Donald Payen has been appointed as the brand new part-time Chairman of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA).
This appointment was endorsed by the Council of Ministers final Friday.
As Principal Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism since August 2020, Donald Payen isn’t any stranger to the Tourism trade. It was after 41 years with the nationwide aviation firm, Air Mauritius, the place he held a number of administration positions: Commercial Director, Vice-President of Communications, Vice-President of Operations…
Donald Payen, recipient of the British Empire Medal at a ceremony at Westminster House in August 2022 and elevated to the rank of “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” in May 2017 by France, stays probably the most revered within the tourism trade. In a nutshell, his mission on the supervisory ministry was to advise Steven Obeegadoo on the technique to be adopted on the sidelines of the reopening of borders and the revival of the tourism sector.
