Should
I join Skål?
DOING BUSINESS BASED ON FRIENDSHIP
Being made up of Travel, Tourism and Transport Professionals, the business
advantage of joining Skål is obvious.
By attending local meetings, National & International Congresses and
other events, members are able to meet industry colleagues from throughout
the world, and above all, able to network with Skålleagues within
the industry.
These meetings are held in an atmosphere of "amicale", and gives
members the chance 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 the grounds
of sex, age, race, religion, politics or social standing. It does, though,
support charitable causes.
The Florimond 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). Operation Hope is an individual Club scheme to
help orphans and retarded, disabled or under-privileged children, by organising
social events, outings and holidays, while a youth exchange programme has
been developed.
The Benefits of Skål Membership
- Contact for Business - More than 20,000 tourism related companies
to choose from.
- Networking - 25,000 tourism professionals worldwide with whom to make
contact.
- Moving to a new area -Use Skål to meet other tourism professionals.
- Friendship and Amicale - develop new friends within the industry.
- Travelling - Many opportunities to attend Regional, National, and International
congresses, often offering special travel arrangements.
- Monthly Meeting giving an opportunity to meet local colleagues, and
using the occassion of local venue's to entertain business associates.
- Skål News - A quarterly Magazine issued by Torremolinos, has
news and article of an international nature. Available both on the web
site, and through your letter box.
- Access to the Skål Database. Worldwide Membership Directory,
with appox 25,000 contacts at your fingertips. (available via Membership
Password only)
- 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.
Each club has a varied programme of professional activities with
a social content.
What does Skål membership offer?
Members are expected to live up to the objectives and principles of Skål,
which remains the same today as when the first Club was formed in 1932.
To promote friendship, peace and harmony without discrimination.
Members also are expected to promote Skål, the formation of new
Clubs and the recruitment of qualified new members, especially among the
younger professionals in the industry.
Skål aims to consolidate its status as a professional association,
based on quality, exclusivity and acceptance within the travel trade industry,
by evaluating opportunities to promote the Movement more fully within this
industry. Greater involvement and participation in seminars and conferences
is considered as a means of strengthening Skål's role as a link between
representatives of the different branches within the industry.
The international friendship and close personal contact of Skål
has to be experienced to be appreciated.
Contact us
Contact the Membership Officer here for
more details or simply apply
online or download
an application form.
Completed forms should be sent to Joe Hickson, Membership Officer,
Skål International Oxford, West Winds, Betty Lane, Hinksey Hill,
Oxford, OX1 5BW .
General enquiries should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, Stan Bowes by
email here.
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