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Muguette
Goufrani: Portrait of a Globetrotter Muguette's
background as an airline agent, tour guide and
travel agency professional has been the key to her
media success, resulting in an ATA Travel Industry
Founders Award in Cape Town, South Africa. As a
"career globetrotter," Muguette's articles for
Africa Travel Magazine have an authentic,
multicultural flavor, thanks to painstaking
research and the confidence of having lived the
experience (walked the walk).
Her
career positions have included Royal Air Maroc,
Cica Citroen Automobiles, UTA
Airlines,
Air Afrique, Matson Lines, Palm Springs Resorts,
Club Med, Tahiti Tours, Messageries Maritimes
(Shipping) and Noumea Tours. Upon graduating from
College du Paris, she launched her career in
Casablanca, Morocco, where the Goufrani family has
operated a tour company for generations. Award
in Africa: A
dual citizen (France -
Canada)
and member of Vancouver, Francophone
Community, Muguette prompted the decision to make
our travel magazines bilingual, extending their
worldwide reach and influence Aside from our own
publications and web sites, Muguette has been
featured extensively on African television, radio
and print media, both English and French. Her first
assignment was the 1996 ATA Ecotourism Symposium in
Marrakech, Morocco. This was followed by a National
Geographic - American Airlines sponsored project in
Haiti, plus ATA Congresses in Benin, Tanzania,
Ghana, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Guinea, Zambia, Morocco,
South Africa, Cameroon and now Kenya. Travel Agents
wishing to join her are invited to e-mail
Africa@dowco.com Associations:
Active with (ATA) Africa Travel Association and
(PATA) Pacific Asia Tourist Association, Muguette
provides translations for all media. A keen
observer of current affairs, she is anxious to
receive and pass on news of trade and tourism
developments and events in any part of the world.
E-mail airhwy@dowco.com Photos:(a)
Muguette at historic monument in New York. (b)
Muguette with children in West Africa (c) Muguertte
at Expo, Vancouver, BC. (d) With Maes tribesmen in
Kenya Articles
by Muguette: African
Fashions Win World
Acclaim:
Africans
are painting the world in a kaleidoscope of bold
colors and patterns. Africa Travel Magazine
features fashion in every issue, and searches on
MSN, Google and Yahoo score our magazine's website
#1 on "Africa
Fashion"
consistently, Vibrant color combinations, dazzling
patterns, rich fabrics, fabulous headgear and
elegant gowns we saw in Conakry and traveling
through Guinea were outstanding. While returning to
Paris from Cameroon, we spent some quality time
with Seidnaly
Alphadi,
(right) whose African- inspired creations are
taking Europe by storm. It seemed like half the
plane was filled with models from a Fashion Show he
had just staged. At a garden party near Mount
Cameroon and Limbe
Botanical Gardens,
our travel agent group was treated to an
outstanding fashion show by '
Esterella'
one of Cameroon's top
designers.
More->
Guinea
Switzerland of Africa: The story of my journey from
the Gulf of Guinea on Africa's Atlantic Coast to
historic Mali Ville in the northern highlands
appears in our bilingual Africa Travel Magazine.
With that in mind, please consider this online
version as an hors d'oeuvre - the full course
banquet will come when you visit Guinea. I
guarantee that your travel experience will be a
feast - and like one of Nat King Cole' s most
famous songs ... Unforgettable! Or as the immortal
Maurice Chevalier would say ... C'est
Magnifique!
More-> Pearl
of West Africa:
Where do many West Africans go for an extended
holiday or weekend fun? Chances are better than
average that Togo tops many of their agendas. While
we were living in West Africa, my family and I will
never forget the Togolese hospitality we enjoyed
during our visits to that friendly country. Some
say, should a popularity contest be held today,
amongst all West African countries, Togo-"Pearl of
West Africa" would come first.
More-> ATA
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The
World Scene: Muguette's
travels have included Europe, the Americas,
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China, Japan, Russia,
Australia the Caribbean, and most of Europe. Active
with the Africa Travel Association and PATA, she
focuses her efforts on tourism to and from the
world's Francophone community. Muguette has lived
and worked in
seven African countries - Morocco, Algeria, Gabon,
Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal,
Madagascar and Seychelles. She has also worked in
Guadeloupe, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Cambodia, India,
France, Canada, Alaska, California, New York and
Nevada. Other travels have included Western Europe,
South America,x Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Japan,
Russia, Greece and Australia