You will find below the tentative calendar for the Year 2008, as follows:

1. Friday 29th February, Annual General meeting at the Hotel School Sir Gaetan Duval in Ebène, followed by dinner.

2. First Week of April, Risk & Crisis Management in Tourism Industry whereas we shall organize 2 paying seminars. Moved to 5th & 6th May 2008.

3. Saturday 26th April, we will celebrate the World Skål Day with a “rallye bigorno” followed by Lunch at Casela Nature Park.

4. 21st to 25th May, the Asian Area Congress will be held on Koh Samui in Thailand.

5. Saturday 7th June, we will celebrate the International Day for the Environment with a randonnée followed by Lunch.

6. Thursday 14th August, we will celebrate the International Youth Day with a dinner.

7. September 2008, we will proceed with our Skål Scholarship Award.

8. Saturday 25th October, we will celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

9. 12th to 17th November the Skål World Congress will be held in Taipei.

10. Saturday 29th November our End of Year Party will close 2008 activities.

Please ensure that you “diarise” these dates and we are eager to meet you all during these events!

PRESIDENT’S REPORT ( 2008-05-15- 01:01:00 )

Dear Skalleagues,

One year has elapsed already since we have been in function. Our AGM was held on the 29 February, 2008 at the Hotel School Sir Gaetan Duval whereas you have renewed your confidence in your Executive Committee. Our Activities during 2007 have been reviewed and those planned for 2008 have been ratified as the Way Forward.

Our motto at Skal Asia is “Make things happen!” and Skal Mauritius further adds “What we promise, we deliver!” Of course, we could not make “things happen” without your continuous participation and your unflinching support.

The Executive Committee had empowered the Skalleagues for Membership Development and your support has helped us achieve an international recognition in this respect at our Skal International Congress in Turkey, for 2007. This process has been very fruitful and we expect to maintain this Membership Development trend in 2008! We welcome our new Skalleagues in the Skal International Tourism Family, and we are looking forward to meet you at our next Functions.

We had solicited the Consultant from the Winning Edge, Mr. Bert Van Walbeck, to conduct 2 seminars in Mauritius on the 5th & 6th May, on the subject of “Risk Prevention & Crisis Management in Tourism & Related Activities.”

The Skal Club of Mauritius objective and positioning were clearly elaborated as follows:

- To contribute to the Good Governance and overall success to the Tourism Industry in Mauritius.
- To achieve Greater Awareness in the Industry about potential risks and crisis management
- Encourage better preparedness for disaster management and recovery.
- Sharpen the skills of stakeholders at predicting, prepare, respond and recover from disasters.
- Enhance the Skal Club Reputation and Image on a Professional Tourism Organisation.
- Development of a National Plan for Risk Prevention and Crisis Management of the Tourism Industry in Mauritius.

We have taken stock of the results past project and we are totally satisfied that we have achieved all our set objectives beyond expectations. We wish to thank Jane Valls Associates for their professional support and hard work to help us achieve same.

You will get more details on our recent activities in the Newsletters, which have been posted on its relevant homepage on the website.

Our next function will be held on Saturday 7th June whereas we shall celebrate the International Day for the Environment. You will be kept informed of the details in due course.

The Skal club of Mauritius will sponsor a “Waiters Race” organized by the Rotary Club of Quatre-Bornes through our Skalleague Harmon Chellen in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism which will be held on Sunday the 15th June 08 in Quatre-Bornes.

We have also scheduled to proceed with our Skal Scholarship Award during the month of September 08. More details will follow in this respect.

Our Team remains at your entire disposal for any information you may wish to share, any proposal you would wish to discuss, and accompany us towards our common goals!

We wish you all the very best in your endeavours. With our kind regards.

Skal!


Soirée

Winning Edge