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Being made up of Travel, Tourism
and Transport Professionals, the business advantages of
joining are numerous.
Membership is open to Managers or Executives directly involved
in tourism management and promotion. Eligible businesses
include Transportation (airlines, railways, ferries), travel
and tour operators and agencies, Tourism councils, government
and non-government toursim councils, hotels, convention
centres, travel media and much more.
By attending local meetings, National & International
Congresses and other events, members meet industry colleagues
from throughout the world, and above all are able to network
within the industry.
These meetings are held in an atmosphere of "amicale",
and give members the opportunity to make contacts on both
a business and personal level, forging new and lasting friendships.
Skål is totally non-political and does not discriminate
on grounds of sex, age, race, religion, politics or social
standing. It does though, support charitable causes.
The International friendship and close personal contact
of Skål has to be experienced to be appreciated.
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Skål is not a community organisation like Rotary or
Lions, rather, it benefits and develops the professional
sector, while assisting the community at large. Skål
is an association of Tourism Professionals which encourages
and creates a network of professionals around the world.
It promotes seminars and conferences to strengthen the industry's
professionalism. However, although Skål does not involve
itself directly in business, it does encourage Skålleagues
to do business with each other and with Skål supporters.
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*Contacts for new business - more than 20000 tourism related
companies to choose from.
*Networking - 23000 tourism professionals worldwide with
whom to make contact.
*Moving to a new area? - use Skål to meet other tourism
professionals.
*Travelling - many opportunities to attend Regional,
National & International meetings offering special travel
arrangements.
*Monthly meetings provide an opportunity to meet local colleauges
to entertain business associates.
*Skål News - a quarterly magazine with articles of
an International nature.
*Newsletters - club level news and topics of interest in
your area.
*Access to the Skål database. Worldwide membership
directory with approximately 23000 contacts at your fingertips
(available with membership password only)
*Free website linkage worldwide through Skål International.
Redefining your business as "globally" linked.
*Membership advantages - as a Skålleague, your membership
of the association will be recognised in many ways as you
travel. Locally and Internationally, a warm welcome awaits
all visiting Skålleagues. Every club has a varied
programme of professional activities with a social content.
*Sole global organisation bringing together all the facets
of Travel & Tourism.
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Skål aims to consolidate its status as a professional
association, based on quality, exclusivity and acceptance
with the travel trade industry, by evaluating opportunities
to promote the movement more fully within this industry.
Greater involvement and participation in seminars and conferences,
considered as a means of strengthening Skål's role
as a link between representatives of different branches
of the industry.
Members are expected to live up to the objective and principles
of Skål which remains the same today as in 1932 -
to promote friendship, peace
and harmony without discrimination.
Members are also expected to promote Skål, the formation
of new clubs and recruit qualified members, especially among
the younger professionals in the industry.
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The Florimund Volckaert Fund aims, through voluntary contributions,
to help fellow Skålleagues and their immediate families
who are in need or suffering personal hardship (serious
sickness or the loss of personal property, for example).
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