Skål International France

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Skål International France for tourism professionals


Skål is the only professional organisation of tourism leaders around the world since 1934, promoting global tourism and friendship.  It is the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry.  Its members, the industry's managers and executives, meet at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss and pursue topics of common interest.

The first Club was founded in 1932 in Paris by travel managers, following an educational tour of Scandinavia.  The idea of international goodwill and friendship grew and, in 1934, the “Association Internationale des Skål Clubs” was formed with Florimond Volckaert as its first President, who is considered the “Father of Skål”.

Skål International today has approximately 20 000 members in almost 500 Clubs throughout 95 nations. Most activities occur at local level, moving up through National Committees, under the umbrella of Skål International, headquartered at the General Secretariat in Torremolinos, Spain.

Skål is not a community organisation like Rotary or Lions, rather it benefits and develops the professional sector, while assisting the community at large.  Skål is an Association of Tourism Professionals which encourages and creates a network of professionals around the world.  It promotes seminars and conferences to strengthen the industry’s professionalism and has a Code of Ethics & Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism.





Through participation in local activities and events at all levels, members meet industry colleagues from around the world. Here, in an atmosphere of amicale, ideas, opportunities and industry matters, in general, may be shared on a personal and business level – “Doing Business among friends”.

Skål International France has 200 members with two clubs in our region Côte d’Azur and Var-Provence whose members meet once a month to hear a talk by an invited guest speaker and followed by dinner in convivial surroundings.


If you are interested in joining Skål International, use the contact form below or visit the website.


Guide2Coted’Azur is proud to be a member of Skål International France Var-Provence.