Frégate island now a masterpiece hotel in the Oetker Collection |04 January 2014

Mr Le Calvez and Minister St Ange

It is now six months since Frégate Island Private joined the list of Masterpiece Hotels in the Oetker Collection.

The hotel is being managed alongside the famous L'Apogée Courchevel of Courchevel in France, Brenners Park Hotel & Spa of Baden Baden in Germany, Le Bristol Paris of Paris in France, Chateau Saint-Martin & Spa of Vence Côte D'Azure in France, Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc of Cap D'Antibes in France and Palais Namaskar of Marrakech in Morocco.

Late last year, Didier Le Calvez, senior vice-president operations and sales & marketing for Oetker Collection, presented Tourism and Culture Minister Alain St Ange the operational vision of the new company appointed to manage Frégate Island Private.

The island has also now introduced a weekly Creole night where a band from Mahé is invited to perform for the guests, bringing added culture to the Frégate island experience.

During a meeting on Frégate island, Mr Le Calvez gave a run down of the upgrading works underway for which a budget of Euro 4.5 million has been put aside. The island's spa and the tennis courts have already now been redecorated. The villas are also being touched as well as the main restaurant and marina.

Oetker Collection of hotels is a family owned business in Germany and they have a list of some 300,000 addresses of five-star clients who have previously stayed in their own hotels.

"They have now successfully moved clients to Frégate Island Private and they continue cross-selling their properties through Appeal, their own Oetker Collection magazine, and other sales approaches.

"I was happy to hear from Mr Le Calvez of their plans and marketing approaches for Frégate Island Private. I have seen the work in progress and appreciate that the owning company is reinvesting in their property. Frégate Island Private is one of our great properties and we welcome the approach by Oetker Collection to upgrade the property," Minister St Ange said.

The minister also welcomed the commitment by Oetker Collection to work with the Seychelles Tourism Board and support the board's efforts in the promotion of Seychelles.