Nou Ravane July 2017 Issue
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NOU RAVANE JULY 2017 ISSUE Table of Contents EDITO .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 MAURITIUS IN FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................ 5 RANKING OF THE 25 FIRST MARKETS – MAY 2017 & JAN –MAY 2017 ................................................................. 5 MAURITIUS VOTED THE BEST HONEYMOON DESTINATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN ............................................. 6 SEGA TOURS’ NEWS ............................................................................................................................................. 7 MANDARIN SPEAKING ASSISTANCE AT SEGA TOURS ......................................................................................... 7 VISIT AT SEGA TOURS’ OFFICE ........................................................................................................................... 7 HOTEL NEWS ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 “TRUE BY NATURE” THE NEW BRAND OF CONSTANCE ....................................................................................... 8 THE HERB TRAIL AT THE OBEROI MAURITIUS..................................................................................................... 9 A NEW LOOK FOR THE LUXURY VILLAS OF FOUR SEASONS............................................................................... 10 LUX* HOTELS HONOURED BY TRAVELLERS ...................................................................................................... 10 ANGSANA BALACLAVA MAURITIUS, REDEFINING EXCELLENCE ......................................................................... 11 MARADIVA VILLAS RESORT & SPA ENTERTAINS THE TRADITION OF WELCOMING THE ‘HAPPY FEW’ AT ROYAL ASCOT ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 ULTRA TRAIL RAIDLIGHT BEACHCOMBER ........................................................................................................ 12 NEW ROOM CATEGORIES AT THE SUN RESORTS FOR NEXT SEASON ................................................................. 13 IN THE PIPELINE ................................................................................................................................................. 15 UPDATE ABOUT THE REFURBISHMENT WORKS AT CANONNIER BEACHCOMBER GOLF & SPA ........................... 15 RECAP OF HOTELS GOING UNDER RENOVATION IN 2017 ................................................................................. 16 AIRLINE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................... 17 AIR MAURITIUS MAKES PROFITS ..................................................................................................................... 17 NEW CEO AT AIR MAURITIUS .......................................................................................................................... 17 INDIAN OCEAN NEWS ........................................................................................................................................ 18 WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2017 REWARD LUX* RESORTS & HOTELS AS BEST INDIAN OCEAN HOTEL IN MALDIVES AND REUNION ISLAND ................................................................................................................................... 18 WE HAVE VISITED FOR YOU… ............................................................................................................................. 19 HILTON MAURITIUS RESORT & SPA ................................................................................................................. 19 SEGA TOURS 1 EDITO Dear Partner Today, we are proud to celebrate together with our French companions the Bastille Day in our own way! The SEGA Tours office team is dressed up for the occasion and will end the day with some nice French cheese and wine! Now… a A little bit of history… The naval battle of Grand-Port was the greatest victory of the French navy against the English during the Napoleonic wars. However, the outcome of this titanic fight precipitated the capture of the Isle of France by the British. Here's how. The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Mauritius) during the Napoleonic Wars. The British squadron of four frigates sought to blockade the port to prevent its use by the French through the capture of the fortified Île de la Passe at its entrance. This position was seized by a British landing party on 13 August, and when a French squadron under Captain Guy-Victor Duperré approached the bay nine days later the British commander, Captain Samuel Pym, decided to lure them into coastal waters where his superior numbers could be brought to bear against the French ships. Four of the five French ships managed to break past the British blockade, taking shelter in the protected anchorage, which was only accessible through a series of complicated reefs and sandbanks that were SEGA TOURS 2 impassable without an experienced harbour pilot. When Pym ordered his frigates to attack the anchored French on August 22 and 23, his ships became trapped in the narrow channels of the bay: two were irretrievably grounded; a third, outnumbered by the combined French squadron, was defeated; and a fourth was unable to close to within effective gun range. Although the French ships were also badly damaged, the battle was a disaster for the British: one ship was captured after suffering irreparable damage, the grounded ships were set on fire to prevent their capture by French boarding parties and the remaining vessel was seized as it left the harbour by the main French squadron from Port Napoleon under Commodore Jacques Hamelin. The British defeat was the worst the Royal Navy suffered during the entire war, and it left the Indian Ocean and its vital trade convoys exposed to attack from Hamelin's frigates. In response, the British authorities sought to reinforce the squadron on Île Bourbon under Josias Rowley by ordering all available ships to the region, but this piecemeal reinforcement resulted in a series of desperate actions as individual British ships were attacked by the more powerful and confident French squadron. In December 1810 an adequate reinforcement was collected, with the provision of a strong battle squadron under Admiral Albemarle Bertie, that rapidly invaded and subdued Isle de France. Engraved on Arc de Triomphe in Paris SEGA TOURS 3 Vieux Grand Port (Old Grand Port) then and today: Then Now Bon weekend and happy reading! SEGA TOURS 4 MAURITIUS IN FIGURES RANKING OF THE 25 FIRST MARKETS – MAY 2017 & JAN –MAY 2017 May 2017 Jan -May 2017 Country of residence Tourist Tourist % share Rank % share Rank arrivals arrivals France 16,382 17.0 2 120,989 22.1 1 Reunion Island 16,476 17.1 1 66,623 12.2 2 United Kingdom 10,181 10.5 4 52,349 9.6 3 Germany 7,882 8.2 5 45,889 8.4 4 South Africa, Rep. of 6,988 7.2 6 39,068 7.1 5 India 12,221 12.7 3 35,017 6.4 6 People's Rep. of China 6,392 6.6 7 32,892 6.0 7 Switzerland 1,608 1.7 9 15,613 2.9 8 Italy 1,814 1.9 8 13,988 2.6 9 Austria 603 0.6 18 9,117 1.7 10 Sweden 260 0.3 29 8,885 1.6 11 Australia 1,427 1.5 10 6,989 1.3 12 Poland 201 0.2 31 6,333 1.2 13 Czech Republic 388 0.4 25 5,804 1.1 14 Russian Federation 620 0.6 17 5,696 1.0 15 Belgium 870 0.9 11 5,373 1.0 16 Malagasy Republic 713 0.7 14 4,412 0.8 17 Netherlands 775 0.8 13 3,993 0.7 18 United Arab Emirates 668 0.7 15 3,897 0.7 19 Denmark 170 0.2 33 3,891 0.7 20 USA 638 0.7 16 3,377 0.6 21 Spain 864 0.9 12 3,093 0.6 22 Korea Republic 589 0.6 19 2,756 0.5 23 Finland 83 0.1 51 2,513 0.5 24 Canada 482 0.5 20 2,373 0.4 25 SEGA TOURS 5 DESTINATION NEWS MAURITIUS VOTED THE BEST HONEYMOON DESTINATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN Mauritius remains the best destination for a honeymoon, according to World Travel Awards Indian Ocean that were announced at a gala evening in Maldives on the 08th July. The awards are as follows: Paradise Cove received the Best Boutique Hotel Award while Constance Le Prince Maurice was crowned the Best Culinary Hotel in the region. The Constance group also won the award for Best Green Resort with Constance Ephélia in Seychelles. Heritage The Villas has been elected Best Hotel Residences. The Four Seasons received the Best Brand Award. LUX* South Ari Atoll was crowned Best Hotel in the Indian Ocean. Air Mauritius was awarded best Economy Airline Award and Lounge Amédé Maingard at Plaisance International Airport is the Best Lounge in the region. The Constance Group and Hilton Resorts and Spa have distinguished themselves at the Indian Ocean World Tourism Awards in the Mauritius Subcategory by bagging three and two Awards respectively: Constance Belle Mare Plage was voted Best Family Resort and Best Green Resort while Constance Le Prince Maurice was crowned Best Luxury Resort. The Hilton Mauritius Resort and Spa received the Best Resort and Best Conference Hotel Awards. The Best Hotel Award went to The Oberoi Mauritius. The royal suite of the Royal Palm was awarded the Best Hotel Suite. SEGA TOURS