70TH SKÅL WORLD CONGRESS, BUDAPEST HUNGARY

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SKÅL AT IMEX

IMEX 2009 has just concluded in Frankfurt. Click here to read a short Press Release.

 

 

WORLD DAY FOR RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

2ND June is World Day for Responsible Tourism. The theme for 2009 is Tourism and Water Resources. Click here to read more.

8TH SKÅL INTERNATIONAL ECOTOURISM AWARDS

A reminder that 30th June 2009 is the deadline for receipt of entries for the 8th Skål International Ecotourism Awards. The results of the awards will be announced during the Opening Ceremony of the 70th Skål World Congress in Budapest on 2nd November 2009. All Clubs worldwide are encouraged to find entries from their region for the awards.

 

TRAVEL WITH THE PRESIDENT

President Hulya Aslantas recently attended a number of the Area Committee Congresses, including North American Area in Anchorage, Alaska, the Asian Area Assembly in Incheon, Korea and the Latin American Area Congress in Lima, Peru as well as visits to other Clubs along the way. You can keep up to date with the President by visiting “President’s Journey” on the Skål International website or by clicking here.

SKÅL DIRECTORY

The printed version of the Skål Directory will shortly go to print. Those Clubs and National Committees who have not sent in their Form 2 or Form 3 with the up-to-date list of officers will appear in the directory with the last known information. Please ask your Club if it has sent this information to the General Secretariat.

JEFFERIE TIPPEN ONZM

Skål International Christchurch Skålleague, Jefferie Tippen, has been admitted as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the recent Queens Birthday Honours List. Jefferie has recently finished his term as International Councillor for New Zealand. We send Jefferie our sincere congratulations and very best wishes on receiving this distinction, honouring his long service to the Tourism Industry in New Zealand.

NAASC CONGRESS 2010 , QUEBEC, CANADA 6-9 May 2010

The following is a letter from Dick Copeman, Co-Chair of the 2010 NAASC Congress:

Fellow Skålleagues

You can now view the details of the congress on www.naasc2010.com

Due to the fact that you are unable to make bookings at this time as we are still working on perfecting our booking engine we are extending the Early Booking offer of 50$ Cad per person until June 17TH, 2009 (not valid for children’s rates).

This offer was made to all the delegates who attended the Anchorage congress and we signed up over 50 Skålleagues and companions.

In order to benefit from the discount please forward to Dick Copeman, Co Chair at dickcopeman@sympatico.ca

All we need are your names and we honor the discount until the site is up and running at which time we will be asking you for additional information.

Regards in Skål

Dick Copeman
Co Chair
NAASC CONGRESS 2010
Tel:- 418 657 3731 
E-mail:- dickcopeman@sympatico.ca