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Ocean-Villas Improves Its Family Friendly Hotel in Mauritius

GRAND BAIE, MAURITIUS– (Marketwire - Aug. 25, 2010) - Ocean-Villas have been working hard recently to promote their suitability for family holidays and not just honeymoons and weddings. Most people associate the paradise setting of Mauritius with romantic getaways, but the beach resort aims to prove that families can have the perfect holiday here too.

23 Lions Called to Camp

Some 23 players of the national football team have been called to camp in preparation for the upcoming encounter against the Mauritius Island next September 4.

The First Hundred Days - Different Viewpoints, Different Perceptions

This week, our guests have been invited to comment on the first hundred days of the new government. One of them sees it as “forlorn and in sulky mood”, another uses a nice sporting metaphor to introduce a hymn of praise for it. The others fall somewhere in between… and even add a touch of [...]

Euro Crisis - Funding Private Deficits with Public Money

When Finance minister, Pravind Jugnauth, called a press conference Friday last to announce an Economic Restructuring and Competitiveness Programme (ERCP), he took everybody by surprise. The press, the opposition, the export processing sector, the tourist industry, the SMEs and the opposition were taken by surprise by this Rs 12 billion stimulus package, the third of [...]

Mauritius Tourist Arrivals Rise 6.2% in First Half, Statistics Agency Says

Mauritiuss tourist arrivals increased 6.2 percent to 439,150 in the first half of the year compared to the same period a year ago, the Central Statistics Office, based in the capital, Port Louis, said on its website today.

Mauritius H1 Tourist Arrivals Increase

(RTTNews) - Tourist arrivals to Mauritius reached 439,150 in the first half of the year, larger than 413,504 recorded in the previous year, the Central Statistics Office said on Wednesday. This represents an increase of 6.2% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

Mauritius Maintains 2010 Tourist Arrivals Forecast

(RTTNews) - Total tourist arrivals to Mauritius increased during the first half of the year, the Central Statistics Office said while maintaining the government’s forecast of receiving nearly 1 million tourists this year.

Mauritius-Reunion Earthquake Revised to Magnitude 6.3, USGS Service Says

An earthquake in the Mauritius- Reunion region was revised to magnitude 6.3, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website.

United Basalt Of Mauritius Says That Bonus Shares Approved by Shareholders

United Basalt Products Ltd. of Mauritius shareholders approved the issue of 4.42 million shares in a bonus issue, the company said in an e-mailed statement distributed by CIM Stockbrokers today.