SUBIOS: Bubbling Seychelles!

SUBIOS 2009 has taken off at the Victoria Conference Centre. The Seychellois capital hosts the three winners of the last event and has even planned some presentations in local schools.

SUBIOS 2009: frissons garantis! SUBIOS 2009 starts out for the benefit of students and teachers. As one might remember, this event is organised by the Seychelles Tourism Office and local diving centres in collaboration with Air Seychelles, some hotels and others.

On Wednesday the 30th of September, the International Conference Centre of Victoria is hosting students, teachers and the winners of last years SUBIOS competition. The latter present their photos and videos on various themes according to which they were chosen as previous year’s winners.

Amongst the speakers addressing the audience are Elizabeth Fideria with her contribution “Paradise Surviving”, Gino Rosiers who’ll speak about Sea Insects” and finally Edward Snijders with “Turtle Conservation, Octopus Fishing, Environmental Issues in the Indian Ocean”.

The official opening of SUBIOS 2009 by the archipelagos vice president Joseph Belmont, will take place this coming Friday, the 2nd of October at the Hotel Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay on Mahé. An interesting programme encompasses the prize giving ceremony to the winners of last year’s competition; a public voting for best photos and videos, and finally a fashion show presented by the studio Mangouya around the topic “SUBIOS 2009-diving around the granite isles of Gondwana”. As a special highlight, the Zenith Band will provide live music whilst guests enjoy delicacies from the seafood buffet.

Selma Magnan, directrice de Events and Product Diversification au STB According to Selma Magnan, director of events and product diversification at the STB, this years SUBIOS will present a new category of participants under the age of 15. "Also the prizes are very interesting; with a cash prize, certificates and trophies made and signed by famous sculptor Tom Bowers” she confided to Seychelles Tourism. The prize giving ceremony is planned take place on the same day at the SUBIOS village and features amongst other highlights the launching of the poster for next years event, as well as some open air presentations and the film “Planet Earth”. This all takes place at Beau Vallon beach. And this is not the end, as the celebration is planned to extend well into the night providing live events in collaboration with the local hotels.
Le lancement officiel de SUBIOS 2009 est prévu ce vendredi 2 octobre