A Chinese delegation of 27 people in total are set to arrive in Seychelles this week to participate in the annual Carnaval International de Victoria in the Seychelles. It has now been confirmed that 14 of them will depart from Beijing on Feb, 27, 2012, and 13 will depart from Beijing on Mar. 2nd, 2012.

The Department of Interpretation and Education will organize two monthly workshops for adults with a focus on topics related to the 17 museums managed by the Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) as part of SMD's plan to boost its role in creating an interactive educational environment for people of various age groups.

Alain St.Ange, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board was received by Su Lone Kyan, the President of the Macau ASEAN International Chamber of Commerce for a meeting in Macau when the Tourism Board Official was on a working visit.

The Leaning Tower in Italy is protected by UNESCO. But iconic Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and Niagara Falls in New York is not.

Two major Seychelles Hotels Group have echoed their desire to work with the Chinese Tour Operators to receive their clients and they have between them committed 100 hotel rooms for the next groups.

Alain St.Ange, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board, used a transit stop in Mauritius to hold a Press Conference with the islands Television, Radio and written Press to update Mauritius on the upcoming Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Carnival which is set to be staged in Seychelles from the 2nd to the 4th March.

Charity begins at home our Restaurant Supervisor Nimala Nathan at Wyndham Grand Regency proved it by example. Nimala on his own run a small campaign with in Food & Beverage department in the hotel and convinced the entire department to give one day of their vacation to Charity.

American president Barack Obama has outlined a series of initiatives designed to boost international visitor numbers to the United States.

- The Seychelles National Bureau of Statistics have now published the 2011 accumulated visitors arrival numbers and confirmed that a record breaking number of tourists holidayed in Seychelles in the year 2011.

HEPCA has received concerned reports from several visitors of more than one the of the Albatros Hotels chain regarding what can only be described as a heinous crime by the hotel management, that does not only demonstrate their blatant lack of concern over the Red Seas natural resources, but clearly displays a complete ignorance of what sustains their own industry and future.