Mafunso ndi Seychelles Travel Pro: A Alan Mason

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Written by Alain St. Angelo

Monga paradaiso ku Indian Ocean, Seychelles amapikisana ndi mayiko ena a zisumbu padziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira ku South East Asia mpaka ku Caribbean, komanso mayiko apafupi. Komabe, mwakwanitsa kudzipanga kukhala amodzi mwamalo otsogola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi maubwino ati ampikisano ndi ofananitsa omwe amasiyanitsa dziko lino ndi omwe akupikisana nawo?

Monga paradaiso ku Indian Ocean, Seychelles amapikisana ndi mayiko ena a zisumbu padziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira ku South East Asia mpaka ku Caribbean, komanso mayiko apafupi. Komabe, mwakwanitsa kudzipanga kukhala amodzi mwamalo otsogola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi maubwino ati ampikisano ndi ofananitsa omwe amasiyanitsa dziko lino ndi omwe akupikisana nawo?

Mkati mwa Nyanja ya Indian, ndikuganiza kuti Seychelles imaphatikiza zilumba zabwino kwambiri. Kumbali ina tili ndi Mauritius chomwe ndi chilumba chokulirapo chokhala ndi mahotela abwino kwambiri, mbali inayo tili ndi Maldives okhala ndi zilumba zazing'ono zambiri komanso malo osangalatsa osangalatsa. Koma palibe aliyense waiwo yemwe ali ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana yomwe Seychelles ili nayo. Ndikuganiza kuti mukapita ku Mauritius, mumapita ku hotelo ndipo ngati mupita ku Maldives ndizovuta kwambiri. Koma Seychelles m'malingaliro mwanga ndi yokhayo yomwe imadzibwereketsa kuti ipereke zowona kopita.

Tili ndi zinthu zosiyanasiyana pano, kuyambira nyumba za alendo, 3 ndi 4 Stars malo, mahotela apamwamba kwambiri a 5 Stars mpaka kuzilumba zachinsinsi zomwe zimaperekedwa. Koma chomwe chimabweretsa aliyense palimodzi mosasamala kanthu za bajeti yomwe muli, kapena hotelo yomwe mukukhala, ndikusiyana kwa anthu ndi zilumba. Mwachitsanzo, pa Mahe, akutenga galimoto ndikuyendetsa mozungulira malo owonetsera zojambulajambula, akuwona asodzi akumaloko akubwerera ndi nsomba zawo, akuyang'ana malo odyera am'deralo komanso kupita paulendo pakati pa zilumbazi kapena kupita ku Praslin, La Digue ndi malo ena apadera. zilumba. Uwu ndiye mtundu wapadera wa Seychelles, ndikuganiza kuti izi ndi zomwe zimatipangitsa kukhala osiyana ndi omwe timapikisana nawo.

Koma koposa zonse, ndife anthu opitilira 90,000, kotero ndife oziziritsidwa komanso okhazikika ndipo anthu pano ndi ochezeka kwambiri. Ife sitiri chikhalidwe chakale; mukayang'ana padziko lonse lapansi tilibe chikhalidwe cha mayiko aku Asia koma kumbali ina, tilibe unyinji kapena kuipitsa. Monga chilumba, ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi mwayi wothawira ku moyo wa pachilumbachi ndipo mumayandikira pafupi ndi zomwe takumana nazo pano osati kwina kulikonse.

Mason's Travel ndi kampani ya Destination Management yoyendetsedwa ndi mabanja yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1972 ndipo lero ndiyomwe imagwira ntchito kwambiri ku Seychelles. Kodi mungatiuze momwe kampani yanu yasinthira pakapita nthawi komanso chomwe chinayambitsa kusintha kotere?

Chabwino, luso lalikulu la kampani lakhalabe lofanana. Kwenikweni, bizinesiyo idayambitsidwa ndi amayi anga ndipo mwina amadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa ntchito zokopa alendo ku Seychelles. Kuyamba kwa Mason's Travel kudagwirizana ndi kutsegulidwa kovomerezeka kwa bwalo la ndege la Seychelles International Airport motero kukula kwenikweni kwa zokopa alendo ku Seychelles. Tinayamba ndi kuthandiza posungitsa mahotela angapo, ndipo tinali apainiya amene tinayambitsa maulendo ena makamaka m’malo osungiramo nyama panthaŵiyo. Panthawi imeneyo Mahe anali chilumba chachikulu chomwe chinapanga mahotela oyambirira, pamene Praslin ndi La Digue anali ndi nyumba zogona alendo ndipo zinali zochepa komanso zopezeka; tinakwanitsa kupereka maulendo opita ku Praslin ndi La Digue ndipo bizinesi yakula kuchokera pamenepo.

Takhala akatswiri a kasamalidwe ka chilumba cha hopping. Pankhani yokonzekera kusungitsa malo a hotelo pokonzekera ulendo wawo, kugwiritsira ntchito pansi pamene kasitomala ali pano, kusamutsidwa panthawi yomwe amakhala, ntchito yamakasitomala, makamaka kuonetsetsa kuti zonse zikuchitika bwino, kaya akuyenda kuchokera pachilumba china kupita ku china.

Masiku ano tili ndi maofesi pazilumba zonse zazikulu zitatu komanso antchito oposa 300. Pamapeto pake, timathera nthawi yathu yambiri tikuyenda ndikutsatsa komwe tikupita komwe ndi imodzi mwamaudindo athu ofunikira. Timathandiza mabungwe oyendayenda ndi ogwira ntchito paulendo ndi maphunziro, kuzindikira zinthu zoyenera kwa makasitomala awo ndi kuwathandiza pamene akufunikira. Timawathandiza kugwirizanitsa makasitomala ndi mahotela enieni chifukwa si onse omwe ali ndi makasitomala ofanana. Timagwira ntchito ndi mahotela apamwamba kwambiri monga momwe timachitira ndi nyumba zazing'ono za alendo. Kukula kwazaka zambiri kwakhala kwakukulu, kuyambira ndi antchito ochepa chabe, koma kupambana kwathu kumadalira kusasinthasintha komanso kudzipereka komwe tili nako, kufunitsitsa kwathu kuyika Seychelles patsogolo.

Mason's Travel adalengezedwa kuti ndi woyendetsa bwino kwambiri alendo ku Seychelles ndi Luxury Travel Guide 2017. Kodi mumasiyana bwanji ndi makampani ena akuluakulu pano, monga Creole Travel Services?

Creole Travel Services ndi kampani yabwino, ali ndi gulu labwino komanso zomangamanga zolimba. Komabe, ndikuganiza kuti kusiyana kwathu kwakukulu ndi antchito athu. Ambiri a iwo akhala nafe kwa zaka 20 ndi 40. Ndikuganiza kuti ichi ndi chiwonetsero cha mtengo womwe tayika pa gulu lathu komanso kudzipereka ku zomwe timatcha "kukhala ndi kukhudza kwa Mason". Tonsefe tili ndi zomangamanga zabwino, machitidwe amakono a IT, mabasi ndi mabwato opitako, koma ndikuganiza kuti zimatsikira kwa anthu ndi tagline yathu yokhudzana ndi zochitika za Living the Seychelles.

Mumadziwika ku Seychelles ngati imodzi mwamakampani ochita bwino kwambiri, koma njira yanu yotsatsira padziko lonse lapansi ndi yotani, makamaka masiku ano ndi kutuluka kwa Online Travel Agency? Kodi mumachita bwanji ndi mpikisano padziko lonse lapansi?

Awa ndi masewera osiyana pawokha. Sitingathe kupikisana ndi expedia.com kapena booking.com: ndi zimphona zapadziko lonse lapansi pano, koma Seychelles zakhala zosiyana. Pamisika yathu yoyambira, ndife malo oyenda nthawi yayitali. Sikupita ku London kapena Paris ndikugunda booking.com ndikupeza hotelo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti kwa kasitomala, Seychelles ndi ndalama m'njira ziwiri: zachuma, mpaka kufika ndi maulendo okwera ndege okwera; komanso m'malingaliro chifukwa kwa anthu ambiri ndi tchuthi lapadera kwambiri, kukhala ndi tchuthi chawo chaukwati kapena chikumbutso; chifukwa chake pali zoyembekeza zambiri.

Sitikuchita bizinesi kwa ogula koma makamaka timachita bizinesi kwa bizinesi ndipo anzathu ndi ogulitsa, oyendetsa maulendo. Timagwira ntchito ndi ogulitsa malonda omwe amasonkhanitsa timabuku ndikugulitsa maphukusi. Timagwira ntchito ndi ogulitsa ambiri ndipo timaphunzitsidwa zambiri za ogwira ntchito.

Tikukhulupirirabe kukhala ndi anthu ophunzitsidwa komanso akatswiri m'malo omwe akupita. Ndi kopita komwe kungathe kugulitsidwa molakwika mosavuta. Monga tafotokozera koyambirira, mumapita ku Mauritius ndikusankha hotelo malinga ndi bajeti yanu. Ngati mukufuna kukhala ndi tchuthi choyenera ku Seychelles, ndi za kukhala ndi akatswiri odziwa momwe mungachitire ndi Seychelles.

Pali zokambidwa zambiri zokhuza kuchuluka kwa dzikolo komanso malingaliro akuti kuchuluka kwa alendo obwera kudzawona sikungapitirire kuchuluka. Mukukonzekera bwanji kuzolowera kuchuluka kwa zokopa alendo, kuti mugwirizane ndi njira za boma?

Ndikuganiza kuti kukula kwathu kwa ziwerengero zokopa alendo kwakhala kwachilengedwe. Sitili kopita anthu ambiri ndipo sitinakhale pafupi kukhala komweko. Nthawi zonse takhala tikudziyika tokha ngati msika wocheperako kuposa msika wambiri.

Tonse tikudziwa ndipo tonse timavomereza kuti sitikufuna kukhala kopita anthu ambiri. Koma ndikuganiza kuti pali kafukufuku wochulukirapo komanso kumvetsetsa kofunikira pa momwe tingapitire patsogolo, kuti tithe kukhazikitsa zolinga zoyenera, ndikukonzekera bwino malinga ndi zolingazi.

Tiyenera kuganizira kuti ndife anthu ochepa omwe amazolowera moyo wina; maphunziro aulere, thanzi laulere, ndipo izi zimadza pamtengo. Titanena kuti tafika pamapeto pazantchito, chifukwa chake chitukuko chatsopano chilichonse ku Seychelles chidzatanthawuza anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito kunja, zomwe zili bwino ngati tikufuna kupitiriza kukula ndikuthandizira makampani koma nthawi yomweyo, gawo la kukula ndi ntchito ziyenera kukhala ndi phindu lachuma kudziko. Ngati kukula kwa ogwira ntchito ndi ochokera kunja, ndalamazo zikuchoka m'dzikoli.

Kukhazikika ndi nkhani yofunika kwambiri yomwe imadutsa magawo onse andondomeko ya boma. Ndi njira ziti zomwe mukukwaniritsira zofunika pa dziko lino?

Bizinesi yathu imakhala yochulukira antchito, mosiyana ndi hotelo yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito ma solar. Tinasintha kalembedwe ka maulendo athu zaka khumi zapitazo. Zombo zathu zambiri zapansi pano zikupita ku injini zosakanizidwa bwino. Kumbali ya apanyanja, tasinthira ku ma catamaran oyenda masana pamaulendo athu. Tagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochepa kwambiri titatha kusintha mabwato akuluakulu okhala ndi injini zamphamvu zomwe zimasonyeza kuti ndizosawonongera mafuta pazochitika zathu za tsiku ndi tsiku.

Monga gulu, tili ndi gawo la hotelo komwe tapita kumalo osungira madzi okonzedwanso makamaka ku hotelo yathu yatsopano ku Mahe, hotelo ya cabana beach yomwe inatsegulidwa chaka chatha. Mwachitsanzo, madzi oyeretsedwa kuchokera m'dongosolo amabwerera m'zimbudzi kotero kuti sitikutsuka madzi abwino pamene zimbudzi zikugwiritsidwa ntchito. Tili ndi njira yosonkhanitsira madzi yomwe imasonkhanitsanso madzi kuchokera kumvula. Pachilumba cha Denis, tili ndi famu komwe lero ndinganene kuti pafupifupi 80% yazinthu zomwe zimadyedwa mu hoteloyo kapena malo odyera amakulira pamenepo, kuyambira mkaka watsopano mpaka mazira, zipatso, ndiwo zamasamba, nkhuku, nkhumba kapena ng'ombe. chilumba.

Kuphatikiza pa Mason's Travel, pali Mason's Air ndi Mason's Exchange, komanso katundu kuzilumba zina. Kodi mumasankha bwanji madera omwe mungasinthire komanso komwe mungasungireko ndalama kuno ku Seychelles?

Pamapeto pake, ndife akatswiri azokopa alendo ndipo Mason's Travel yakhala ili pachimake pazamalonda athu. Kwa zaka zambiri, zidasintha kupita ku Mason's Air kuyenda ndipo ndifenso GSA pama ndege ena. M'masiku oyambirira, pankafunika kukonza maulendo opita kunja pothandizira kwambiri kusungitsa ndi kuyendetsa ndege. Mason Air Travel kwenikweni inali njira yopita kwa anthu okhala ndi mabizinesi.

Pambuyo pake, pamene tinali ndi zovuta za ndalama zakunja m'dzikoli ku 2008, boma linkafuna kulimbikitsa malo ambiri a "Bureau de change" kuti mabanki azikhala oona mtima ndi mitengo yakusinthana, ndipo apa ndi pamene tinayambitsa Mason's Exchange. Sife kampani yokhayo yosinthira pano koma takwanitsa kupanga malo opikisana kwambiri ndipo ndikuganiza kuti lero kasitomala amalandira ndalama zambiri pa kugula ndi kugulitsa ndalama. Mandalama ena ochereza alendo amaphatikizanso malo ena ahotelo omwe ndi ndalama zoyendetsera nthawi yayitali.

Mason's Travel posachedwapa adatenga nawo gawo pamisonkhano ya STB yomwe cholinga chake chinali kupatsa magulu am'deralo mwayi wopanga ndi kukulitsa malingaliro awo omwe amaperekedwa kwa makasitomala a pachilumba cha Reunion ndi mosemphanitsa. Kodi mungafotokoze zambiri za msonkhanowu ndi mwayi womwe mumawona ku Reunion?

Timachita zokambirana zambiri. Ndikuganiza kuti La Reunion ndi yachigawo, koma ndizomwe timachita m'misika yathu yayikulu. Timachita malonda kwambiri komanso kuwonekera kwa othandizira apaulendo. Ku La Reunion, zinali zomwezo.

Izi zinali mu mgwirizano ndi oyang'anira athu akuluakulu kumeneko ndipo msonkhano unachitikira m'mizinda ikuluikulu ndi othandizira maulendo. Mwachitsanzo, m'mawa STB ikadapanga ulaliki wa kopita, tikadafotokoza mwatsatanetsatane za zisumbu zosiyanasiyana. Tikadafotokoza momwe ulendo wa pachilumbachi umagwirira ntchito, mwachitsanzo kukwera boti kapena kukwera ndege kuti tikwaniritse chilumbachi.

Tidakhalanso ndi alendo omwe adatenga nawo gawo monga mahotela ndi oyimira nyumba za alendo omwe akuwonetsa zina mwazinthu zawo. Kuphatikiza apo, tinali ndi ma voucha ndipo tidalandira mphotho za raffles ku Seychelles ndikupanga malo abwino pakati pa omwe adapezekapo pofunsa mafunso okhudzana ndi Seychelles. Gulu lathu lazamalonda limagwira ntchito ndi STB m'misika yathu yayikulu pazochita zophatikizanazi. Nthawi zina timachita tokha ndi anzathu kuti tithandizire kwambiri komanso kutithandiza kudziwa komwe tikupita.

Patsamba lanu, mumapereka Partner's Hub. Kodi mungafotokoze zomwe zilimo, ndipo chifukwa chiyani munaziyambitsa?

The Partner's Hub imapereka mwayi kwa omwe timagwira nawo ntchito komanso zidziwitso zonse zofunika, monga nkhani zoyenera ndi malangizo ku Seychelles. Zili ngati malo osungiramo zinthu zakale omwe ali ndi chidziwitso pagulu lililonse la mahotela omwe ali ndi malongosoledwe a malo awo. Nthawi zambiri, ndi bizinesi kwa kasitomala kasitomala kuti awathandize kukhala ophunzira komanso olimba mtima akamagulitsa komwe akupita.

Ulendo wa Mason umalumikizidwa kwambiri ndi zomwe zilumba za Seychelles zili, komanso zomwe akuyenera kupereka. Pakalipano pali kuyesayesa kwadziko lonse kuti agwire ntchitoyo mwa kusokoneza chuma. Monga kampani ya Seychellois yomwe ilipo padziko lonse lapansi, kodi mukuthandizira kuwonetsa Seychelles ngati malo ochezera alendo?

Zachidziwikire, tonse ndife onyada a Seychellois ndipo timakumana ndi anthu omwe nthawi zambiri amafunsa za mwayi wopeza ndalama koma makamaka chapadera chathu ndikulemba Seychelles momwe timawonera.

Ndinu m'modzi mwamabizinesi ofunikira kwambiri ku Seychelles. Kodi muli ndi uthenga kwa amalonda achichepere aku Seychellois, komanso kwa amalonda akumayiko ena omwe akutukuka kumene a momwe angakhalire opambana monga inu?

Kwa ife, nthawi idatenga gawo lalikulu, koma kupambana kwa Mason ndi komwe tili lero ndikukhala okonda kwambiri. Muyenera kukhulupilira zomwe mukuchita ndikukhala nazo chidwi. Mwayi wanu ubwera koma mumapanga mwayiwu pogwira mwayiwo ukadzabwera ndipo ndizomwe tonse tili.

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Alain St. Angelo

Alain St Ange wakhala akugwira ntchito yabizinesi yokopa alendo kuyambira 2009. Adasankhidwa kukhala Director of Marketing ku Seychelles ndi Purezidenti komanso Minister of Tourism James Michel.

Adasankhidwa kukhala Director of Marketing ku Seychelles ndi Purezidenti komanso Minister of Tourism James Michel. Pambuyo pa chaka chimodzi cha

Atagwira ntchito chaka chimodzi, adakwezedwa udindo wa CEO wa Seychelles Tourism Board.

Mu 2012 bungwe la Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands Organisation lidapangidwa ndipo St Ange adasankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti woyamba wa bungweli.

Pakusintha kwa nduna za 2012, St Ange adasankhidwa kukhala Minister of Tourism and Culture yemwe adasiya ntchito pa 28 December 2016 ndicholinga chofuna kukhala Mlembi Wamkulu wa World Tourism Organisation.

pa UNWTO General Assembly ku Chengdu ku China, munthu amene ankafunidwa kwa "Speakers Circuit" kwa zokopa alendo ndi chitukuko zisathe anali Alain St.Ange.

St.Ange ndi nduna yakale ya zokopa alendo ku Seychelles, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine ku Seychelles yemwe adachoka paudindo mu Disembala chaka chatha kudzapikisana nawo paudindo wa Secretary General wa UNWTO. Pamene chisankho chake kapena chikalata chovomerezeka chinachotsedwa ndi dziko lake patangotsala tsiku limodzi kuti chisankho ku Madrid chichitike, Alain St.Ange adawonetsa ukulu wake ngati wokamba nkhani pamene adayankhula UNWTO kusonkhana ndi chisomo, chilakolako, ndi kalembedwe.

Kuyankhula kwake kosunthika kudalembedwa ngati yomwe inali pamakambidwe abwino kwambiri ku bungwe lapadziko lonse la UN.

Maiko aku Africa nthawi zambiri amakumbukira zomwe adalankhula ku Uganda ku East Africa Tourism Platform pomwe anali mlendo wolemekezeka.

Monga Minister wakale wa Tourism, St.Ange anali wolankhula pafupipafupi komanso wotchuka ndipo nthawi zambiri amawoneka akulankhula pamisonkhano ndi misonkhano m'malo mwa dziko lake. Kutha kwake kuyankhula 'atsekedwa' nthawi zonse kumawoneka ngati kuthekera kosowa. Nthawi zambiri amati amalankhula kuchokera pansi pamtima.

Ku Seychelles amakumbukiridwa chifukwa cholemba mawu potsegulira boma pachilumba cha Carnaval International de Victoria pomwe adanenanso mawu a nyimbo yotchuka ya John Lennon… ”mutha kunena kuti ndine wolota, koma sindine ndekha. Tsiku lina nonse mudzabwera nafe ndipo dziko lidzakhala labwino ”. Atolankhani apadziko lonse omwe adasonkhana ku Seychelles patsikuli adathamanga ndi mawu a St. Ange omwe adalemba mitu paliponse.

Mtsogoleri wa St. Angelo adakamba nkhani yayikulu pamsonkhano wa "Tourism & Business Conference ku Canada"

Seychelles ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha zokopa alendo okhazikika. Choncho n’zosadabwitsa kuona Alain St.Ange akufunidwa kukhala wokamba nkhani m’dera la mayiko.

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