Second ‘Beachcomber Aventure’ launched in Paris |09 October 2015

The now well-established tourism event – the ‘Beachcomber Aventure’ – was launched at the recent Top Resa tourism fair at Porte de Versailles in Paris, France.

The event which will host French travel agents at Beachcomber Sainte Anne Island in March 2016 was officially announced by Tourism and Culture Minister Alain St Ange at a ceremony on the Seychelles stand. He was flanked by famous French television star Denis Brogniart, Beachcomber Group chief executive Gilbert Espitalier Noel, the group’s commercial director François Venin and Beachcomber Sainte Anne island general manager, Norbert Couvreur.

The latter recalled the huge success the first event had known early this year with very positive results for the Seychelles destination and the resort.

The launch of the ‘Beachcomber Aventure’ at the recent Top Resa was actually one of the highlights of events which punctuated Seychelles’ involvement at this world renowned tourism fair

‘Beachcomber Aventure’ is a sales challenge which will see the 12 best-selling travel agents of the resort take part in sports and other friendly events during three days at the Beachcomber Sainte Anne Island.

Last year several hundreds of contestants from nearly all travel agencies in France registered in the challenge with the hope of obtaining the much-sought ticket to Seychelles.

The first ‘Beachcomber Aventure’ received massive media coverage in Seychelles and in France giving much visibility to the resort and the destination.

In 2016 again, Denis Brogniart who presents the famous Koh Lanta programme on TFI television in France among other popular slots, will be the animator of the second ‘Beachcomber Aventure’.

Richard Ramasawmy