Seychelles tourism trade eyes Indian market |10 June 2016

Tourism enterprises wanting a greater share of the Indian tourism market are in Chennai and Bangalore in what is being promoted as a Seychelles Roadshow.

The delegation of hotels and airlines is being accompanied by Minister Alain St Ange, the Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture as well as Sherin Naiken, the chief executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) and Amia Javanovic-Desir, a senior marketing staff at the STB, Sunil Mathapati and Aswini Krishna of the STB’s India office. The Seychelles honorary consul in Chennai, M.S. Sai also joined the delegation in Chennai.

Also accompanying Minister St Ange on this working trip to India is a delegation from the business trading community including Ramu Pillay, Kannan Pillay, Shanmugam Pillay, Durai Pillay, Nadesh Pillay and Palani Basha.

A successful roadshow was organised in Chennai on Wednesday June 8 and the following members of the Seychelles tourism trade and airlines were on hand to meet the travel trade of Chennai — Air Seychelles, Ethiopian Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, Holidays Box, Kempinski Seychelles Resort, Eden Island Development Company, Constance Ephelia Resort, Sainte Anne Resort & Spa, Banyan Tree Seychelles, Le Relax Hotels — Seychelles, Enchanted Island Resort and Savoy Resort & Spa Seychelles. Two Indian travel companies — Holidays Box and Akquasun Group — also joined in for the roadshow.

Both Minister St Ange and CEO Naiken addressed the launch of the roadshow before Aswini Krishna of the STB’s India office did her destination presentation.

The travel trade found the event very productive and said it will help put the spotlight on Seychelles.