever-growing interest for their islands from Germany and from Europe. The delegation is this year headed by Alain St.Ange, the newly-appointed Seychelles Minister for Tourism & Culture, and by Elsia Grandcourt, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board. They are accompanied at ITB 2012 in Berlin by Bernadette Willemin, the Board’s Director for Europe; Edith Hunzinger, the Seychelles Manager for Germany, Austria & Switzerland; Christine Vel, the Seychelles Tourism Attaché to the UK; and Sue Schneider, from the Seychelles Germany Office.

The following Seychelles private sector tourism professionals are also at the ITB 2012 in Berlin to work alongside the island’s Tourism Board to consolidate the German and European markets, because they are committed to that important market: Eddie D’Offay & Elza Frichot form Mason’s Travel (DMC), Ash Behari from the Coco de Mer Hotel of Praslin, Nicole Kramer & Paul Van Frank from Fregate Island Private, Sarah Jensen & Patrick Siebel from Desroches Island, Anna Butler-Payette from 7 Degrees South (DMC), Frank Wesselhoefft & Tinaz Wadia from Banyan Tree Seychelles, Ken Choo & Johnette Labiche from Berjaya Hotels & Resorts Seychelles, Danie Davids from Maia Luxury Resort, Janessa Lablache & Richard Weilers from Paradise Sun of Praslin, Alan Mason from Denis Private Island, Maria Eremina & Michael Bell from Hilton Seychelles, Roberto Viviani from North Island, Ahmed Kamal & Imran Azhar from Le Meridien Seychelles, Guillaume Albert & Blaisila Hoffman from Creole Travel Services (DMC), Shamita Palit from Select Seychelles (DMC), Rakesh Rai & Robert Toussaint from Le Relax Hotels, Johnny Kusnadi from Castello Beach Resort of Praslin, Foram Varsani of Cerf Island Resort, Rene Squires of Dhevatara Beach Hotel of Praslin, Marielle Morin & Shadi Karameh from Raffles Praslin Seychelles, Laurent Alis & Daniella Payet-Alis from Seychelles Connect, Clairemonde Cocquet & Emerence Geers from Sunset Hotel Group, Sanjay Nair from Kempinski Seychelles Resort, Evgenia Boyankova, and Denis Verkhorubov from Coral Strand Smart Choice Hotel.

Elsia Grandcourt said in Berlin that the Seychelles stand at ITB was busy and everyone was working as a team for the benefit of Seychelles. “We put a picture at our stand that depicted our lovely country, and the stand stood out as a great venue for ITB meetings for our private sector partners wanting to continue to develop the German and European Markets,” said Elsia.

The Tourism Board also held important meetings with Maldives, Mauritius, Kenya and La Reunion Tourism and with different airlines flying to Seychelles.

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“We put a picture at our stand that depicted our lovely country, and the stand stood out as a great venue for ITB meetings for our private sector partners wanting to continue to develop the German and European Markets,” said Elsia.
The following Seychelles private sector tourism professionals are also at the ITB 2012 in Berlin to work alongside the island's Tourism Board to consolidate the German and European markets, because they are committed to that important market.
Elsia Grandcourt said in Berlin that the Seychelles stand at ITB was busy and everyone was working as a team for the benefit of Seychelles.