MCLEAN, Virginia – USA TODAY’s Veronica Stoddart will moderate a panel on Powering Sustainable Growth at the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Global Travel and Tourism summit in Las Vegas on May 19. The panel will take place at 9:00 am at the ARIA Resort&Casino. USA TODAY is an official media partner of the WTTC Global Travel and Tourism Summit, which runs from May 17-19.

Travel and tourism has the power to drive sustainable global growth and to facilitate social, economic, and cultural mobility, as well as a great responsibility not only towards its customers, but also to the destinations in which it operates, to the people it employs, and to the global environment. Sto Read full post…

FRANKFURT, Germany – A coco de mer tree is growing in the middle of Frankfurt, Germany — this and other “Treasures of the Seychelles,” as the title of a brand-new exhibition promises, currently awaits visitors at Frankfurt’s Palmengarten, a lush botanical garden in the heart of this busy city and one of the few places in the world outside the Seychelles that has managed to grow this tree.

The exhibit juxtaposes nature’s art — a genuine coco de mer — and man-made art in the form of photographs by German photographer Angelika Fischer, as well as paintings and etchings by Seychelles artists George and Flocel Camille.

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After their successful carnival of carnivals in March this year, the Seychelles islands have launched the brochure for their Festival of the Sea, which is set to take place from November 4-6 in the lovely and picturesque bay of Beau Vallon on the north of the main island of Mahe.

The Seychelles SUBIOS event started off as an Underwater and Image Festival, which has been an annual event since 1989. SUBIOS has long been popular for showcasing the islands’ magnificent marine heritage with a tantalizing suite of marine-oriented activities, presentations, film-shows, school projects, and, of course, image and film competition. < Read full post…

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Cooking vacations in France

Q: I have a significant birthday coming up and for my celebration I’d like to participate in a cooking school in France for about five days that is taught in English. Discussion of wine would be a plus.

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Centara Hotels&Resorts has opened the first Boutique Collection resort in Vietnam, the Chen Sea Resort&Spa Phu Quoc, Centara Boutique Collection.

Located in a beachside setting on the island of Phu Quoc, the property is built to an intimate scale with only 36 villas.

Operated under a management contract and previously known as Chen La Resort&Spa, Chen Sea Resort&Spa is Centara’s fourth property in an overseas destination.

Gerd Steeb, President of Centara Hotels&Resorts, said: “We are very pleased and proud to be announcing the addition of Chen Sea Resort&Spa, and we believe Vietnam holds immense tourism potential for the future.
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