Le ministre du Tourisme des Seychelles, St.Ange, participe à une table ronde PATA

Organisé par le Bureau des visiteurs de Guam, le sommet annuel 2016 est un programme de 4 jours comprenant les réunions du conseil exécutif et consultatif de l'association, l'assemblée générale annuelle et le colloque des jeunes PATA, ainsi qu'une conférence d'une journée qui aborde les principaux problèmes relatifs à l'industrie du voyage et du tourisme.

On his visit to the 2016 PATA Summit held in Guam at the Dusit Thani Resort, and following his delivery of the keynote speech, Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister for Tourism & Culture, was invited to participate in a panel discussion on issues affecting the tourism and travel industry.

Also taking part in the panel discussion which was moderated by Sarah Mathews’ head of destination marketing APAC, TripAdvisor, were: Morris Sim, co-founder & CEO of Circos Brand Karma, and Jason Lin, chief of talent, Talent Basket.

Together, they first tackled a major theme of the discussion – Driving Solo or Following the Pack – and explored whether destinations should be promoted individually or collectively within a region.

In a high-tech approach, further questions were then generated by the audience via a downloaded PATA app which allowed them to question the panelists via a special function called Slido.

Over the course of several questions addressed to him, Minister St.Ange took a further opportunity to praise Guam for the way it incorporates the natural charm of its people into its brand and how he believes that to be the way forward for the island’s tourism industry. He was also able to voice his opinion on destination marketing and branding issues.

Minister St.Ange, who will be attending the PATA summit together with Senior Tourism Consultant, Glynn Burridge, until Sunday, May 22, is expected to appear in another panel discussion: Merging Motivations, on May 21, to explore the different roles the government and private sector play in generating growth for tourism.

Les Seychelles sont un membre fondateur de la Coalition internationale des partenaires du tourisme (ICTP) . Pour plus d'informations sur le ministre du Tourisme et de la Culture des Seychelles, Alain St.Ange, cliquez ici .