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Newsletter 1/2001
Welcome
to THE WORLD OF ISLANDS
http://www.world-of-islands.com
- infos@world-of-islands.com
This newsletter is sent to 1475 persons, in English (689), French (703)
and German
(83). These subscriptions come from 57 different countries: Algeria,
Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil,
Byelorussia,
Canada, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India,
Indonesia,
Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Lebanon, Luxemburg, Mexico, Morocco,
Netherlands,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rumania, Russia,
Singapore,
Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand,
Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
Since our last newsletter, new countries are represented : Chile, Estonia,
Hungary,
Iran, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia and Venezuela. Welcome to all.
Tuesday , February 13, 2001.
Good morning,
After several months of pause, we send you a new newsletter, to herald the
starting
of the new "The World of Islands" web site and the official
floating of MDI International.
We also seize the opportunity, to thank you for your fidelity. All the
"World
of Islands" team, thanks you for this.
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
1. What are "The World of Islands"
and MDI International ?
2. The new "World of Islands" services.
3. Our services for the tourism
professionals and the tourist authorities.
4. The special offers
5. Free brochures
6. "The World of Islands" newsletter
7. Questions & suggestions
1. WHAT ARE "THE WORLD OF ISLANDS" AND ET MDI
INTERNATIONAL ?
MDI International is a communication, promotion and representation
company, which
represent tourism authorities and the tourist industry of the islands, by
the
general public and the travel professionals in France, in Europe and in
the world.
MDI International IS NOT a travel agency ! We take charge of your
pre-bookings
by the professionals that we represent, but the payment will directly be
made
by the professionals (most of the time, at the end of your stay). We are
also
try to establish partnerships with travel agencies, in various countries,
to
enable, to those that like it, to make their bookings by a partner travel
agency,
in their home country.
We want to remain faithful to our first objective : help and inform, free
of
charge, the travelers and every persons interested in the world of
islands.
In some weeks, we shall open a free CALL CENTRE, that you would be able to
reach,
not only by e-mail, but also by telephone, fax and postal mail. You would
be
able to ask us for questions concerning islands and to request free
brochures
and leaflets of our partners
At this time, you can contact us by e-mail : infos@world-of-islands.com
and by
fax : + 33 (0)3 90 204 506.
2. THE NEW "WORLD OF ISLANDS" SERVICES.
New services were added to the "World of Islands" web site.
Now, you can discover more than 3.000 ISLANDS, each with an individual
identification
sheet. These index cards will be completed later, by a more detailed
presentation
page of the island, with numerous practical information. In the meantime,
you
can obtain all the needed information, like the coordinates of the tourist
authorities,
by contacting us by e-mail : infos@world-of-islands.com
.
We have also developed, the means to find an island (alphabetical order,
geographical
order, themes, ...). These means were also set up to find a professional
on an
island. The number of participating professionals incrase and we shall not
miss
to inform you, in the next issue of this newsletter, about the new
professionals.
When you visit the web site, you will notice that numerous new sections
have
been added. Regularly, these
sections will be updated with new articles.
Please, do not forget to discover, a new exclusive service of the
"World of Islands"
: the free assistance and organization of your journeys on islands.
If you have suggestions for new sections or subjects that you would like
see
developed on "The World of Islands", you can write to us to webmaster@world-of-islands.com
. Thank you in advance.
3. OUR SERVICES FOR THE TOURISM
PROFESSIONALS AND THE TOURIST AUTHORITIES.
If you are a professional on an island or if you have a property on an
island,
various membership possibilities are proposed. To discover these
possibilities,
please visit the pages which are dedicated to the professionals at the
following
address http://www.world-of-islands.com/Professionnels/accueil_pros_en.htm
or
you can contact us at pro@world-of-islands.com
.
New services are also offered to tour-operators and travel agencies (http://www.world-of-islands.com/Professionnels/Participation/TO_AV_en.htm
). Especially, you can send us your travel offers concerning islands, that
we
shall publish, free of charge, on our web site. For more information,
please
contact us at marketing@world-of-islands.com.
Specific services are also reserved to the journalists and the medias
professionals
(http://www.world-of-islands.com/Professionnels/Participation/Presse_en.htm
).
For more information, please contact us at presse@world-of-islands.com
.
4. THE SPECIAL OFFERS
At present, we work on a new data base, about travel offers on the
islands, which
are offered by tour operators worldwide and by the professionals of the
islands,
that we represent. To render these offers, more attractive, we try to
obtain
advantages for the "World of Islands" Internet users. This data
base is still
under construction, that's why you can not consult these offers, before
some
days. We will inform you, by the mean of this newsletter, when these
offers are
online.
In the index cards of the professionals, "World of Islands"
members, you will
be able to discover exclusive advantages, reserved for the web site
visitors
(discounts, free nights, gifts, ...).
5. FREE BROCHURES
Our brochures request service is momentarily adjourned, as we reorganize
this
service. Indeed, we wish to offer you a better service and to do so, we
discuss
again with the different tourist authorities of the islands, so that you
can
receive your brochures, as fast as possible. Furthermore, new destinations
will
be added to the already available offers.
6. "THE WORLD OF ISLANDS" NEWSLETTER
This newsletter informs you about novelties and changes, on "The
World of Islands"
web site. The periodicity will be variable, according to the current
events.
The newsletter will be sent at most once a week and at least once a month.
For the moment, this newsletter is sent in TEXT format, as many mail
systems
do not accept the HTML format. Nevertheless, the HTML format would render
this
newsletter more attractive and more interactive. That is why, we would
offer
the choice between these two formats.
If you want to receive the next issue of this newsletter, in HTML format,
please
send an e-mail to newsletter@world-of-islands.com,
with "HTML" in the subject
field and the following information : your last and first name, your
e-mail and
the chosen language (French, English or German).
On the contrary, if you want to receive the newsletter in TEXT format (as
now),
you have to do nothing. This one will be sent to you automatically.
7. QUESTIONS & SUGGESTIONS
Please, do not hesitate to ask us your questions about islands. We would
be glad
to answer them or to give you the coordinates of someone, who would be
able to
help you.
Furthermore, all your comments and suggestions about the new "World
of Islands"
web site or this newsletter, will be welcome.
You can send your inquiries and your suggestions to webmaster@world-of-islands.com
Thank you to take the time to read the new "World of Islands"
newsletter.
Hope to see you soon, on "The World of Islands" web site.
Sebastien HEINRICH
The World of Islands
infos@world-of-islands.com
http://www.world-of-islands.com
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