High-ranking patronage of Mister Jacques Chirac President of the French Republic   Patronage Mme Michelle Demessine Secretary of State for Tourism, Paris (France) M. Pascal Couchepin Member of the Swiss Government, Head of the Economic Federal Department, Berne (Switzerland) M. Roger Dehaybe General Administrator of the International Organization of the French Speaking Community, Paris (France) M. Francesco Frangialli General Secretary of the World Organization of Tourism (OMT), Madrid (Spain) Mme Anne-Marie Comparini President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, Lyon (France) M. Ernest Nycollin President of the Haute-Savoie General Council, Annecy (France) M. Carlo Lamprecht Member of the Republican Government and the Geneva Canton (Switzerland) M. Alain Vaissade Mayor of Geneva (Switzerland) M. Wilhelm Schnyder Member of the Valais Canton Government (Switzerland) M. Dino Vierin President of the Valdotain Government, Aoste (Italy) M. Domenico Carpanini Deputy Mayor of Turin (Italie) M. Didier Borotra President of the National Association of Mayors of Listed Resorts and Tourist Areas, Paris (France) M. Michel Bouvard President of the National Association of Elected Representatives from Mountains Areas (ANEM), Paris (France)