Top 6 key tools to step up your social media today
When it comes to content marketing, any social media manager would say that the biggest challenge is primarily one: content creation. How to create content that resonates with their audience, engages them and entices them to participate in a meaningful digital conversation over the posts? In the last few years, the role of a ‘content […]
Three Issues Maldives owners raise with prospective operators
When an HMA deal is negotiated, one would very early on see the divergence in goals desired by the owner and the operator. Challenge is in bringing the parties with varying agendas to the table, engage in a mutually beneficial dialogue, and leave with a feeling of win-win for both parties, and celebrating that outcome […]
The Sustainable Charm of Emerald Maldives
Choosing a destination to go on a holiday is a prestige that comes with an array of choices. How connected you feel to your chosen place at the end is the take away you’ll get from your experience at best. This is what Emerald Maldives Resort and Spa offers. A warm fuzzy connection that you […]
ADORE Maldives: Your Personal Travel Counsellor
Passionate about new technologies, marketing and travel solutions, Shanoon Khalid has been closely involved with the luxury resorts of the Maldives for the past 17 years. After 4 years of heading a motivated sales and marketing team at Baros Maldives, Shanoon successfully led the launch of Milaidhoo Island, one of the best positioned boutique luxury […]
Setting Your Business Up for a Post Covid-19 World
In our work with Perspective Pvt Ltd and Hotelier Maldives over the last seven years, we were fortunate to work with a number of businesses big and small. While we were able to meet some or all of their marketing requirements, the interaction with these companies also offered us many lessons. Please note some of […]
Ritz-Carlton to Debut in Maldives Late 2020
Newly built, 100-villa resort poised to open late 2020 Marriott International, Inc. is to debut The Ritz-Carlton brand in the Maldives, with a 100-villa resort amid white sandy beaches. The property, to be called The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands, is slated to open late 2020. The company has signed an agreement to this effect with […]
Digital trends 2020- what is everybody ‘tik-toking’ about?
With more than 4.5 billion people currently surfing the internet around the globe and an astonishing 3.8 billion happily doing so on social media, it has become imperative for brands around the world not just learning how simultaneously be on line on a variety of platforms, but most importantly how to thrive across these channels […]
Scenario Planning as a Business Strategy Tool
Woody Wade is a specialist in scenario planning, a technique allowing organizations to visualize different ways their “strategic landscape” could change in the future, so they can plan more flexibly. For ten years, Woody Wade has worked with organizations worldwide to help them foresee changes in their strategic landscape, using scenario planning. He is the […]
Aviation in the Maldives post- COVID 19
Given that tourism is the primary stay of the Maldivian Economy and aviation has been and will continue to be of critical importance. However, COVID 19 has made a huge impact and this is bound to change the role and format of aviation in the Maldives. WHO first declared COVID-19 as a world health emergency […]
Maldives Resorts: Commandeered for Quarantine Facilities
As a matter of light conjecture, the Maldives is reported to offer the best quarantine facilities – fully functional tourist resorts. As we all know, the Maldives is under a public health emergency since 12 March 2020. That was a step taken in reaction to the first positive Covid-19 case in a visiting Italian tourist […]
Rahameeru Tuna Pouch; A bigger quantity, a better value
Horizon Fisheries Pvt Ltd was launched on 30th April 2003 to operate a fisheries-related business within and outside the Maldives. After succeeding Maandhoo Fisheries Complex situated in Laamu Atoll, the company commenced its operations on the 16th September 2003. The complex is the biggest of its kind in the country with a state of the […]
Hotel investors in Asia pivoting towards debt financing
Hotels owners across Asia are seeking greater access to debt financing to bolster cash flows as they face an unprecedented period of historically low occupancy rates, closed borders and severe limitations on air travel due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, says JLL. The impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry across Asia continues to be […]
