Welcome to the website of the Skål International - Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
We offer an especially warm welcome to fellow Skålleagues around the world!
Our Mission
The Mission of Skål is to develop friendship and common purpose between members of the Tourism industry and to foster goodwill through International Tourism in order to increase mutual understanding among the people of the world. In Idaho, we work with our members, and both state-wide and regional partners to grow and highlight the tourism industry in our own backyard.
Short Skål History
Shortly after the inauguration of the first joint Swedish and French air service between Stockholm and Paris in 1932, a group of travel men from the French capital were invited to make an exploratory flight over the new route. The welcome they received in Stockholm led to many pleasant friendships.
Realizing the importance of closer relationships among those who strive to develop and promote both national and international travel, the men who made the flight to Stockholm were determined to found a permanent organization whose primary aim would be the creation of goodwill and friendship in travel and transportation circles throughout the world.
The Paris Skål Club was formed on December 16, 1932, with Rene Genestie as President. In 1934, twelve other clubs had been formed and Florimond Volckaert conceived the idea of uniting them into an international organization. The Association International des Skål Clubs (A.I.S.C.) was created on April 28, 1934, and Volckaert became its founding President.
On April 1, 1938, the Skål Club of North America (Skål Club of New York, No. 28) was founded. As the first Skål Club established in North America, the New York Club assisted and guided in the formation of other Skål Clubs on this continent.
"The North American Chapter Committee" in which all Skål Clubs in North America were represented, was formed on March 31, 1949, and was followed by the North American Skål Council on August 9, 1950, and that organization was superseded by the National Skål Committee, U.S.A as National Committees were formed in Canada, Mexico and U.S.A.
SKÅL TOAST
TO FELLOW SKÅLLEAGUES EVERYWHERE!
HAPPINESS!
GOOD HEALTH!
FRIENDSHIP!
LONG LIFE!
SKÅL!