Dubai delegation meets Seychelles ministers
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Ministers from Seychelles recently met up with UAE authorities to discuss the on-going Emirates Hotel project at Cap Ternay.
Pierre Laporte, minister of finance, trade and investment; Rolph Payet minister of environment and energy, Alain St Ange, minister of tourism and culture and Christian Lionnet, minister of land use and habitat recently met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline and Group and vice president of Dubai and his Emirates delegation including Timothy Clark, president of Emirates and Marc Bennett, Divisional SVP – leisure Division of Emirates.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum and his delegation are in Seychelles on a working visit to discuss the Emirates Hotel project at Cap Ternay. The hotel project consists of 183-rooms, villas and a marina. Both parties expressed a desire to play a long term part in the tourism development of Seychelles.
Post the discussions with the Government, Emirates has agreed to reduce the hotel size and to remove the plans for water bungalows.