INAUGURAL UNWTO / ICAO CONFERENCE POSTPONED TILL APRIL 2015
(Posted 13th September 2014)
Confirmation was received yesterday that the October 13th – 15th joint conference between the United Nations World Tourism Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization, which was to bring the world’s transport and tourism ministers together in a ground breaking meeting, has been postponed until April next year.
The new dates were given as April 22nd to 24th and this shift will allow delegates and organizers to stay on for a few days and enjoy the Carnival International de Victoria. With an expected 100+ journalists and media organizations from around the world coming to the Seychelles for the Carnival, they will be able to also extensively cover the UNWTO / ICAO Summit, giving the agenda wider exposure and very likely help to promote the new found spirit of the aviation and tourism sectors working hand in hand at the highest levels.
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‘Onbehalf ofthe GovernmentofSeychelles, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)and theInternationalCivil Aviation Organization (ICAO), we would like to inform you that the UNWTO/ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air TransportinAfrica, planned to be held in Seychelles, from 13 to 15 October 2014, has now been rescheduled to22·24 April 2015,in the frameworkofthe Regional Commission for Africa, the annual ministerial meetingofUNWTO African Member States.
We thank you very much for having confirmed your participationinthis important event and we look forward to seeing you in Seychelles in April next year’
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The media release was issued jointly by Marcia Favilla, the UNWTO Executive Director Operational Programmes and Institutional Relations and Boubacar Djibo, the ICAO Director Air Transport Bureau who confirmed that the historic UNWTO / ICAO meeting for Tourism and for Transport Ministers that was to be held in the Seychelles from the 13th to the 15th October 2014 has been officially postponed. Watch this space for breaking and regular aviation and tourism news from across the Indian Ocean islands.
