‘Christmas Decoration Award’ |18 January 2016

Maison de Mahé clinches top award

The Maison de Mahé building has been judged as the best decorated business location in Victoria during Christmas last year.

The second prize went to Senpa/Camion Hall.

The top prize for the best decorated roundabout/traffic was awarded to Eden Island for the illuminated décor at Roche Caiman near Eden Island.

Cable & Wireless took the top award for the best decorated street (along Francis Rachel). The company’s corporate colour of white and blue was clearly visible especially the cubed Christmas trees.

The winners of the ‘Christmas Decoration Award’ received their trophies during a ceremony last week at the Seychelles Trading Company’s conference room.

During the ceremony, which was attended by the Mayor of Victoria Jacqueline Moustache-Belle and members of the ‘Christmas Decoration Award’ organising committee, sponsors and representatives of businesses which took part in dressing up Victoria for the festive season were awarded certificates of appreciation.

Mayor Moustache-Belle presented the winners with their trophies.

The judging criteria for the awards were based on elegance, festive colours, the movements and mixtures of the different lights, illumination and also remarks by members of the public in the form of comments and photos.

Addressing the winners Mrs Moustache-Belle congratulated the business community located within the Victoria parametre for their effort in putting up an “elegant and elaborate” display during last year’s festive season.

She extended her most sincere gratitude to the loyal sponsors who have once again shown their continuous support in bringing the Christmas spirit and adding more joy and happiness in the hearts of the many people who flocked to Victoria to view the decorations and take souvenir photographs.

Mrs Moustache-Belle also launched an appeal to the local business community to take part in this year’s festive season by decorating their premises.

She also pointed out that during the New Year eve celebration some lights had to be changed because there were acts of vandalism by some people.

Also during the ceremony two choirs – the Good Shepherd’s Youth Choir and the Senior Citizen’s Choir – were also rewarded for contributing to spread Christmas love through their performances in town.

During the ceremony Vijay Construction and the Seychelles Petroleum Company also received trophies from the organisers for making “very significant contributions” to the dressing up of Victoria for the festive season.

Speaking to the press after collecting the prize for Maison de Mahé, a representative said that with hard work anything is possible.

“We are really happy and proud to have won and I believe we won because we chose decorations with which the public could interact, stop by and take pictures, touch and feel. This made our decorations a little different than all the others,” she said.