The Seychelles archipelago has been recognised at the World Travel Awards in October 2021. World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. SNA brings you the five winners from Seychelles at the 28th edition of the prestigious awards. Indian [...]
Paradise Sun Hotel on Seychelles' second-most populated island of Praslin is the newest recipient of the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label, the tourism department said on Wednesday. A representative from Paradise Sun Hotel, Richard Marguerite, received the establishment's credentials and certificate from Sherin Francis, the Principal Secretary for Tourism, in a brief ceremony at the Tourism [...]
Germany's capital Berlin will from Monday tighten the screws on unvaccinated people by denying them access to indoor dining, bars, gyms and hairdressers in an effort to contain a coronavirus resurgence. Under new rules in the city-state, only fully vaccinated people and those who can show proof of recovery from Covid-19 can enter leisure facilities [...]
A delay in the rainy season in Seychelles has forced the Public Utilities Corporation to increase restrictions on treated water on the main island of Mahe. Water restrictions are uncommon in Seychelles from November to April, as the country's rainy seasons usually kick in. The chief executive of the Seychelles Meteorological Authority, Vincent Amelie, told [...]
The endemic Seychelles white-eye or zwazo linet in Creole might soon become extinct on the main island of Mahe and an attempt is being made to relocate them to another island, said a conservation biologist. Gérard Rocamora, who is a practitioner at the Island Biodiversity and Conservation centre of the University of Seychelles, told SNA [...]
Belarus on Wednesday accused Polish security forces of severely beating several migrants attempting to cross into the EU, as political rhetoric over a crisis on their shared border escalates. Western critics have for months accused the Belarusian regime of luring migrants from the Middle East to Belarus to send them across the border to the [...]
Emirates airline posted a $1.6 billion loss in the first half of the financial year, the Dubai-based carrier said Wednesday, as it remains in the red due to the Covid pandemic. However, revenue was up 86 percent to $5.9 billion and the loss compares to $3.4 billion during the same period last year, the company [...]
Health practitioners from Seychelles will receive training in Hungary in December under renewed bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The new areas of cooperation were revealed in a bilateral meeting between Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, and Seychelles' Foreign Affairs and Tourism minister, Sylvestre Radegonde, on Tuesday. Szijjártó is on a [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles said it is satisfied with the reduction in interest rates on loans implemented by local banks and has not found it necessary to take any actions for non-compliance. Local banks were asked to reduce their interest rates in July and the Central Bank had given them until October 1 to [...]
Former US President Barack Obama said Monday he understood why young people were "frustrated" with climate inaction from leaders and that "most countries have failed" to live up to promises they made in the Paris Agreement. Obama, who was US leader in 2015 when the landmark accord was struck, said the world needed to "step [...]
