Reopening the Maldives, what it means for hoteliers

The Maldives Ministry of Tourism recently announced that the country will begin in July a phased reopening of the country’s borders to international visitors. For hoteliers, that means the race to regain market share shrunken by COVID-19 is about to begin.  In the pre-pandemic world, Maldives was one of the top global markets for generation […]

Reinvent Introduces Victory Electrostatic Sprayers in Maldives

Reinvent Maldives, is a sister company of Luxrica Pte Ltd, Singapore, established in 2019. The company has found itself at the forefront of disinfection services in the wake of COVID-19. The biggest demand at the moment for Reinvent in supplying their services is in the corporate and hotel sector as they are eager to get […]

NSURE: Changing The Maldives’ Hospitality Industry With Online Education Courses

As the world adjusts to a new normal during the coronavirus pandemic, many companies have realized that they must innovate in order to stay relevant. One business that’s taking this dynamic attitude to heart is NSURE, the first food safety company in the Maldives to provide online education courses in food safety during lockdown. Instead […]

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 […]

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