Minister Of Tourism & Culture Meets French Travel Trade & Medias

YB Dato Seri Mohamed Nazri Tan Sri Aziz, Minister of Tourism & Culture with French tourism professionals at Le Pre-Catelan in Paris.

PARIS, 5 June 2014: The Minister of Tourism & Culture Malaysia, YB Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Tan Sri Abdul Aziz hosted a travel trade luncheon at the prestigious Le Pre-Catelan Lenotre Restaurant, Paris, recently to meet French tourism professionals and travel trade medias in the city.

The meeting was arranged as an appreciation to the French travel trade for promoting Malaysia in France as well as to update them on the latest tourism products and marketing efforts by Malaysia for the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 campaign. It was also a platform to discuss issues and opportunities for future collaborations.

Among the key French players present were Mr Jean Paul Chantraine, the President Director General ASIA, Madame Olivia Even Devillechaise, General Manager Rev Vacances; Mr Laurent Bordet of Carlson Wagonlit, Mr David Khamsing of CFA; Mr Eric Didier, Area Manager of Qatar Airways in France; Mr Robert Chad, Area Manager of Etihad, Andrew Yip, Area Manager of Singapore Airlines and Mr Sarjanisham Idrus, Area Manager of Malaysia Airlines.

French arrivals to Malaysia last year was 145,108 a 6.6% increase from 136,172 in 2012.
-Tourism Malaysia.