Kuredu appoints Patrick de Staercke as General Manager
Kuredu Island Resort and Spa has named Patrick de Staercke as its new General Manager. In a statement on Thursday, Kuredu hailed Patrick’s management skills, passion and customer orientation as well as...
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Maldives launches new seaplane terminal project
Maldives has kickstarted a project to develop a brand new seaplane terminal at the country’s main airport, making it the largest seaplane hub in the world. State owned Maldives Airports Company Limited...
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Hard Rock’s first Maldives resort in Emboodhoo lagoon to have Cafe Del Mar...
Popular Spanish club operator Cafe Del Mar is to setup its flagship Indian Ocean beach club in the integrated resort being developed in the Emboodhoo Falhu lagoon in Maldives. Thailand-based Singha...
View ArticleSoneva Fushi named most eco-friendly hotel in Asia Pacific
Soneva Fushi in Maldives has been named the most eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable hotel in Asia Pacific by Green Hotelier. Winners of this year’s Green Hotelier Awards were made public on...
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Maldives to introduce first ever tourism and hospitality doctorate programme
Maldives National University has announced plans to introduce the country’s first ever PhD programme in hospitality and tourism. In a statement issued last week by the university’s Faculty of...
View ArticleMATATO opens registration for customer service, social media marketing training
Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has opened registration for two highly sought after training programmes on customer service excellence and social media marketing....
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Maldives seeks joint tourism promotion with international airlines
Maldivian officials have held extensive discussions with international airlines to jointly promote the Maldives’ tourism industry abroad. The discussions were held at the Arabian Travel Market in...
View ArticleKuredu offers more reasons to experience Maldives with 25 percent discount
Kuredu Island Resort and Spa has introduced a 25 percent discount for stays from May to August. In a statement, the resort said the discount is available for all villa categories, including Garden...
View ArticleHotel Asia Culinary Challenge winners to showcase talent at HOFEX 2017
Winners of the Maldives Hotel Asia International Culinary Challenge 2016 are set to travel to Hong Kong next week to showcase their talent at HOFEX 2017, Asia’s leading food and hospitality trade show....
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Hurawalhi hosts four-day turtle excursions with Olive Ridley Project founder...
Hurawalhi Maldives has hosted Martin Stelfox, founder and CEO of the Olive Ridley Project, for a series of awareness sessions about sea turtles. In a statement, the recently opened resort said that...
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Afeef: world-class trainer perfecting service excellence at LUX* South Ari Atoll
The moment I met him, he greeted me with a ‘good morning’ and a long, firm handshake. He invited me to have breakfast with him. As we walked to one of the signature restaurants where breakfast was...
View ArticleCapital Travel Maldives named JA Manafaru’s best performing partner
Capital Travel Maldives has been recognised as the best performing partner of 2016 by JA Manafaru resort. The award was presented at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, which concluded Thursday, by JA...
View ArticleTTM adds tech solutions, allows users to pre-schedule meetings
Travel Trade Maldives (TTM), the first ever international travel trade show of Maldives, has opened the opportunity for registered users to pre-schedule face-to-face meetings with potential partners....
View ArticleMEGA Maldives suspends flight operations
MEGA Maldives Airlines has temporarily suspended commercial flight operations. In a statement, MEGA Maldives said Monday that suspension of commercial flight operations from Tuesday was part of a...
View ArticleMaldives records drop in tourist arrivals in March
Maldives has posted a slight drop in tourist arrivals in March suggesting a further slowdown in growth in tourism in the world-famous holiday destination. Official figures for the month of March...
View ArticleTTM to host tourism career fair
Travel Trade Maldives (TTM), the first ever international travel trade show of Maldives, has announced plans to host a tourism career fair. In a statement, local PR firm Maldives Getaways, which is...
View ArticleMinor Hotel Group opens application for Explorer School Leavers Programme for...
Minor Hotel Group has invited applications from the Maldives for a new round of its Explorer vocational hotel training programme. In an announcement, Minor Hotel Group invited school leavers aged 18-21...
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Maldives newest holiday escape Reethi Faru set to open late 2017
Reethi Faru, a new holiday escape in the Indian Ocean, is set to open in the last quarter of the year. The four-star plus resort being developed on the remote island of Filaidhoo in the northern Raa...
View ArticleMaldives begins levying USD25 airport development charge on foreign travellers
Maldives on Monday began charging a new USD 25 Airport Development Charge (ADC) from foreigners travelling from the country’s main Velana International Airport. ADC was introduced in the state budget...
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Maldives central bank posts strong growth forecast for ‘resilient’ tourism...
Maldives central bank has posted a strong growth forecast for the country’s tourism industry as it hailed the resilience of the industry observed last year. In its annual report for 2016 released...
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