Air Seychelles, STB meet trade and travel reps in Durban |21 January 2017

Air Seychelles, jointly with the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) office in South Africa yesterday hosted a total of 114 travel trade representatives and key members of the media at the Oyster Box hotel in Durban for the ‘Seychelles and Beyond’ presentation.

Participants at the event had the opportunity to learn more about the Air Seychelles product and its growing network as well as destination Seychelles through an interactive presentation conducted by the airline’s general sales agent based in South Africa, Megan Wilson and STB manager for South Africa, Lena Hoareau.  

The event included travel agencies and tour operators such as Club Travel, Flightcentre, Thompsons Holidays, One Stop, Serendipity, Sure Travel, Harvey World Travel, Pentravel, e-Travel and media outlets such as travel trade media, Daily News, The Umhlanga and Estates Magazine and others. 

On behalf of Air Seychelles, the event was attended by the airlines’ GM for sales, distribution and corporate affairs Maja Gedosev, head of international sales Cindy Vidot and internal communications manager Sheryl Barra, while STB was represented by manager for South Africa, Lena Hoareau.

The event forms part of the planned activities being organised ahead of the launch of twice weekly flights between Seychelles and Durban set to commence on March 30.