Economy

Roadshow 2022 reconnects Seychelles and Réunion Travel Trade

The Seychelles Tourism department hosted yet another productive roadshow in Réunion, bringing together professionals from the Réunion and Seychelles Travel Trade to discuss the latest developments on the market.   In each town, Tourism Seychelles and its local partners engaged

Win back with HSI’s new mega lottery series!

Big and exciting cash prizes are up for grabs in HSI’s new Win Back Mega lottery.   The new lottery will consist of three draws, with three star prizes and 147 consolation prizes ranging from R3,000, R15,000, R50,000 to R100,000.

Masdar to help Seychelles develop its renewable energy programme

Masdar, an energy company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is assessing what kind of support it can give Seychelles in developing the latter’s renewable energy programme.   Representatives of the firm yesterday met with President Wavel Ramkalawan at

Cabinet Business – Wednesday 5th October 2022

President Wavel Ramkalawan chaired a scheduled meeting of the Cabinet today, Wednesday 5th October in which final discussion of the 2023-2025 budget proposal was undertaken.  Cabinet also considered and approved a number of policy proposals in line with the proposed

Thirteen tourism pioneers honoured for key contribution to the industry

A seventh group of tourism pioneers have been recognised for their significant contributions to the development and progress of tourism in the country.   They are Ulrich Denis, Vicky Lanza, Joseph Albert, Flavien Joubert, Micheline Georges, Doris Johnstone, Gregoire Payet,

‘Air Seychelles’ aim is to become sustainable,’ says acting CEO

Air Seychelles has said its main objective is to ensure it becomes sustainable.   The company’s acting chief executive, Sandy Benoiton, made the statement ahead of the company’s 45th anniversary on October 26.   The Seychellois-owned company, with 596 staff,

TDB keen to be part of Seychelles’ economic development process

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) is keen to continue being a reliable and strong partner of the Seychelles and its economic development process.   The TDB president, Admassu Tadesse, said this yesterday after he had