The 68 th Skål World Congress will take place in Belek, near Antalya, Turkey from 4 - 9 November 2007. It is the one opportunity every year for all Skål Clubs worldwide to meet and exchange views. The Annual General Assembly will be held on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 November 2007 and will include a workshop on Sustainable Development in Tourism to be held at 14.00 hours at the Gloria Golf Resort and the Business to Business session at 15.30 at the Maritim Pine Beach Resort. As the largest association of travel and tourism professionals worldwide every country in attendance will have the opportunity to promote its tourism product with a free table per country. Extra tables are available at €50.00 each (fifty Euro) and lap top connections are also available at €50.00 each.

FLORIMOND VOLCKAERT FUND

The annual raffle in aid of the Florimond Volckaert Fund will also take place during the Congress. Clubs are asked to contribute an item for the raffle. This year Skål members are asked to bring a piece of art or other form of handicraft which will be exhibited during the congress and then sold. The proceeds will also go to the Florimond Volckaert Fund.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR for two important Skål events in the United States of America!

ORLANDO SUMMIT 19 - 21 September 2007	IT ME FAIR 25 - 27 September 2007

The 2007 Tourism Leadership Summit organized by Skål International Orlando for the 3rd consecutive year will take place on 19-21 September 2007. The summit will feature important keynote speakers about creative thinking, motivating, branding – subjects of importance for successful leaders. Skål International Orlando has made a special effort this year to schedule the summit right before the IT&ME Show in Chicago that will take place on 25-27 September 2007 to enable Skålleagues from overseas to attend both events. This year for the first time, Skål International will have a stand at IT&ME where all visiting and exhibiting Skålleagues are welcome.  For more information and updates on Skål functions during the show please click here

50 YEARS OF SKÅL IN NEW ZEALAND

The 50th Anniversary of Skål in New Zealand will be celebrated in Rotorua from 31 to 23 September 2007. President Litsa Papathanassi will be present for the celebration. Click here to view the programme.

Skål International United Kingdom and Skål International Northern Ireland have produced two booklets all totally paid by advertising. The United Kingdom “Blue Book” is a list of the officers of the National Committee and a listing of all the current officers of the Clubs in the United Kingdom. The second booklet is a list of the officers and members of Skål International Northern Ireland. If you would like a copy of either publication, please contact the General Secretariat at skal@skal.org

REMINDER RE E-UPDATE@SKAL

It has come to our attention that when we send out e-mails to the membership in general that approximately 10% of the e-mails are returned for any number of reasons, e.g. e-mail changed or incorrect, etc. This matter was discussed at the recent Council Meeting held in Cordoba, Argentina and the Councillors committed themselves to asking the Clubs in their jurisdiction to ensure that the e-mails of their members were up-to-date and that any corrections to addresses would be communicated as a matter or urgency to the General Secretariat. There is a special form on the website for updating the e-mail address and this can be found at the following hyperlink:
http://www.skal.org/formularios/lista_correo.asp?idioma=I
Simply complete the form and press the “submit” button. The information will be delivered automatically to the General Secretariat. We also note that we do not have an e-mail address for approximately 1,500 members. We kindly ask the Secretaries of Clubs to check that we have correct e-mail addresses for all their members.